Expertise at Chang Gung system

Chen, Jin-Chung , Ph.D.
Institution: Chang gung university
Position: Professor
Department: Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Address: No.259, Wen-Hwa 1st Street, Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-2118800x5282 Fax: +886-3-2118700
E-mail: Jinchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Neurosciences
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Physiology
  • Psychology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Toxicology
Fulltime Employment:
 ◎ Chang-Gung University

Education:
 》Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Ladislav Volicer, Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 1987-1990
 》Ph.D.: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. 1983-1987.
 》M.S.: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. 1981-1983.
 》B.S.: Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 1975-1979.

Selected Main Publications:
  1. K.J. Lin, T.C. Yen, S.P. Wey, J.J. Hwang, X.X. Ye, K.Y. Tzen, Y.K. Fu and J.C. Chen (2004) Characterization of the binding sites for 123I-ADAM and the relationship to the serotonin transporter in rat and mouse brains using quantitative autoradiography. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 45:673-681.
  2. P.C. Chen and J.C. Chen (2005) Enhanced Cdk5 activity and p35 translocation in the ventral striatum of acute and chronic methamphetamine-treated rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30:538-549.
  3. Y.T. Lin and J.C. Chen (2011) The involvement of dorsal root ganglia BDNF-TrkB in inflammatory pain in vivo and in vitro, Journal of Neuroinflammation, 8:126-147.
  4. T.C. Wu, H.T. Chen, H.Y. Chang, C.Y. Yang, M.C. Hsiao, M.-L. Cheng and J.-C. Chen (2013) Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist prevents chronic corticosterone induced depression-like behaviors, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38:871-883.
  5. C.L. Lao, C.S. Lu and J.C. Chen (2013) Dopamine D3 receptor activation promotes neural stem / progenitor cell proliferation through AKT and ERK1/2 pathways and expands type-B and type–C cells in adult subventricular zone, Glia, 61:475–489.
Full Publication List

Patents:
Chinese Name:L-dopa 化合物
English:L-dopa derivatives
Department /Division:財團法人工業技術研究院
Inventor:高愛華 林秋杏 蘇珍儀 黃必燦 莊孟均 黃崇雄 王惠柏 陳景宗
Certificate No:I 317218
Patents start time:2009年11月21日
Patent end time:2024年9月12日

Ongoing projects：
 1. Role of mTOR signaling and dopamine D3 receptor on L-dopa-induced dyskinesia in 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson disease animal model 102.10-105.09 CMRPD1C0701~03
 2. Explore the cellular mechanism of aFGF and mTOR in the nucleus accumbens of methamphetamine behavioral sensitization 101.08-104.07 NSC101-2320-B-182-040-MY3
 3. Molecular mechanism of ketamine addiction: animal model 102/03/01~106/02/28 CMRPD1D0291