Kazuhide Inoue

24.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
290 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Kazuhide Inoue is a scholar working on Physiology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuhide Inoue has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Physiology, 116 papers in Physiology and 115 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kazuhide Inoue's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (129 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (104 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (61 papers). Kazuhide Inoue is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (129 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (104 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (61 papers). Kazuhide Inoue collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Canada and United States. Kazuhide Inoue's co-authors include Makoto Tsuda, Schuichi Koizumi, Hidetoshi Tozaki‐Saitoh, Shinichi Kohsaka, Michael W. Salter, Yukari Shigemoto‐Mogami, Keiko Ohsawa, Takahiro Masuda, Simon Beggs and Yasuko Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kazuhide Inoue

286 papers receiving 19.5k 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.

BDNF from microglia causes the shift in neuronal anion gradient underlying neuropathic pain

2005 1.5k citations Simon Beggs, Makoto Tsuda et al. profile →
P2X4 receptors induced in spinal microglia gate tactile allodynia after nerve injury

2003 1.3k citations Makoto Tsuda, Yukari Shigemoto‐Mogami et al. profile →
Neuropathic pain and spinal microglia: a big problem from molecules in ‘small’ glia

2004 669 citations Makoto Tsuda, Kazuhide Inoue et al. profile →
UDP acting at P2Y6 receptors is a mediator of microglial phagocytosis

2007 653 citations Schuichi Koizumi, Yukari Shigemoto‐Mogami et al. profile →
Microglia in neuropathic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

2018 626 citations Kazuhide Inoue, Makoto Tsuda Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Neuronal ‘On’ and ‘Off’ signals control microglia

2007 610 citations Kazuhide Inoue et al. profile →
A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain

2022 147 citations Keita Kohno, Kohei Yoshihara et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuhide Inoue Japan	69	8.5k	6.9k	6.4k	6.1k	4.8k	290	19.7k
Michael W. Salter Canada	74	11.0k 1.3×	12.3k 1.8×	4.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.3×	9.4k 2.0×	180	25.1k
Shinichi Kohsaka Japan	69	4.3k 0.5×	6.0k 0.9×	9.8k 1.5×	2.8k 0.5×	5.8k 1.2×	251	20.1k
Schuichi Koizumi Japan	49	2.9k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.6×	180	9.6k
Raymond A. Swanson United States	76	3.0k 0.4×	6.6k 1.0×	5.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.2×	7.4k 1.6×	184	19.1k
Long‐Jun Wu United States	64	3.8k 0.4×	4.9k 0.7×	5.0k 0.8×	772 0.1×	3.9k 0.8×	213	13.1k
Rodrigo A. Cunha Portugal	79	2.8k 0.3×	9.0k 1.3×	4.7k 0.7×	10.3k 1.7×	5.9k 1.2×	339	20.3k
John N. Wood United Kingdom	80	11.4k 1.3×	8.3k 1.2×	829 0.1×	1.4k 0.2×	12.1k 2.5×	252	22.6k
Carlos Matute Spain	64	2.0k 0.2×	5.4k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.2×	4.1k 0.9×	245	13.1k
Stephen D. Skaper Italy	67	2.5k 0.3×	6.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.3×	900 0.1×	5.5k 1.2×	277	15.4k
Gary E. Landreth United States	89	10.3k 1.2×	5.5k 0.8×	9.0k 1.4×	568 0.1×	11.1k 2.3×	225	26.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuhide Inoue

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Ueno, Ichiro, et al.. (2025). Cabbage Leaf Epicuticular Wax Deters Female Oviposition and Larval Feeding of Pieris rapae. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 51(2). 45–45.

Kohno, Keita, Kohei Yoshihara, Kaori Tanaka, et al.. (2022). A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain. Science. 376(6588). 86–90. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

Yasui, Masaya, et al.. (2019). Hyperactivation of proprioceptors induces microglia-mediated long-lasting pain in a rat model of chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 16(1). 67–67. 21 indexed citations

Inoue, Kazuhide & Makoto Tsuda. (2018). Microglia in neuropathic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 19(3). 138–152. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

Masuda, Takahiro, Ryohei Yoshinaga, Hidetoshi Tozaki‐Saitoh, et al.. (2014). Transcription factor IRF5 drives P2X4R+-reactive microglia gating neuropathic pain. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3771–3771. 160 indexed citations

Tsuda, Makoto, Simon Beggs, Michael W. Salter, & Kazuhide Inoue. (2012). Microglia and intractable chronic pain. Glia. 61(1). 55–61. 97 indexed citations

Inoue, Kazuhide & Makoto Tsuda. (2011). Purinergic systems, neuropathic pain and the role of microglia. Experimental Neurology. 234(2). 293–301. 54 indexed citations

Tsuda, Makoto, Satoshi Ishii, Takahiro Masuda, et al.. (2007). Reduced pain behaviors and extracellular signal‐related protein kinase activation in primary sensory neurons by peripheral tissue injury in mice lacking platelet‐activating factor receptor. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102(5). 1658–1668. 25 indexed citations

Inoue, Kazuhide. (2006). ATP Receptors of Microglia Involved in Pain. Novartis Foundation symposium. 276. 263–274. 44 indexed citations

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Inoue, Kazuhide, et al.. (2004). [ATP and neuropathic pain].. PubMed. 76(11). 1431–9. 1 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Makoto, Yukari Shigemoto‐Mogami, Shinya Ueno, et al.. (2002). Downregulation of P2X₃ receptor‐dependent sensory functions in A/J inbred mouse strain. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15(9). 1444–1450. 27 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Makoto, Schuichi Koizumi, & Kazuhide Inoue. (2001). Role of endogenous ATP at the incision area in a rat model of postoperative pain. Neuroreport. 12(8). 1701–1704. 38 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Ken, Min Liu, Kazuhide Inoue, & Yasuo Ohno. (1997). Potent inhibition by trivalent cations of ATP-gated channels. European Journal of Pharmacology. 325(2-3). 237–243. 37 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Schuichi, Makoto Ikeda, Ken Nakazawa, et al.. (1995). Accentuation by pertussis toxin of the 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced potentiation of ATP-evoked responses in rat pheochromocytoma cells. Neuroscience Letters. 183(1-2). 104–107. 7 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Schuichi, Makoto Ikeda, Kaori Inoue, et al.. (1995). Enhancement by zinc of ATP-evoked dopamine release from rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Brain Research. 673(1). 75–82. 25 indexed citations

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Morita, Kyoko, Miyuki Yokota, Kazuhide Inoue, et al.. (1991). General pharmacology of etodolac ((±)-1,8-diethyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-b] indole-1-acetic acid), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. 41(2). 173–191. 1 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Ken, et al.. (1990). A-2 Electroretinographic changes induced by the concomitant administration of new quinolones and a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug.. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 15(3). 199. 1 indexed citations

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Kondo, Yoichi, Kazuhide Inoue, Takuya Kotani, & Sachiya Ohtaki. (1988). Immunoelectron microscopy of the hormonogenic sites of the thyroglobulin molecule. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 57(3). 261–267. 8 indexed citations

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Ueki, Showa, Michihiro Fujiwara, & Kazuhide Inoue. (1976). Behavioral pharmacology of lopramine. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 72(5). 585–607. 4 indexed citations

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Ueki, Showa, et al.. (1975). Behavioral pharmacology of maprotiline, a new antidepressant. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 71(8). 789–815. 10 indexed citations

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