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Wen-Jun Gao
Yale University
$7,783,693
Attributed
$8,117,413
Total exposure
9
Grants
7
Lead (contact PI)
Attributed= this PI's even-split share of every grant they're on (the fair, additive number). Exposure = full size of all those grants.
Funding over time
peak $811.7K · FY2005–25$1M$750K$500K$250K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$8,117,413 · 9
By mechanism
R01$5,316,488 · 2
R21$2,473,147 · 6
P50$327,778 · 1
Top collaborators
- Olimpia Meucci2 shared
- Jed S Shumsky2 shared
- Claudio Aurelio Torres2 shared
- Barry Dale Waterhouse2 shared
Most similar at Yale University
Same institution · by research overlap
- Erika Hoyos-Ramirez$645,176
- Chun-Hay Alex Kwan$10,212,030
Others in their field
Top investigators on “Neurons”
- Hongkui Zeng · Allen Institute$106,358,289
- Eric Martin McDade · Washington University$94,632,845
- Ed Lein · Allen Institute$90,858,363
- Randall J Bateman · Washington University$65,841,935
- John Morris · Washington University$65,018,684
- Paul S. Aisen · Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.$58,570,460
Research focus
NeuronsPrefrontal CortexAffectPlaySchizophreniaBaseRegulationMediatingAnimal ModelInsightPropertyBehaviorPilot ProjectsBrainInterneuronsSignal TransductionN-MethylaspartateLinkNeural CircuitCellsBrain RegionParvalbuminsGlutamatesPathway Interactions
Grant awards (27)
Corticothalamic control of social motivation$376,408
R01 · FY2025 · MH · contact PI
Corticothalamic control of social motivation$376,408
R01 · FY2024 · MH · contact PI
Corticothalamic control of social motivation$376,408
R01 · FY2023 · MH · contact PI
Norepinephrine tunes prefrontal-thalamic circuitry to modulate avoidance behavior$185,862
R21 · FY2023 · MH · contact PI
Corticothalamic control of social motivation$376,408
R01 · FY2022 · MH · contact PI
Norepinephrine tunes prefrontal-thalamic circuitry to modulate avoidance behavior$223,737
R21 · FY2022 · MH · contact PI
Behavioral effects of igsf9b in the prefrontal cortex$425,236
R21 · FY2020 · MH · contact PI
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficits$383,844
R01 · FY2018 · MH · contact PI
Targeting parvalbumin neurons in the PFC for cognitive deficits$195,625
R21 · FY2018 · MH · contact PI
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficits$383,844
R01 · FY2017 · MH · contact PI
Targeting parvalbumin neurons in the PFC for cognitive deficits$234,750
R21 · FY2017 · MH · contact PI
Role of prefrontal cortical dopamine in aggression$193,131
R21 · FY2017 · MH · contact PI
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficits$383,844
R01 · FY2016 · MH · contact PI
Role of prefrontal cortical dopamine in aggression$232,256
R21 · FY2016 · MH · contact PI
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficits$383,844
R01 · FY2015 · MH · contact PI
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficits$383,844
R01 · FY2014 · MH · contact PI
Antipsychotic Mechanisms of mGluR Agonists in the MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia$367,092
R01 · FY2013 · MH · contact PI
HIV gp120 and Prefrontal Cortical Function$185,400
R21 · FY2013 · MH
Antipsychotic Mechanisms of mGluR Agonists in the MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia$382,388
R01 · FY2012 · MH · contact PI
HIV gp120 and Prefrontal Cortical Function$231,750
R21 · FY2012 · MH
Antipsychotic Mechanisms of mGluR Agonists in the MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia$382,285
R01 · FY2011 · MH · contact PI
Antipsychotic Mechanisms of mGluR Agonists in the MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia$384,791
R01 · FY2010 · MH · contact PI
Antipsychotic Mechanisms of mGluR Agonists in the MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia$375,080
R01 · FY2009 · MH · contact PI
Roles of NMDA receptors in schizophrenia pathological process$168,750
R21 · FY2008 · MH · contact PI
Roles of NMDA receptors in schizophrenia pathological process$196,650
R21 · FY2007 · MH · contact PI
Pathway specific dopaminergic regulation of excitatory t$163,889
P50 · FY2005 · MH
Pathway specific dopaminergic regulation of excitatory t$163,889
P50 · FY2004 · MH