Emiko Morimoto

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 860 citations indexed

About

Emiko Morimoto is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Emiko Morimoto has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 860 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Neurology and 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Emiko Morimoto's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (5 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Emiko Morimoto is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (5 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). Emiko Morimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Emiko Morimoto's co-authors include Sean O’Keeffe, Isaac M. Chiu, Hani Goodarzi, Michael Muratet, Shawn Levy, Saeed Tavazoie, Michael C. Carroll, Hemali Phatnani, R Myers and Tom Maniatis and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Biology of the Cell, Cell Reports and Epilepsia.

In The Last Decade

Emiko Morimoto

19 papers receiving 848 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Neurodegeneration-Specific Gene-Expression Signature of Acutely Isolated Microglia from an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model

2013 501 citations Isaac M. Chiu, Emiko Morimoto et al. Cell Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emiko Morimoto Japan	11	426	217	214	201	150	20	860
Sabine Pfeifenbring Germany	10	331 0.8×	171 0.8×	203 0.9×	315 1.6×	83 0.6×	15	1.0k
Katie N. Murray United Kingdom	14	420 1.0×	204 0.9×	130 0.6×	337 1.7×	76 0.5×	15	1.1k
Aivi T. Nguyen United States	13	217 0.5×	233 1.1×	149 0.7×	247 1.2×	211 1.4×	36	779
Deborah Kronenberg‐Versteeg United Kingdom	17	311 0.7×	349 1.6×	113 0.5×	264 1.3×	177 1.2×	23	1.2k
Dipankar J. Dutta United States	10	414 1.0×	93 0.4×	107 0.5×	362 1.8×	101 0.7×	16	959
Taitea Dykstra United States	11	564 1.3×	254 1.2×	138 0.6×	214 1.1×	186 1.2×	12	1.1k
Jan Leo Rinnenthal Germany	12	492 1.2×	312 1.4×	56 0.3×	237 1.2×	261 1.7×	20	990
Jonathan Hasselmann United States	11	386 0.9×	200 0.9×	81 0.4×	253 1.3×	157 1.0×	17	759
Robert Glumm Germany	10	258 0.6×	232 1.1×	92 0.4×	319 1.6×	157 1.0×	14	994
Robyn Oldfield New Zealand	11	473 1.1×	193 0.9×	80 0.4×	173 0.9×	108 0.7×	15	763

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kobayashi, Yu, Satoru Sakuma, Emiko Morimoto, et al.. (2025). Refractory myoclonic epilepsy and progressive movement disorder arising from recurrent DHDDS variants in Japanese patients: a case series. Brain and Development. 47(6). 104478–104478.

Yokota, Hajime, Hiroyuki Uetani, Hiroyuki Tatekawa, et al.. (2020). Focal cortical dysplasia imaging discrepancies between MRI and FDG-PET: Unique association with temporal lobe location. Seizure. 81. 180–185. 10 indexed citations

Mori‐Yoshimura, Madoka, Sumiko Yoshida, Narihiro Minami, et al.. (2019). Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental aspects of Becker muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 29(12). 930–939. 28 indexed citations

Enokizono, Mikako, Noriko Sato, Miho Ota, et al.. (2019). Disrupted cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway in patients with hemimegalencephaly. Brain and Development. 41(6). 507–515. 4 indexed citations

Kimura, Yukio, Yuko Saito, Yoko Shigemoto, et al.. (2019). Radiologic and Pathologic Features of the Transmantle Sign in Focal Cortical Dysplasia: The T1 Signal Is Useful for Differentiating Subtypes. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40(6). 1060–1066. 17 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Atsuhiko, Noriko Sato, Yukio Kimura, et al.. (2019). Exploring the frequency and clinical background of the “zebra sign” in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple system atrophy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 401. 90–94. 2 indexed citations

Shigemoto, Yoko, Daichi Sone, Miho Ota, et al.. (2019). Voxel-based correlation of 18F-THK5351 accumulation and gray matter volume in the brain of cognitively normal older adults. EJNMMI Research. 9(1). 81–81. 4 indexed citations

Fujii, Hiroyuki, Noriko Sato, Jun‐ichi Takanashi, et al.. (2019). Altered MR imaging findings in a Japanese female child with PRUNE1-related disorder. Brain and Development. 42(3). 302–306. 5 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Atsuhiko, Noriko Sato, Yukio Kimura, et al.. (2019). Quantifying iron deposition in the cerebellar subtype of multiple system atrophy and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 by quantitative susceptibility mapping. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 407. 116525–116525. 14 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Fumio, Noriko Sato, Miho Ota, et al.. (2019). Discriminating chorea-acanthocytosis from Huntington's disease with single-case voxel-based morphometry analysis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 408. 116545–116545. 4 indexed citations

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Shigemoto, Yoko, Noriko Sato, Yukio Kimura, et al.. (2019). Postoperative changes in the brain: Assessment with serial T2WI/FLAIR MR images in non-neoplastic patients. Epilepsy Research. 154. 149–151. 1 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Fumio, Noriko Sato, Atsuhiko Sugiyama, et al.. (2019). Chorea-acanthocytosis: Time-dependent changes of symptoms and imaging findings. Journal of Neuroradiology. 48(6). 419–424. 3 indexed citations

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Chien, Aichi, Mingwei Xu, Hajime Yokota, et al.. (2018). Nonsphericity Index and Size Ratio Identify Morphologic Differences between Growing and Stable Aneurysms in a Longitudinal Study of 93 Cases. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 39(3). 500–506. 22 indexed citations

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Kimura, Yukio, Noriko Sato, Miho Ota, et al.. (2018). Brain abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: Evaluation by diffusional kurtosis imaging and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 49(3). 818–824. 20 indexed citations

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Chiu, Isaac M., Emiko Morimoto, Hani Goodarzi, et al.. (2013). A Neurodegeneration-Specific Gene-Expression Signature of Acutely Isolated Microglia from an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model. Cell Reports. 4(2). 385–401. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morimoto, Emiko, Tomohisa Okada, Mitsunori Kanagaki, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of focus laterality in temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative study comparing double inversion‐recovery MR imaging at 3T with FDG‐PET. Epilepsia. 54(12). 2174–2183. 14 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Emiko, Mitsunori Kanagaki, Tomohisa Okada, et al.. (2012). Anterior temporal lobe white matter abnormal signal (ATLAS) as an indicator of seizure focus laterality in temporal lobe epilepsy: comparison of double inversion recovery, FLAIR and T2W MR imaging. European Radiology. 23(1). 3–11. 23 indexed citations

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Miki, Yukio, Mitsunori Kanagaki, Takayuki Kondo, et al.. (2011). “Hot cross bun” sign in multiple system atrophy with predominant cerebellar ataxia: A comparison between proton density-weighted imaging and T2-weighted imaging. European Journal of Radiology. 81(10). 2848–2852. 21 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Takao, Hisato Kobayashi, Koji Nishikawa, et al.. (2009). Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in autoimmune pancreatitis. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 27(3). 138–142. 40 indexed citations

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Borradaile, Nica M., Kimberly K. Buhman, Laura Listenberger, et al.. (2005). A Critical Role for Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1A-1 in Lipotoxic Cell Death. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(2). 770–778. 127 indexed citations

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