Kuei-Sen Hsu

Personal profile

Education

1993 PhD, Graduate Institute of Pharmacology ,National Taiwan University

Experience

1991/08~1994/07 Teaching assistant, Department of Pharmacology College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
1994/08~1995/07 Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
1995/08~2000/07 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
1997/08~1998/04 Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology University of California at San Diego USA (Mentor: Mu-ming Poo, Ph.D.)
2000/08 Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University,Tainan, Taiwan
2001/01- 2001/02 Visiting Professor, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Mentor: Tomoyuki Takahashi, Ph.D.)
2002/08~2008/07 Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2005/08 Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2008/05~2010/07 Chairman, Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University,Tainan, Taiwan
2008/05~2010/07 Chairman, Institute of Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology,National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2010/08~2013/07 Chairman, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2013/02~2013/07 Acting Dean, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2013/02~2017/07 Adjunct Professor, The Institute for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University,Taipei, Taiwan
2013/08 Chair Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2014/08~present Chairman, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Research Interests

Elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the long-term synaptic plasticity, metaplasticity and structural plasticity
Study the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the generation of neurological disorders including stress-related psychiatric disorders, drug addiction and pain
Investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the developmental processes and regulation of adult neurogenesis

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探討海馬迴CA2區域催產素受體的角色:從突觸可塑性到認知功能

Hsu, K.

19-08-01 → 20-07-31

Project: Research project

SESTD1在神經突觸及結構可塑性中所扮演角色之探討

Hsu, K.

17-08-01 → 18-07-31

Project: Research project

幼年健忘之神經基礎探討

Hsu, K.

17-08-01 → 18-07-31

Project: Research project

顱直流電刺激之功能評估：從生理基礎到輕度認知功能損傷之實際應用

Hsu, K.

17-01-01 → 17-12-31

Project: Research project

SESTD1在神經突觸及結構可塑性中所扮演角色之探討

Hsu, K.

16-08-01 → 17-07-31

Project: Research project

Research Output 1992 2019

4930 Citations
37 h-Index
133 Article
8 Review article
1 Chapter
1 Comment/debate

Conditional deletion of CC2D1A reduces hippocampal synaptic plasticity and impairs cognitive function through RAC1 hyperactivation

Yang, C. Y., Yu, T. H., Wen, W. L., Ling, P. & Hsu, K. S., 2019 Jun 19, In : Journal of Neuroscience. 39, 25, p. 4959-4975 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Neuronal Plasticity

Cognition

Neurons

Hippocampus

Sumoylation

Correction to: Rescue of Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2 Dysfunction-induced Defects in Newborn Neurons by Pentobarbital (Neurotherapeutics, (2015), 12, 2, (477-490), 10.1007/s13311-015-0343-0)

Ma, D., Yoon, S. I., Yang, C. H., Marcy, G., Zhao, N., Leong, W. Y., Ganapathy, V., Han, J., Van Dongen, A. M. J., Hsu, K. S., Ming, G. L., Augustine, G. J. & Goh, E. L. K., 2019 Jan 1, In : Neurotherapeutics.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Open Access

Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2

Pentobarbital

Publications

Neurons

2 Citations (Scopus)

Infantile Amnesia Is Related to Developmental Immaturity of the Maintenance Mechanisms for Long-Term Potentiation

Tsai, T. C., Huang, C. C. & Hsu, K-S., 2019 Feb 1, In : Molecular Neurobiology. 56, 2, p. 907-919 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Amnesia

Long-Term Potentiation

Maintenance

Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2

Long-Term Memory

Interplay between a Mental Disorder Risk Gene and Developmental Polarity Switch of GABA Action Leads to Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance

Kang, E., Song, J., Lin, Y., Park, J., Lee, J. H., Hussani, Q., Gu, Y., Ge, S., Li, W., Hsu, K. S., Berninger, B., Christian, K. M., Song, H. & Ming, G. L., 2019 Aug 6, In : Cell Reports. 28, 6, p. 1419-1428.e3

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Developmental Genes

Mental Disorders

gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Neurons

Parvalbumins

1 Citation (Scopus)