Etsuko Wada

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Etsuko Wada is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Etsuko Wada has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Etsuko Wada's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (43 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (12 papers). Etsuko Wada is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (43 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (12 papers). Etsuko Wada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Brazil. Etsuko Wada's co-authors include Keiji Wada, Larry W. Swanson, Steve Heinemann, Jim Patrick, Jim Boulter, Evan S. Deneris, James F. Battey, John G. Connolly, Yusuke Tozuka and David McKinnon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Etsuko Wada

79 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

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Author						Papers	Cites
Etsuko Wada	3.9k	2.9k	822	643	517	79	6.4k
Gerard J.M. Martens	3.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	663 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	274 0.5×	214	7.1k
T K Harden	5.3k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	718 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	274 0.5×	89	8.4k
Bertrand Bloch	4.4k 1.1×	6.6k 2.3×	923 1.1×	638 1.0×	462 0.9×	176	9.8k
Ikuko Nagatsu	2.7k 0.7×	4.6k 1.6×	684 0.8×	980 1.5×	490 0.9×	275	8.0k
John E. Pintar	5.4k 1.4×	4.7k 1.6×	788 1.0×	2.0k 3.1×	330 0.6×	180	10.1k
Brandon K. Harvey	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	452 0.5×	665 1.0×	295 0.6×	119	7.2k
Lars Terenius	3.0k 0.8×	4.5k 1.6×	758 0.9×	1.4k 2.3×	629 1.2×	169	7.1k
Eric L. Gustafson	2.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	817 1.3×	273 0.5×	61	5.8k
Rüdiger W. Veh	4.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.5×	651 0.8×	791 1.2×	343 0.7×	156	8.0k
Jean Mariani	4.0k 1.0×	4.0k 1.4×	838 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	169 0.3×	235	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Etsuko Wada

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Suzuki, Chihiro, Ayako Yamada, Masaaki Yoshikawa, et al.. (2011). β‐Lactotensin derived from bovine β‐lactoglobulin exhibits anxiolytic‐like activity as an agonist for neurotensin NTS₂ receptor via activation of dopamine D₁ receptor in mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 119(4). 785–790. 40 indexed citations

Yamada, Daisuke, Etsuko Wada, Taiju Amano, Keiji Wada, & Masayuki Sekiguchi. (2010). Lack of neurotensin type 1 receptor facilitates contextual fear memory depending on the memory strength. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 96(3). 363–369. 9 indexed citations

Yamauchi, Rena, et al.. (2009). Maternal enrichment affects prenatal hippocampal proliferation and open-field behaviors in female offspring mice. Neuroscience Letters. 454(1). 28–32. 28 indexed citations

Piliponsky, Adrian M., Ching‐Cheng Chen, Toshihiko Nishimura, et al.. (2008). Neurotensin increases mortality and mast cells reduce neurotensin levels in a mouse model of sepsis. Nature Medicine. 14(4). 392–398. 101 indexed citations

Yamauchi, Rena, Etsuko Wada, Daisuke Yamada, Masaaki Yoshikawa, & Keiji Wada. (2006). Effect of β-lactotensin on acute stress and fear memory. Peptides. 27(12). 3176–3182. 33 indexed citations

Rao, Theertham P., Naomi Sakaguchi, Lekh Raj Juneja, Etsuko Wada, & Takako Yokozawa. (2005). Amla ( Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) Extracts Reduce Oxidative Stress in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats. Journal of Medicinal Food. 8(3). 362–368. 77 indexed citations

Wang, Yulai, Wanzhao Liu, Etsuko Wada, et al.. (2005). Clinico-pathological rescue of a model mouse of Huntington's disease by siRNA. Neuroscience Research. 53(3). 241–249. 140 indexed citations

Nakamichi, Yoko, Etsuko Wada, Kumiko Aoki, et al.. (2004). Functions of pancreatic β cells and adipocytes in bombesin receptor subtype-3-deficient mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 318(3). 698–703. 24 indexed citations

Subramaniam, Meera, Kumiya Sugiyama, David H. Coy, et al.. (2003). Bombesin-like Peptides and Mast Cell Responses. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(5). 601–611. 45 indexed citations

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Maeno, Hiroshi, Kazuyuki Yamada, Kumiko Aoki, et al.. (2003). Comparison of mice deficient in the high- or low-affinity neurotensin receptors, Ntsr1 or Ntsr2, reveals a novel function for Ntsr2 in thermal nociception. Brain Research. 998(1). 122–129. 66 indexed citations

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Harada, Takayuki, Chikako Harada, Shinichi Kohsaka, et al.. (2002). Microglia–Müller Glia Cell Interactions Control Neurotrophic Factor Production during Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(21). 9228–9236. 344 indexed citations

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Aida, Reiko, Takahiro Moriya, Masashi Akiyama, et al.. (2002). Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Mediates Photic Entrainable Signals to Dorsal Subsets of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus via Induction of Period Gene in Mice. Molecular Pharmacology. 61(1). 26–34. 96 indexed citations

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Wada, Etsuko, et al.. (1999). Hyperresponsiveness to Palatable and Aversive Taste Stimuli in Genetically Obese (Bombesin Receptor Subtype-3–Deficient) Mice. Physiology & Behavior. 66(5). 863–867. 42 indexed citations

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Battey, James F., Etsuko Wada, & Susan Wray. (1994). Bombesin Receptor Gene Expression during Mammalian Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 739(1). 244–252. 13 indexed citations

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Sharoni, Yoav, et al.. (1993). Neuromedin-B receptor transfected BALB/3T3 cells: signal transduction and effects of ectopic receptor expression on cell growth. Regulatory Peptides. 45(3). 341–352. 8 indexed citations

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Wada, Etsuko, et al.. (1993). Differential Gene Expression of CCKA and CCKB Receptors in the Rat Brain. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 4(2). 143–154. 126 indexed citations

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Battey, James F. & Etsuko Wada. (1991). Two distinct receptor subtypes for mammalian bombesin-like peptides. Trends in Neurosciences. 14(12). 524–528. 152 indexed citations

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Shapira, Hagit, Etsuko Wada, James F. Battey, et al.. (1991). Distinguishing bombesin receptor subtypes using the oocyte assay. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 176(1). 79–86. 10 indexed citations

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Emoto, Naoya, Ana-Maria González, Patricia A. Walicke, et al.. (1989). Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) in the Central Nervous System: Identification of Specific Loci of Basic FGF Expression in the Rat Brain. Growth Factors. 2(1). 21–29. 203 indexed citations

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Deneris, Evan S., John G. Connolly, Jim Boulter, et al.. (1988). Primary structure and expression of β2: A novel subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Neuron. 1(1). 45–54. 253 indexed citations

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