Hiroyuki Nawa

16.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
185 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Hiroyuki Nawa is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroyuki Nawa has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 95 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hiroyuki Nawa's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (47 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers). Hiroyuki Nawa is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (47 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers). Hiroyuki Nawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Hiroyuki Nawa's co-authors include Shigetada Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Takei, Josette Carnahan, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Noboru Mizuno, Yuriko Iwakura, Hitoshi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Someya, Paul H. Patterson and Hisaaki Namba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hiroyuki Nawa

183 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Molecular characterization of a novel metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 coupled to inositol phosphate/Ca2+ signal transduction.

1992 718 citations Hiroyuki Nawa, Shigetada Nakanishi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Activation of the TrkB Neurotrophin Receptor Is Induced by Antidepressant Drugs and Is Required for Antidepressant-Induced Behavioral Effects

2003 634 citations Hiroyuki Nawa et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Nucleotide sequences of cloned cDNAs for two types of bovine brain substance P precursor

1983 628 citations Hiroyuki Nawa, Shigetada Nakanishi et al. profile →
Molecular characterization of a novel retinal metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR6 with a high agonist selectivity for L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate

1993 609 citations Hiroyuki Nawa, Shigetada Nakanishi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroyuki Nawa Japan	62	8.5k	6.2k	2.5k	1.4k	1.3k	185	13.4k
Dan Lindholm Finland	66	9.4k 1.1×	6.5k 1.1×	4.8k 1.9×	2.1k 1.5×	845 0.7×	201	16.6k
Hilmar Bading Germany	52	8.2k 1.0×	8.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	134	13.9k
Mike Dragunow New Zealand	72	9.2k 1.1×	7.4k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.7k 1.9×	1.7k 1.3×	231	18.2k
Soren Impey United States	54	5.4k 0.6×	7.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	81	13.1k
Jean‐Antoine Girault France	73	9.6k 1.1×	8.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	229	16.4k
Julie A. Blendy United States	52	5.2k 0.6×	5.2k 0.8×	814 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	143	11.1k
Zhen Yan United States	68	8.5k 1.0×	7.5k 1.2×	921 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	3.0k 2.3×	214	15.6k
Barbara L. Hempstead United States	70	13.6k 1.6×	8.1k 1.3×	6.1k 2.4×	2.7k 1.9×	1.8k 1.4×	136	21.7k
Stephen J. Moss United Kingdom	85	14.1k 1.7×	11.5k 1.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	2.5k 2.0×	236	20.4k
Martin Körte Germany	53	6.3k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	3.3k 2.3×	1.5k 1.2×	142	13.2k

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Nawa, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2025). Neurobiology of COVID‐19‐Associated Psychosis/Schizophrenia: Implication of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports. 45(1). e12520–e12520. 1 indexed citations

Iwakura, Yuriko, et al.. (2024). Epidermal Growth Factor Suppresses the Development of GABAergic Neurons Via the Modulation of Perineuronal Net Formation in the Neocortex of Developing Rodent Brains. Neurochemical Research. 49(5). 1347–1358. 2 indexed citations

Sotoyama, Hidekazu, Hisaaki Namba, Manavu Tohmi, & Hiroyuki Nawa. (2023). Schizophrenia Animal Modeling with Epidermal Growth Factor and Its Homologs: Their Connections to the Inflammatory Pathway and the Dopamine System. Biomolecules. 13(2). 372–372. 11 indexed citations

Takahashi, Masahiko, Hiroki Kitaura, Akiyoshi Kakita, et al.. (2022). USP10 Inhibits Aberrant Cytoplasmic Aggregation of TDP-43 by Promoting Stress Granule Clearance. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 42(3). e0039321–e0039321. 15 indexed citations

Takei, Nobuyuki, Daisaku Yokomaku, Takaho Yamada, et al.. (2022). EGF Downregulates Presynaptic Maturation and Suppresses Synapse Formation In Vitro and In Vivo. Neurochemical Research. 47(9). 2632–2644. 3 indexed citations

Kitajo, Keiichi, et al.. (2021). Rat call-evoked electrocorticographic responses and intercortical phase synchrony impaired in a cytokine-induced animal model for schizophrenia. Neuroscience Research. 175. 62–72. 5 indexed citations

