Hiro Furukawa

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Hiro Furukawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiro Furukawa has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 26 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Hiro Furukawa's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (24 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (24 papers). Hiro Furukawa is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (24 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (24 papers). Hiro Furukawa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Hiro Furukawa's co-authors include Erkan Karakaş, Noriko Simorowski, Stephen F. Traynelis, Kasper B. Hansen, Riley E. Perszyk, John J. Fung, Lonnie P. Wollmuth, Michael C. Regan, Thomas E. Starzl and Annabel Romero Hernandez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hiro Furukawa

84 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Crystal structure of a heterotetrameric NMDA receptor ion channel

2014 482 citations Erkan Karakaş, Hiro Furukawa Science profile →
Structure, function, and allosteric modulation of NMDA receptors

2018 393 citations Kasper B. Hansen, Feng Yi et al. The Journal of General Physiology profile →
Structure, Function, and Pharmacology of Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels

2021 388 citations Kasper B. Hansen, Lonnie P. Wollmuth et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Hiro Furukawa	2.4k	2.4k	736	630	316	86	4.5k
László Hunyady	2.1k 0.9×	4.9k 2.0×	664 0.9×	267 0.4×	572 1.8×	173	7.5k
Pierre Carayon	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	503 0.7×	150 0.2×	554 1.8×	98	5.0k
Gary L. Stiles	2.3k 0.9×	4.8k 2.0×	300 0.4×	73 0.1×	904 2.9×	122	8.1k
Masanori Tachikawa	584 0.2×	1.7k 0.7×	320 0.4×	288 0.5×	796 2.5×	150	4.9k
Adrienne S. Gordon	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	178 0.2×	87 0.1×	431 1.4×	77	4.2k
François Ichas	1.0k 0.4×	3.4k 1.4×	144 0.2×	169 0.3×	507 1.6×	56	4.9k
Margaret A. Cascieri	2.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.7×	769 1.0×	172 0.3×	904 2.9×	139	6.7k
Sébastien Roger	559 0.2×	2.3k 1.0×	225 0.3×	214 0.3×	289 0.9×	91	4.2k
John F. Reinhard	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	385 0.5×	108 0.2×	479 1.5×	95	4.4k
Karl E. Krueger	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	162 0.2×	52 0.1×	321 1.0×	43	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiro Furukawa

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Kang, Hyunook, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of conductance control and neurosteroid binding in NMDA receptors. Nature. 648(8092). 220–228.

Michalski, Kevin, Lars Schmidl, Ricardo Gómez, et al.. (2024). Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(12). 1975–1986. 11 indexed citations

Chou, Tsung‐Han, Russell G. Fritzemeier, Nicholas S. Akins, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanism of ligand gating and opening of NMDA receptor. Nature. 632(8023). 209–217. 22 indexed citations

Michalski, Kevin & Hiro Furukawa. (2024). Structure and function of GluN1-3A NMDA receptor excitatory glycine receptor channel. Science Advances. 10(15). eadl5952–eadl5952. 12 indexed citations

Jain, Anant, Yoshihisa Nakahata, Tristano Pancani, et al.. (2024). Dendritic, delayed, stochastic CaMKII activation in behavioural time scale plasticity. Nature. 635(8037). 151–159. 9 indexed citations

Syrjänen, Johanna L., et al.. (2023). Structure of human CALHM1 reveals key locations for channel regulation and blockade by ruthenium red. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3821–3821. 9 indexed citations

Tajima, N., Noriko Simorowski, Michael C. Regan, et al.. (2022). Development and characterization of functional antibodies targeting NMDA receptors. Nature Communications. 13(1). 923–923. 24 indexed citations

Chou, Tsung‐Han, et al.. (2022). Excitatory and inhibitory D-serine binding to the NMDA receptor. eLife. 11. 10 indexed citations

Syrjänen, Johanna L., Kevin Michalski, Tsung‐Han Chou, et al.. (2020). Structure and assembly of calcium homeostasis modulator proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(2). 150–159. 63 indexed citations

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Perszyk, Riley E., Scott J. Myers, Hongjie Yuan, et al.. (2020). Hodgkin–Huxley–Katz Prize Lecture: Genetic and pharmacological control of glutamate receptor channel through a highly conserved gating motif. The Journal of Physiology. 598(15). 3071–3083. 20 indexed citations

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Furukawa, Hiro, et al.. (2019). Dissecting diverse functions of NMDA receptors by structural biology. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 54. 34–42. 38 indexed citations

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Hansen, Kasper B., Feng Yi, Riley E. Perszyk, et al.. (2018). Structure, function, and allosteric modulation of NMDA receptors. The Journal of General Physiology. 150(8). 1081–1105. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Regan, Michael C., Timothy Grant, Miranda J. McDaniel, et al.. (2018). Structural Mechanism of Functional Modulation by Gene Splicing in NMDA Receptors. Neuron. 98(3). 521–529.e3. 53 indexed citations

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Regan, Michael C. & Hiro Furukawa. (2016). Deeper Insights into the Allosteric Modulation of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors. Neuron. 91(6). 1187–1189. 1 indexed citations

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Karakaş, Erkan, Michael C. Regan, & Hiro Furukawa. (2015). Emerging structural insights into the function of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 40(6). 328–337. 59 indexed citations

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Karakaş, Erkan & Hiro Furukawa. (2014). Crystal structure of a heterotetrameric NMDA receptor ion channel. Science. 344(6187). 992–997. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tajima, N., et al.. (2014). Structural Insights into Competitive Antagonism in NMDA Receptors. Neuron. 81(2). 366–378. 72 indexed citations

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Vance, Katie M., Noriko Simorowski, Stephen F. Traynelis, & Hiro Furukawa. (2011). Ligand-specific deactivation time course of GluN1/GluN2D NMDA receptors. Nature Communications. 2(1). 294–294. 79 indexed citations

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Ohno, Keiko, et al.. (2006). Effects of Hepatic CYP3A4 Activity on Disposition of Micafungin in Liver Transplant Recipients With Markedly Small-for-Size Grafts. Transplantation Proceedings. 38(10). 3649–3650. 13 indexed citations

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Reyes, Jorgé, Satoru Todo, Eduardo J. Yunis, et al.. (1997). Graft‐versus‐host disease after liver and small bowel transplantation in a child. Clinical Transplantation. 11(5pt1). 345–348. 31 indexed citations

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