99年以来发表了研究论文86篇，其中被SCI收录的论著60多篇，代表性论文如下：
1．HB Dai , ZM Zhang, YP Zhu , C L Jin , Y Shen,YW Huang , H Timmerman , WP Zhang, JH Luo , R Leurs and Z Chen*.(2006) . Histamine protects against NMDA-induced necrosis in cultured cortical neurons through H2 receptor/Cyclic AMP/protein kinase A and H3 receptor/GABA release pathways, J Neurochem., 2006;96:1390-1400
2．L Yang, C Jin, Z Zhu-ge, S Wang, E Wei, IC Bruce and Z Chen* (2006) Unilateral low-frequency stimulation of central piriform cortex delays seizure development induced by amygdaloid kindling in rats. Neuroscience,138(4): 1089-1096
3．Y Shen, WWei Hu, YY Fan, HB Dai, QL Fu, EQ Wei, JH Luo and Z Chen* (2006) Carnosine protects against NMDA-induced neurotoxicity in differentiated rat PC12 cells through carnosine-histidine-histaminepathway and H1/H3 receptors, Biochem Pharmacol, In Press
4．C L Jin, LX Yang, XH Wu, Q Li, MP Ding,YY Fan, WP Zhang, JH Luo and Z Chen*.(2005). Effects of carnosine on amygdaloid kindled seizures in Sprague-Dawley rats. Neuroscience., 135(3):939-47.
5．Z Chen*, E Sakurai, WW Hu, CL Jin, Y Kiso, M Kato, T Watanabe, EQ Wei and K Yanai (2004). Pharmacological effects of carcinine on histaminergic neurons in the brain. British Journal of Pharmacology, 143:573–580