Iwakura, Yuriko, Hisaaki Namba, Hidekazu Sotoyama, et al.. (2021). Inter‐breeder differences in prepulse inhibition deficits of C57BL/6J mice in a maternal immune activation model. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports. 41(3). 416–421. 13 indexed citations

Nawa, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2019). AMPK activation, eEF2 inactivation, and reduced protein synthesis in the cerebral cortex of hibernating chipmunks. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11904–11904. 11 indexed citations

Takahashi, Masahiko, Hiroki Kitaura, Akiyoshi Kakita, et al.. (2018). USP10 Is a Driver of Ubiquitinated Protein Aggregation and Aggresome Formation to Inhibit Apoptosis. iScience. 9. 433–450. 37 indexed citations

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Furukawa, Kazuo, Ichiro Fuse, Yuriko Iwakura, et al.. (2017). Advanced glycation end products induce brain-derived neurotrophic factor release from human platelets through the Src-family kinase activation. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 16(1). 20–20. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Ran, Yuriko Iwakura, Kazuaki Araki, et al.. (2013). ErbB2 Dephosphorylation and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Neuregulin-1 in ErbB2-Overexpressing Cells; Re-evaluation of Their Low-Affinity Interaction. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1402–1402. 8 indexed citations

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Saito, Takashi, Per Nilsson, Yukio Matsuba, et al.. (2012). Cell Surface Expression of the Major Amyloid-β Peptide (Aβ)-degrading Enzyme, Neprilysin, Depends on Phosphorylation by Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase Kinase (MEK) and Dephosphorylation by Protein Phosphatase 1a. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(35). 29362–29372. 34 indexed citations

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Iwakura, Yuriko, Yingjun Zheng, Maria Sibilia, et al.. (2011). Qualitative and quantitative re‐evaluation of epidermal growth factor‐ErbB1 action on developing midbrain dopaminergic neurons in vivo and in vitro: target‐derived neurotrophic signaling (Part 1). Journal of Neurochemistry. 118(1). 45–56. 33 indexed citations

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Abe, Yuichi, Hisaaki Namba, Yingjun Zheng, & Hiroyuki Nawa. (2009). In situ hybridization reveals developmental regulation of ErbB1-4 mRNA expression in mouse midbrain: Implication of ErbB receptors for dopaminergic neurons. Neuroscience. 161(1). 95–110. 82 indexed citations

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Mizuno, Makoto, Hidekazu Sotoyama, Hiroki Kawamura, et al.. (2007). A Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor Ameliorates Behavioral Impairments Induced by Striatal Administration of Epidermal Growth Factor. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(38). 10116–10127. 33 indexed citations

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Futamura, Takashi, Akiyoshi Kakita, Manavu Tohmi, et al.. (2003). Neonatal perturbation of neurotrophic signaling results in abnormal sensorimotor gating and social interaction in adults: implication for epidermal growth factor in cognitive development. Molecular Psychiatry. 8(1). 19–29. 96 indexed citations

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Iritani, Shuji, et al.. (2000). The distribution of neuropeptide Y and brain-derived neurotrophic factor immunoreactivity in hippocampal formation of the monkey and rat. Brain Research. 852(2). 475–478. 5 indexed citations

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Nawa, Hiroyuki, Yasumasa Bessho, Josette Carnahan, Shigetada Nakanishi, & Keiko Mizuno. (1993). Regulation of Neuropeptide Expression in Cultured Cerebral Cortical Neurons by Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Journal of Neurochemistry. 60(2). 772–775. 165 indexed citations

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Bessho, Yasumasa, Hiroyuki Nawa, & Shigetada Nakanishi. (1993). Glutamate and Quisqualate Regulate Expression of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor mRNA in Cultured Cerebellar Granule Cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 60(1). 253–259. 40 indexed citations

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Nawa, Hiroyuki & Dinah W.Y. Sah. (1990). Different biological activities in conditioned media control the expression of a variety of neuropeptides in cultured sympathetic neurons. Neuron. 4(2). 279–287. 92 indexed citations

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