Ako Ikegami

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

Ako Ikegami is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ako Ikegami has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Neurology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ako Ikegami's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (1 paper). Ako Ikegami is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (1 paper). Ako Ikegami collaborates with scholars based in Japan and Australia. Ako Ikegami's co-authors include Hiroaki Wake, Koichiro Haruwaka, Daisuke Kato, Andrew J. Moorhouse, Junichi Nabekura, Yoshihisa Tachibana, Akari Hashimoto, Mami Matsumoto, Nobuhiko Ohno and Hiroyuki Konishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Methods in molecular biology.

In The Last Decade

Ako Ikegami

6 papers receiving 921 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dual microglia effects on blood brain barrier permeability induced by systemic inflammation

2019 655 citations Koichiro Haruwaka, Ako Ikegami et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ako Ikegami Japan	5	652	214	159	150	129	6	927
Koichiro Haruwaka United States	8	709 1.1×	231 1.1×	165 1.0×	178 1.2×	135 1.0×	10	997
Akari Hashimoto Japan	4	510 0.8×	173 0.8×	136 0.9×	81 0.5×	105 0.8×	9	764
Isabelle Arnoux France	14	683 1.0×	340 1.6×	151 0.9×	226 1.5×	109 0.8×	24	1.1k
Walid Jalabi United States	10	700 1.1×	242 1.1×	202 1.3×	245 1.6×	140 1.1×	13	1.0k
Megan M. Muccigrosso United States	7	420 0.6×	133 0.6×	173 1.1×	93 0.6×	97 0.8×	8	731
Wenmin Lai United States	13	459 0.7×	349 1.6×	188 1.2×	203 1.4×	97 0.8×	14	1.1k
Francesca Romana Rizzo Italy	19	310 0.5×	143 0.7×	253 1.6×	225 1.5×	114 0.9×	35	1.0k
Liying Zhang China	17	452 0.7×	281 1.3×	263 1.7×	122 0.8×	59 0.5×	36	1.2k
Eszter Császár Hungary	8	465 0.7×	226 1.1×	116 0.7×	101 0.7×	45 0.3×	9	661
Jodie C.E. Hall United States	14	361 0.6×	153 0.7×	316 2.0×	187 1.2×	53 0.4×	16	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ako Ikegami

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ako Ikegami

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ako Ikegami. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ako Ikegami based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ako Ikegami. Ako Ikegami is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Ikegami, Ako, Daisuke Kato, & Hiroaki Wake. (2023). Microglial process dynamics depend on astrocyte and synaptic activity.. PubMed. 85(4). 772–778. 1 indexed citations

2.

Kato, Daisuke, Ako Ikegami, Akari Hashimoto, et al.. (2020). Maternal immune activation induces sustained changes in fetal microglia motility. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21378–21378. 80 indexed citations

3.

Haruwaka, Koichiro, Ako Ikegami, Yoshihisa Tachibana, et al.. (2019). Dual microglia effects on blood brain barrier permeability induced by systemic inflammation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5816–5816. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kato, Daisuke, Ako Ikegami, Hiroshi Horiuchi, et al.. (2019). In Vivo Two-Photon Imaging of Microglial Synapse Contacts. Methods in molecular biology. 2034. 281–286. 6 indexed citations

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Ikegami, Ako, Koichiro Haruwaka, & Hiroaki Wake. (2019). Microglia: Lifelong modulator of neural circuits. Neuropathology. 39(3). 173–180. 35 indexed citations

6.

Wake, Hiroaki, Daisuke Kato, Hiroshi Horiuchi, et al.. (2018). Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization. eNeuro. 5(5). ENEURO.0088–18.2018. 150 indexed citations

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