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Overview

Yu-Shin Ding is a researcher affiliated with New York University in the United States, with a primary focus on Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Surgery.

The major topics covered in their research include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

Yu-Shin Ding has contributed to several publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Cardiac sympathetic innervation and vesicular storage in pure autonomic failure (2020) published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Central Noradrenergic Neurotransmission and Weight Loss 6 Months After Gastric Bypass Surgery in Patients with Severe Obesity (2021) published in Obesity Surgery
  • Development of brain-penetrable antibody radioligands for in vivo PET imaging of amyloid-β and tau (2023) published in Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine
  • Evidence For Cannabidiol Modulation of Serotonergic Transmission in a Model of Osteoarthritis via in vivo PET Imaging and Behavioral Assessment (2022) published in International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science
  • Radiosynthesis of [18F]brequinar for in vivo PET imaging of hDHODH for potential studies of acute myeloid leukemia and cancers (2024) published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Yu-Shin Ding include:

  • Jiacheng Wang
  • James S. Babb
  • Courtney Holmes
  • Julia Luthardt
  • Michael Rullmann

The scientist's findings have been published in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • RSC Medicinal Chemistry
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Obesity Surgery
  • Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine

The integration of neuroscience, imaging techniques, and clinical treatments features prominently in their research profile, highlighting their contributions to understanding disease mechanisms and therapeutic interventions. The focus on radiopharmaceutical chemistry and molecular imaging is evident in multiple projects, including the development of antibody radioligands and PET imaging probes.

Best Publications

  • Distribution Volume Ratios without Blood Sampling from Graphical Analysis of PET Data

    Jean Logan;Joanna S. Fowler;Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang

  • Association of Dopamine Transporter Reduction With Psychomotor Impairment in Methamphetamine Abusers

    Nora D. Volkow;Linda Chang;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Association between decline in brain dopamine activity with age and cognitive and motor impairment in healthy individuals

    Nora D. Volkow;Ruben C. Gur;Gene Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Therapeutic doses of oral methylphenidate significantly increase extracellular dopamine in the human brain.

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Jean Logan

  • Dopamine Transporter Occupancies in the Human Brain Induced by Therapeutic Doses of Oral Methylphenidate

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Samuel J. Gatley

  • Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence

    Nora D. Volkow;Linda Chang;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Is Methylphenidate Like Cocaine?: Studies on Their Pharmacokinetics and Distribution in the Human Brain

    Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Yu Shin Ding;Joanna S. Fowler;Gene Jack Wang

  • Low dopamine striatal D2 receptors are associated with prefrontal metabolism in obese subjects: possible contributing factors.

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Frank Telang;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Decreases in Dopamine Receptors but not in Dopamine Transporters in Alcoholics

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Jean Logan

  • "Nonhedonic" food motivation in humans involves dopamine in the dorsal striatum and methylphenidate amplifies this effect.

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Jean Logan

  • Prediction of reinforcing responses to psychostimulants in humans by brain dopamine D2 receptor levels

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Jean Logan

  • Imaging the Effects of Methylphenidate on Brain Dopamine: New Model on Its Therapeutic Actions for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Yu-Shin Ding

  • Mechanism of action of methylphenidate: insights from PET imaging studies.

    Volkow Nd;Fowler Js;Wang G;Ding Y

  • Association between age-related decline in brain dopamine activity and impairment in frontal and cingulate metabolism.

    Nora D. Volkow;Jean Logan;Joanna S. Fowler;Gene Jack Wang

  • Relationship between blockade of dopamine transporters by oral methylphenidate and the increases in extracellular dopamine: therapeutic implications.

    Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Jean Logan

  • Expectation Enhances the Regional Brain Metabolic and the Reinforcing Effects of Stimulants in Cocaine Abusers

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Yemin Ma;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Association of Methylphenidate-Induced Craving With Changes in Right Striato-orbitofrontal Metabolism in Cocaine Abusers: Implications in Addiction

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Robert Hitzemann

  • Activation of orbital and medial prefrontal cortex by methylphenidate in cocaine-addicted subjects but not in controls: relevance to addiction.

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Yeming Ma;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Brain DA D2 receptors predict reinforcing effects of stimulants in humans: replication study.

    Nora D Volkow;Nora D Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Joanna S Fowler;Panayotis Peter K Thanos

  • PET evaluation of the dopamine system of the human brain.

    Volkow Nd;Fowler Js;Gatley Sj;Logan J

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Jean Logan
Jean Logan New York University
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Frank Telang
Frank Telang National Institutes of Health
Nabeel Nabulsi
Nabeel Nabulsi Yale University
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Robert T. Malison
Robert T. Malison Yale University
Anat Biegon
Anat Biegon Stony Brook University

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