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

4863 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

1 Citation (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)