Yun‐Wei A. Hsu

University of Washington — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(10), Crustacean biology and ecology(5), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms(4), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(3), Circadian rhythm and melatonin(2)

Publications19 total

Cell-specific image-guided transcriptomics identifies complex injuries caused by ischemic acute kidney injury in mice
Communications Biology·2019· 14 citedOpen Access
The Dorsal Medial Habenula Minimally Impacts Circadian Regulation of Locomotor Activity and Sleep
Journal of Biological Rhythms·2017· 16 citedOpen Access
Dorsal Medial Habenula Regulation of Mood-Related Behaviors and Primary Reinforcement by Tachykinin-Expressing Habenula Neurons
eNeuro·2016· 59 citedOpen Access
Role of the Dorsal Medial Habenula in the Regulation of Voluntary Activity, Motor Function, Hedonic State, and Primary Reinforcement
Journal of Neuroscience·2014· 117 citedOpen Access
A rapid MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry workflow for Drosophila melanogaster differential neuropeptidomics
Molecular Brain·2013· 12 citedOpen Access
Medial Habenula Output Circuit Mediated by α5 Nicotinic Receptor-Expressing GABAergic Neurons in the Interpeduncular Nucleus
Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 94 citedOpen Access
A combinatorial optogenetic approach to medial habenula function
Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE·2013
A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing
Nature Neuroscience·2012· 1.5k citedOpen Access
Hmx1 is required for the normal development of somatosensory neurons in the geniculate ganglion
Developmental Biology·2012· 27 citedOpen Access
Functional Conservation of Clock Output Signaling between Flies and Intertidal Crabs
Journal of Biological Rhythms·2011· 15 cited
Erratum: Cloning and differential expression of two β‐pigment‐dispersing hormone (β‐PDH) isoforms in the crab cancer productus: Evidence for authentic β‐PDH as a local neurotransmitter and β‐PDH II as a humoral factor
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2010· 4 citedOpen Access
Cloning and differential expression of two β‐pigment‐dispersing hormone (β‐PDH) isoforms in the crab <i>Cancer productus</i>: Evidence for authentic β‐PDH as a local neurotransmitter and β‐PDH II as a humoral factor
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2008· 38 cited
Molecular cloning of four cDNAs encoding prepro-crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) from the eyestalk of the red rock crab Cancer productus: Identification of two genetically encoded CHH isoforms and two putative post-translationally derived CHH variants
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2007· 20 cited
Direct tissue MALDI-FTMS profiling of individual Cancer productus sinus glands reveals that one of three distinct combinations of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone precursor-related peptide (CPRP) isoforms are present in individual crabs
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2007· 17 cited
Midgut epithelial endocrine cells are a rich source of the neuropeptides APSGFLGMRamide (<i>Cancer borealis</i> tachykinin-related peptide Ia) and GYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Gly1-SIFamide) in the crabs <i>Cancer borealis</i>, <i>Cancer magister</i> and <i>Cancer productus</i>
Journal of Experimental Biology·2007· 62 cited
Members of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) peptide family are differentially distributed both between and within the neuroendocrine organs of<i>Cancer</i>crabs: implications for differential release and pleiotropic function
Journal of Experimental Biology·2006· 53 cited
Identification, physiological actions, and distribution of VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val<sup>1</sup>‐SIFamide) in the stomatogastric nervous system of the American lobster <i>Homarus americanus</i>
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2006· 61 cited
Hormone complement of the <i>Cancer productus</i> sinus gland and pericardial organ: An anatomical and mass spectrometric investigation
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2005· 134 cited
Identification and characterization of a tachykinin-containing neuroendocrine organ in the commissural ganglion of the crab<i>Cancer productus</i>
Journal of Experimental Biology·2005· 44 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Horacio O. de la Iglesia(10), Andrew E. Christie(9), Daniel I. Messinger(8), Eric E. Turner(7), Elizabeth A. Stemmler(5), Patsy S. Dickinson(5), Glenn Morton(4), Hongkui Zeng(3), Lingjun Li(3), Kimberly K. Kutz(2), Shaun D. Cain(2), Si D. Wang(2), Lynne Tempest(2), Lely A. Quina(2), Linda Madisen(1), Tianyi Mao(1), Henner Koch(1), Jia-Min Zhuo(1), Antal Berényi(1), Shigeyoshi Fujisawa(1)