Isao Ito

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Isao Ito is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Isao Ito has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Isao Ito's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (10 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Isao Ito is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (10 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Isao Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Austria. Isao Ito's co-authors include Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Chikara Hirono, Shuichi Tanabe, Kenji Sakimura, Tatsuya Kutsuwada, Etsuko Kushiya, Takeshi Yagi, Chitoshi Takayama, Masayoshi Mishina and Shinichi Aizawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Isao Ito

31 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Reduced hippocampal LTP and spatial learning in mice lack... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1995 1987 200 400 600
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.

  1. Reduced hippocampal LTP and spatial learning in mice lacking NMDA receptor ε1 subunit
    1995 709 citations Kenji Sakimura, Tatsuya Kutsuwada et al. Nature profile →
  2. A new type of glutamate receptor linked to inositol phospholipid metabolism
    1987 651 citations Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Isao Ito et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Isao Ito
Amy Arai United States
Tomi Taira Finland
Hannele Lahtinen Finland
Gloria E. Meredith United States
Haruyuki Kamiya Japan
Laurent Aniksztejn France
Elizabeth E. Bellocchio United States
Nicole Ropert France
Steven J. Kehl Canada
Lydia Kerkerian‐Le Goff France
Amy Arai United States
Isao Ito
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Fields of papers citing papers by Isao Ito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isao Ito

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kosaki, Yutaka, et al.. (2017). Mice lacking hippocampal left-right asymmetry show non-spatial learning deficits. Behavioural Brain Research. 336. 156–165. 6 indexed citations
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Wakita, Ken, et al.. (2017). PirB regulates asymmetries in hippocampal circuitry. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0179377–e0179377. 5 indexed citations
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Goto, Kazuhiro & Isao Ito. (2016). The asymmetry defect of hippocampal circuitry impairs working memory in β2-microglobulin deficient mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 139. 50–55. 10 indexed citations
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Nii, Takenobu, Akiko Iwaki, Atsushi Shibata, et al.. (2014). Comprehensive behavioral study of mGluR3 knockout mice: implication in schizophrenia related endophenotypes. Molecular Brain. 7(1). 31–31. 45 indexed citations
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Fukata, Yuko, José Martínez Hernández, Masaki Fukata, et al.. (2013). Neuronal major histocompatibility complex class I molecules are implicated in the generation of asymmetries in hippocampal circuitry. The Journal of Physiology. 591(19). 4777–4791. 19 indexed citations
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Sagata, Noriaki, Akiko Iwaki, Toshihiro Aramaki, et al.. (2010). Comprehensive behavioural study of GluR4 knockout mice: implication in cognitive function. Genes Brain & Behavior. 9(8). 899–909. 37 indexed citations
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Goto, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2010). Left−Right Asymmetry Defect in the Hippocampal Circuitry Impairs Spatial Learning and Working Memory in iv Mice. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e15468–e15468. 49 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Ryosuke, et al.. (2008). Right Isomerism of the Brain in Inversus Viscerum Mutant Mice. PLoS ONE. 3(4). e1945–e1945. 33 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, Ryosuke Kawakami, Kenji Sakimura, Masayoshi Mishina, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (2000). Input-specific targeting of NMDA receptor subtypes at mouse hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses. Neuropharmacology. 39(6). 943–951. 25 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, Kenji Sakimura, Masayoshi Mishina, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (1996). Age-dependent reduction of hippocampal LTP in mice lacking N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor ϵ1 subunit. Neuroscience Letters. 203(1). 69–71. 33 indexed citations
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Sakimura, Kenji, Tatsuya Kutsuwada, Isao Ito, et al.. (1995). Reduced hippocampal LTP and spatial learning in mice lacking NMDA receptor ε1 subunit. Nature. 373(6510). 151–155. 709 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tanabe, Shigeru, Isao Ito, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (1991). Possible heterogeneity of metabotropic glutamate receptors in duced in Xenopus oocytes by rat brain mRNA. Neuroscience Research. 10(1). 71–77. 17 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao. (1991). Roles of glutamate receptors in long-term potentiation at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Neuroreport. 2(6). 333–336. 78 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, Hiroyoshi Hidaka, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (1991). Effects of KN-62, a specific inhibitor of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, on long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 121(1-2). 119–121. 99 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, et al.. (1990). Allosteric potentiation of quisqualate receptors by a nootropic drug aniracetam.. The Journal of Physiology. 424(1). 533–543. 287 indexed citations
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Sugiyama, Hiroyuki, Isao Ito, & Daisuke Okada. (1990). Roles of Metabotropic and Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Long-Term Potentiation of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 268. 387–394. 5 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, et al.. (1990). Pre-junctional inhibitory action of prostaglandin E2 on excitatory neuro-effector transmission in the human bronchus. Prostaglandins. 39(6). 639–655. 30 indexed citations
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Sugiyama, Hiroyuki, et al.. (1989). Pharmacological properties of quisqualate- and kainate-preferring glutamate receptors induced in Xenopus oocytes by rat and chick brain mRNA. Neuroscience Research. 7(2). 164–167. 19 indexed citations
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Hirono, Chikara, Isao Ito, Shunichi Yamagishi, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (1988). Characterization of glutamate receptors induced in Xenopus oocytes after injection of rat brain mRNA. Neuroscience Research. 6(2). 106–114. 22 indexed citations
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Ito, Isao, Daisuke Okada, & Hiroyuki Sugiyama. (1988). Pertussis toxin suppresses long-term potentiation of hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Neuroscience Letters. 90(1-2). 181–185. 43 indexed citations

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