Shan L, Bao AM#, Swaab DF. The human histaminergic system in neuropsychiatric disorders. Trends Neurosci. 2015 38 (3): 167-177.

Zhu QB, Unmehopa U, Bossers K, Hu YT, Verwer R, Balesar R, Bao AM#, Swaab D. MicroRNA-132 and early growth response-1 in nucleus basalis of Meynert during the course of Alzheimer's disease. Brain 2016 Mar; 139 (Pt 3): 908-21.   

Gao SF, Lu YR, Shi LG, Wu XY, Sun B, Fu XY, Luo JH, Bao AM*. Nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide alterations in chronically stressed rats: a model for nitric oxide in major depressive disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014 Sep;47:136-40.

Shang-Feng Gao, Xin-Rui Qi, Juan Zhao, Rawien Balesar, Ai-Min Bao* and Dick F. Swaab. Decreased NOS1 Expression in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Depression. Cerebral Cortex 2013; 23: 2956–2964.

Wang ZP, Wu JL, Wu SH, Bao AM* (2013) High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of histamine in biological samples: the cerebrospinal fluid challenge-A review. Analytica Chimica Acta, 774:1-10. 

Shan L, Qi XR, Balesar R, Swaab DF, Bao AM* (2013) Unaltered histaminergic system in depression: a postmortem study. J Affect Disord, 146(2):220-223. 

Shan L, Swaab DF, Bao AM* (2013) Neuronal histaminergic system in aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders. Exp Gerontol, 48(7):603-607.

Gao SF, Klomp A, Wu JL, Swaab DF, Bao AM* (2013) Reduced GAD65/67 immunoreactivity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in depression. J Affect Disord, 149(1-3):422–425. 

Zhao J, Bao AM, Qi XR, Kamphuis W, Luchetti S, Lou JS, Swaab DF (2012) Gene expression of GABA and glutamate pathway markers in the prefrontal cortex of non-suicidal elderly depressed patients. J Affect Disord, 138(3):494-502.

Swaab DF, Bao AM, Garcia-Falgueras A, Hofman MA, Ishunina1 TA (2012) Sex differences in the human forebrain. Human Nervous System, Chapter 21, 739-758. 

Bao AM*, Ruhé HG,Gao SF, Swaab DF (2012) Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in depression. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 107-136. 

Shan L, Hofman MA, van Wamelen DJ, Van Someren EJW, Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2012) Diurnal fluctuation in histidine decarboxylase expression, the rate limiting enzyme for histamine production, and its disorder in neurodegenerative diseases. Sleep, 35(5):713-715. 

Shan L, Bossers K, Unmehopa U, Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2012) Alterations in the histaminergic system in Alzheimer’s disease: a postmortem study. Neurobiol Aging, 33(11):2585-2598. 

Shan L, Bossers K, Luchetti S, Balesar R, Lethbridge N, Chazot PL, Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2012) Alterations in the histaminergic system in the substantia nigra and striatum of Parkinson's patients: a postmortem study. Neurobiol Aging, 33(7):1488.e1–1488.e13. 

Shan L, Liu CQ, Balesar R, Hofman MA, Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2012) Neuronal histamine production remains unaltered in Parkinson's disease despite the accumulation of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites in the tuberomamillary nucleus. Neurobiol Aging, 33(7):1343–1344. 

Bao AM, Liu RY, van Someren EJW, Hofman MA, Cao YX, Zhou JN (2003) Changes in diurnal rhythms of free cortisol secretion during the different phases of the menstrual cycle. Sheng Li Xue Bao, 55(5):547-53. 

Bao AM, Liu RY, van Someren EJW, Hofman MA, Cao YX, Zhou JN (2003) Diurnal rhythm of free estradiol during the menstrual cycle. Eur J Endocrinol, 148(2):227-32.

Bao AM, Ji YF, van Someren EJW, Hofman MA, Liu RY, Zhou JN (2004) Diurnal rhythms of free estradiol and cortisol during the normal menstrual cycle in women with major depression. Horm Behav, 45(2):93-102.

Swaab DF, Bao AM, Lucassen PJ (2005) The stress system in the human brain in depression and neurodegeneration. Ageing Res Rev, 4(2):141-94.

Bao AM, Hestiantoro A, van Someren EJW, Swaab DF, Zhou JN (2005) Colocalization of corticotropin-releasing hormone and estrogen receptor-α in the human paraventricular nucleus in depression. Brain, 128(Pt 6):1301-13.

Bao AM, Fischer, DF, Wu YH, Hol EM, Balesar R, Unmehopa UA, Zhou JN, Swaab DF (2006) A direct androgenic involvement in the expression of human corticotropin-releasing hormone. Mol Psychiatry, 11(6):567-76.

Wu YH, Zhou JN, Balesar R, Unmehopa U, Bao AM, Jockers R, Van Heerikhuize J, Swaab DF (2006) Distribution of MT1 melatonin receptor immunoreactivity in the human hypothalamus and pituitary gland: colocalization of MT1 with vasopressin, oxytocin, and corticotropin-releasing hormone. J Comp Neurol, 499(6):897-910.

Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2007) Gender difference in age-related number of corticotropin-releasing hormone-expressing neurons in the human hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and the role of sex hormones. Neuroendocrinology, 85(1):27-36.

Tan ZL, Bao AM, Tao M, Liu YJ, Zhou JN (2007) Circadian rhythm of salivary serotonin in patients with major depressive disorder.Neuro Endocrinol Lett, 28(4):395-400.

Tan ZL, Bao AM, Zhao GQ, Liu YJ, Zhou JN (2007) Effect of fluoxetine on circadian rhythm of melatonin in patients with major depressive disorder. Neuro Endocrinol Lett, 28(1):28-32.

Bao AM*, Meynen G, Swaab DF (2008) The stress system in depression and neurodegeneration: focus on the human hypothalamus. Brain Res, 57(2):531-53.

Chen XN, Meng QY, Bao AM, Swaab DF, Wang GH, Zhou JN (2009) The Involvement of Retinoic Acid Receptor-alpha in Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression and Affective Disorders. Biol Psychiatry, 66(9):832-39.

Bao AM*, Lucassen PJ, Swaab DF (2009) The Neuroendocrinology of Psychiatric Disorders. Encyclopedic Reference of Neursocience, 2641-2645.

Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2010) Corticotrophin-releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin in depression: focus on the human postmortem hypothalamus. Vitamins and Hormones, Volume 81- Hormones of the Limbic System, 82:339-65.

Liu CQ, Shan L, Balesar R, Luchetti S, Van Heerikhuize JJ, Luo JH, Swaab DF, Bao AM* (2010) A quantitative in situ hybridization protocol for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded archival postmortem human brain tissue. Methods, 52(4):359-66.

Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2010) Sex differences in the brain, behavior and neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuroscientist, 16 (5):550-65.

Gao SF, Bao AM* (2011) Corticotropin-releasing hormone, glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid in depression. Neuroscientist, 17(1):124-44.

Swaab DF, Bao AM* (2011) (Re-)activation of neurons in aging and dementia: lessons from the hypothalamus.Exp Gerontol, 46(2-3):178-84.

Van Wamelen DJ, Shan L, Aziz NA, Anink JJ, Bao AM, Roos RA, Swaab DF (2011) Functional Increase of Brain Histaminergic Signaling in Huntington's Disease. Brain Pathol, 21(4):419-27.

Bao AM*, Swaab DF (2011) Sexual differentiation of the human brain: Relation to gender-identity, sexual orientation and neuropsychiatric disorders. Front Neuroendocrinol, 32(2):214-26.