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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Defang Chen · Sankore

Defang Chen

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This profile was assembled from author names on publications. Open indexes routinely split one researcher across several such profiles, so these totals may be incomplete.

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3

Citations

16

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2

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

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1

Publications

3 works in the graph, newest first.

DNA methylation as a new frontier in treating fear-related disorders: A need for careful evaluation
2025World Journal of PsychiatryJournalOpen access0 citations10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.110581
TIP60 buffers acute stress response and depressive behaviour by controlling PPARγ-mediated transcription
2022Brain Behavior and ImmunityJournal12 citations10.1016/j.bbi.2022.01.022
Two-hour acute restraint stress facilitates escape behavior and learning outcomes through the activation of the Cdk5/GR P S211 pathway in male mice
2022Experimental NeurologyJournal4 citations10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114023