叶玉如，女，神经生物学家。生于中国香港，原籍广东台山。1977年毕业于美国Simmons学院，1983年获美国哈佛大学医学院博士学位。现任香港科技大学讲座教授、理学院院长、生物化学系主任和生物技术研究所所长。叶玉如编著的《叶玉如院士集(精)》充分诠释了叶玉如院士的学术成就、学术思想和学术风范，可供广大医学工作者，特别是从事神经科学临床、科研、教学的专业人员学习、借答。

叶玉如编著的《叶玉如院士集(精)》是《中国医学院士文库》的分册之一。本书由三部分组成。第一部分奋斗历程，介绍了院士的主要经历和事业发展的宝贵经验；第二部分学术贡献，包括院士的主要学术论文、著述及学术年表，反映了叶玉如院士在理论创新和技术进步方面的主要成果及其价值；第三部分人生风采，以丰富的图片资料展示了院士在不同时期工作、国际交流和业余生活等方面的风采。全书充分诠释了叶玉如院士的学术成就、学术思想和学术风范，可供广大医学工作者，特别是从事神经科学临床、科研、教学的专业人员学习、借答。

第一部分 奋斗历程

 叶玉如院士简历

 叶玉如院士的学术历程

第二部分 学术贡献

 一、叶玉如院士的主要学术论文

Secretin and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Acutely Increase Tyrosine

3-monooxygenase in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion

Regulation of the Concentration of Adenosine 3'5'-St-Cyclic Monophosphate and the Activity of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion by Three Neuropeptides of the Secretin Family

Identification and Characterization of a Hypervariable Region [D18S27]on Chromosome 18

Discovery of a Novel Multilocus DNA Polymorphism [DNF24]

Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Enhances Neuronal Survival in Embryonic Rat Hippocampal Cultures

Mammalian Neurotrophin-4: Structure, Chromosomal Localization, Tissue Distribution, and Receptor Specificity

Similarities and Differences in the Way Neurotrophins Interact with the Trk Receptors in Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells

Potentiation of Developing Neuromuscular Synapses by the Neurotrophins NT-3 and BDNF

Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Show Responses to BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4,but Not NGF

The Neurotrophins and CNTF: Two Families of Collaborative Neurotrophic Factors

Cdk5 is Involved in Neuregulin-induced AChR Expression at the Neuromuscular Junction

Central Synapse and Neuromuscular Junction: Same Players, Different Roles

Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 Phosphorylates Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 and Regulates its Transcriptional Activity α-Syntrophin Regulates ARMS Localization at the Neuromuscular Junction and Enhances EphA4 Signaling in an ARMS-dependent Manner

Agrin Regulates Growth Cone Turning of Xenopus Spinal Motoneurons

Aberrant Motor Axon Projection, Acetylcholine Receptor Clustering, and Neurotransmission in Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 Null Mice

Synaptic Roles of Cdk5: Implications in Higher Cognitive Functions and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 Links Extracellular Cues to Actin Cytoskeleton during Dendritic Spine Development

Cdk5 is Involved in BDNF-stimulated Dendritic Growth in Hippocampal Neurons

a2-Chimaerin Interacts with EphA4 and Regulates EphA4-dependent Growth Cone Collapse

13-Catenin in Reverse Action

Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 Supports Neuronal Survival through Phosphorylation of Bcl-2

Endophilin B1 as a Novel Regulator of Nerve Growth Factor/TrkA Trafficking and Neurite Outgrowth

Synapse Development and Plasticity: Roles of Ephrin/Eph Receptor Signaling

Ephexinl is Required for Structural Maturation and Neurotransmission at the Neuromuscular Junction

Tyk2/STAT3 Signaling Mediates β-Amyloid-induced Neuronal Cell Death: Implications in Alzheimer's Disease

Two Cyclin-dependent Kinase Pathways are Essential for Polarized Trafficking of Presynaptic Components

S-Nitrosylation of Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5) Regulates its Kinase Activity and Dendrite Growth during Neuronal Development

APC Mediates EphA4-dependent Downregulation of AMPA Receptors in Homeostatic Plasticity

Cdk5-mediated Phosphorylation of Endophilin B1 is Required for Induced Autophagy in Models of Parkinson's Disease

Career Development for Women Scientists in Asia

CdkS-mediated Phosphorylation of Axin Directs Axon Formation during Cerebral Cortex Development

Cdk5. a Multifaceted Kinase in Neurodegenerative Diseases α2-Chimaerin Controls Neuronal Migration and Functioning of the Cerebral Cortex through CRMP-2

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Maturation and Maintenance of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction

Ankyrin Repeat-rich Membrane Spanning Protein (Kidins220) is Required for Neurotrophin and Ephrin Receptor-dependent Dendrite Development

TrkB Phosphorylation by Cdk5 is Required for Activity-dependent Structural Plasticity and Spatial Memory

Melanocortin-4 Receptor Regulates Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity through a Protein Kinase A-dependent Mechanism

 二、叶玉如院士学术年表

第三部分 人生风采