Ayako Ishikawa

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ayako Ishikawa is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayako Ishikawa has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ayako Ishikawa's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Ayako Ishikawa is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Ayako Ishikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and Australia. Ayako Ishikawa's co-authors include Yumiko Yoshimura, Makoto Ogawa, Keisuke Shibata, Andrew J. Moorhouse, Akiko Miyamoto, Junichi Nabekura, Hiroaki Wake, Hideji Murakoshi, Schuichi Koizumi and Kei Eto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ayako Ishikawa

45 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex

2016 498 citations Akiko Miyamoto, Hiroaki Wake et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ayako Ishikawa Japan	19	424	274	271	267	176	45	1.5k
Huazheng Liang China	24	348 0.8×	393 1.4×	198 0.7×	151 0.6×	76 0.4×	83	1.7k
Yulong Ma China	25	500 1.2×	513 1.9×	267 1.0×	442 1.7×	147 0.8×	85	2.3k
Liang-Wei Chen China	22	238 0.6×	405 1.5×	489 1.8×	141 0.5×	88 0.5×	70	1.5k
Tiago Santos Portugal	22	468 1.1×	831 3.0×	425 1.6×	246 0.9×	273 1.6×	34	2.4k
Roderic H. Fabian United States	22	227 0.5×	379 1.4×	205 0.8×	283 1.1×	88 0.5×	36	1.5k
Lei Chang China	20	198 0.5×	503 1.8×	304 1.1×	190 0.7×	68 0.4×	75	1.6k
William Même France	18	214 0.5×	586 2.1×	266 1.0×	115 0.4×	111 0.6×	35	1.2k
Wojciech G. Lesniak United States	34	246 0.6×	1.3k 4.6×	516 1.9×	438 1.6×	293 1.7×	83	3.6k
Hang Yu China	23	145 0.3×	347 1.3×	269 1.0×	275 1.0×	60 0.3×	61	2.0k
Kohei Takahashi Japan	23	211 0.5×	406 1.5×	176 0.6×	267 1.0×	88 0.5×	93	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ayako Ishikawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ayako Ishikawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ayako Ishikawa 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 Ayako Ishikawa. Ayako Ishikawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Hagihara, Kenta M., Ayako Ishikawa, Yumiko Yoshimura, Yoshiaki Tagawa, & Kenichi Ohki. (2020). Long-Range Interhemispheric Projection Neurons Show Biased Response Properties and Fine-Scale Local Subnetworks in Mouse Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(2). 1307–1315. 8 indexed citations

Narukawa, Masataka, Ayako Ishikawa, K. Ishii, et al.. (2019). Hypothalamic neuronal circuits regulating hunger-induced taste modification. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4560–4560. 52 indexed citations

Kono, Yuji, Hideo Izawa, Yoichiro Aoyagi, et al.. (2019). The difference in determinant factor of six-minute walking distance between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic elderly patients with heart failure. Journal of Cardiology. 75(1). 42–46. 18 indexed citations

Kono, Yuji, Hideo Izawa, Yoichiro Aoyagi, et al.. (2019). Predictive impact of early mobilization on rehospitalization for elderly Japanese heart failure patients. Heart and Vessels. 35(4). 531–536. 26 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Ayako, Yukio Komatsu, & Yumiko Yoshimura. (2018). Experience-Dependent Development of Feature-Selective Synchronization in the Primary Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(36). 7852–7869. 7 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Akiko, Hiroaki Wake, Ayako Ishikawa, et al.. (2016). Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12540–12540. 498 indexed citations breakdown →

Ishikawa, Ayako, Yukio Komatsu, & Yumiko Yoshimura. (2014). Experience-Dependent Emergence of Fine-Scale Networks in Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(37). 12576–12586. 24 indexed citations

Naito, Tomoyuki, Masahiro Okamoto, Osamu Sadakane, et al.. (2013). Effects of stimulus spatial frequency, size, and luminance contrast on orientation tuning of neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of cat. Neuroscience Research. 77(3). 143–154. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Guoqing, Ayako Ishikawa, Yasunobu Suzuki, et al.. (2012). Sequence‐Specific Metallization of Single Divalent DNA–Nanoparticle Conjugates: A Potential Route to Single‐Electron Devices. ChemPlusChem. 77(7). 592–597. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Guoqing, Takashi Nishio, Masato Sato, et al.. (2011). Inspiration from chemical photography: accelerated photoconversion of AgCl to functional silver nanoparticles mediated by DNA. Chemical Communications. 47(33). 9426–9426. 41 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Ayako, Satoshi Shimegi, Hiroyuki Kida, & Hiromichi Sato. (2010). Temporal properties of spatial frequency tuning of surround suppression in the primary visual cortex and the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(11). 2086–2100. 13 indexed citations

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Watakabe, Akiya, Yusuke Komatsu, Osamu Sadakane, et al.. (2008). Enriched Expression of Serotonin 1B and 2A Receptor Genes in Macaque Visual Cortex and their Bidirectional Modulatory Effects on Neuronal Responses. Cerebral Cortex. 19(8). 1915–1928. 68 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Ayako, et al.. (2007). Geldanamycin, a heat-shock protein 90-binding agent, induces thymocyte apoptosis through destabilization of Lck in presence of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. Biomedical Research. 28(1). 33–42. 6 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Ayako, et al.. (2007). Comparison of electrophysiological properties of layer III pyramidal neurons between cortical areas V1 and TE of the macaque. Neuroscience Research. 58. S37–S37. 1 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Ayako, Satoshi Shimegi, & Hiromichi Sato. (2006). Metacontrast masking suggests interaction between visual pathways with different spatial and temporal properties. Vision Research. 46(13). 2130–2138. 30 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Masumi, Megumi Kato, Ayako Ishikawa, et al.. (2005). Factors affecting production of transgenic rats by ICSI-mediated DNA transfer: Effects of sonication and freeze-thawing of spermatozoa, rat strains for sperm and oocyte donors, and different constructs of exogenous DNA. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 70(4). 422–428. 33 indexed citations

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Kato, Megumi, Ayako Ishikawa, Ryosuke Kaneko, et al.. (2004). Production of transgenic rats by ooplasmic injection of spermatogenic cells exposed to exogenous DNA: A preliminary study. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 69(2). 153–158. 39 indexed citations

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Hirabayashi, Masumi, Megumi Kato, Ayako Ishikawa, & Shinichi Hochi. (2003). Factors Influencing Chromosome Condensation and Development of Cloned Rat Embryos. Cloning and Stem Cells. 5(1). 35–42. 22 indexed citations

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Kawano, Masaki, Ayako Ishikawa, Yoshiyuki Morioka, et al.. (2000). X-Ray diffraction and spectroscopic studies of the light-induced metastable state of a ethylenediamine nitrosyl ruthenium complex. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 2425–2431. 28 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Makoto & Ayako Ishikawa. (1998). Controlled microstructures of amphiphilic cationic azobenzene-montmorillonite intercalation compounds. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 8(2). 463–467. 112 indexed citations

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