Keiji Imoto

15.5k citations

107 papers · 12.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Sensory Systems top 0.1%
- Ion Channels and Receptors

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 68
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 47
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 8
Sensory Systems 8
- Ion Channels and Receptors 8

Co-authors: Junichi Nakai Shosaku Numa Yasuo Mori Masamichi Ohkura Masayoshi Mishina Stefan H. Heinemann Heinrich Terlau Bert Sakmann
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (10 papers)FEBS Letters (9 papers)Nature (7 papers)The Journal of Physiology (5 papers)European Journal of Neuroscience (4 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Keiji Imoto

106 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

LTRPC2 Ca2+-Permeable Channel Activated by Changes in Redox Status Confers Susceptibility to Cell Death 2002 · 695 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Molecular Cell
2001 Nature Biotechnology
1992 Nature
1991 Nature
1989 Nature
1988 Nature
1986 Nature
1986 Nature

Peers

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Keiji Imoto, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Novel KCNQ1 Q234K variant, identified in patients with long QT syndrome and epileptiform activity, induces both gain- and loss-of-function of slowly activating delayed rectifier potassium currents Frontiers in Physiology ·Tadashi Nakajima, Shuntaro Tamura, Reika Kawabata‐Iwakawa, Hideki Itoh, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takashi Kobari, Shun Harasawa, Akiko Sekine, Masahiko Nishiyama, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Keiji Imoto, Yoshiaki Kaneko, Yosuke Nakatani, Minoru Horie, Hideki Ishii	2024	1
2	Characterization of Nociceptive Behaviors Induced by Formalin in the Glabrous and Hairy Skin of Rats Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal ·E Erami, H. Azhdari-Zarmehri, Keiji Imoto, Hidemasa Furue	2017	11
3	Systemic dexmedetomidine augments inhibitory synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn through activation of descending noradrenergic control: An in vivo patch-clamp analysis of analgesic mechanisms Pain ·Yusuke Funai, Anthony E. Pickering, Daisuke Uta, Kiyonobu Nishikawa, T. Mori, Akira Asada, Keiji Imoto, Hidemasa Furue	2013	77
4	The Role of HCN Channels on Membrane Excitability in the Nervous System PubMed ·Daisuke Kase, Keiji Imoto	2012	87
5	Rewiring of Afferent Fibers in the Somatosensory Thalamus of Mice Caused by Peripheral Sensory Nerve Transection Journal of Neuroscience ·Yuichi Takeuchi, Miwako Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Nagumo, Keiji Imoto, Masahiko Watanabe, Mariko Miyata	2012	27
6	Synapse- and subtype-specific modulation of synaptic transmission by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the ventrobasal thalamus Neuroscience Research ·Yasuyuki Nagumo, Yuichi Takeuchi, Keiji Imoto, Mariko Miyata	2010	7
7	Morphological changes in dendritic spines of Purkinje cells associated with motor learning Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ·Kwang‐Won Lee, J. Jung, Tatsuo Arii, Keiji Imoto, Im Joo Rhyu	2007	55
8	A paradoxical effect of lidocaine for the N406S mutation of SCN5A associated with Brugada syndrome International Journal of Cardiology ·Hideki Itoh, Keiko Tsuji, Tomoko Sakaguchi, Iori Nagaoka, Yuko Oka, Yuko Nakazawa, Takenori Yao, Hikari Jo, Takashi Ashihara, Makoto Itō, Minoru Horie, Keiji Imoto	2007	7
9	Genetically Encoded Bright Ca 2+ Probe Applicable for Dynamic Ca 2+ Imaging of Dendritic Spines Analytical Chemistry ·Keiji Imoto, M Matsuzaki, Masamichi Ohkura, Haruo Kasai, Junichi Nakai	2005	29
10	Clinical and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Brugada Syndrome Caused by a Missense Mutation in the S5‐Pore Site of SCN5A Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Hideki Itoh, Masami Shimizu, Hiroshi Mabuchi, Keiji Imoto	2005	18
11	Regulatory interaction of sodium channel IQ-motif with calmodulin C-terminal lobe Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Masayuki Mori, Takashi Konno, Takashi Morii, Kuniaki Nagayama, Keiji Imoto	2003	24
12	LTRPC2 Ca2+-Permeable Channel Activated by Changes in Redox Status Confers Susceptibility to Cell Death Molecular Cell ·Yuji Hara, Minoru Wakamori, Masakazu Ishii, Emi Maeno, Motohiro Nishida, Takashi Yoshida, Hisanobu Yamada, Shunichi Shimizu, Emiko Mori, Jun Kudoh, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Kurose, Yasunobu Okada, Keiji Imoto, Yasuo Mori Hit paper breakdown →	2002	695
13	A high signal-to-noise Ca2+ probe composed of a single green fluorescent protein Nature Biotechnology ·Junichi Nakai, Masamichi Ohkura, Keiji Imoto Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1155
14	Ion channels: molecular basis of ion selectivity FEBS Letters ·Keiji Imoto	1993	24
15	Determinants of sensitivity to tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin of sodium channel-II. The FASEB Journal ·Heinrich Terlau, Stefan H. Heinemann, Walter Stuehmer, Michael Pusch, Franco Conti, Keiji Imoto, Shosaku Numa	1992	1
16	Pore size and negative charge as structural determinants of permeability in the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·F Wang, Keiji Imoto	1992	36
17	Primary structure and distribution of a novel ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel from rabbit brain FEBS Letters ·Yoji Hakamata, Junichi Nakai, Hiroshi Takeshima, Keiji Imoto	1992	363
18	Mapping the site of block by tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin of sodium channel II FEBS Letters ·Heinrich Terlau, Stefan H. Heinemann, Walter Stühmer, Michael Pusch, Franco Conti, Keiji Imoto, Shosaku Numa	1991	391
19	A ring of uncharged polar amino acids as a component of channel constriction in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor FEBS Letters ·Keiji Imoto, Takashi Konno, Junichi Nakai, Feng Wang, Masayoshi Mishina, Shosaku Numa	1991	110
20	Potassium channels from NG108‐15 neuroblastoma‐glioma hybrid cells FEBS Letters ·Shigeru Yokoyama, Keiji Imoto, Tetsuro Kawamura, Haruhiro Higashida, Naoyuki Iwabe, Takashi Miyata, Shosaku Numa	1989	168

About Keiji Imoto

Keiji Imoto is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 107 papers that have together received 12.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ion channel regulation and function (62 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (23 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (21 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (6.3k citations), Sensory Systems (1.6k citations), Molecular Biology (8.9k citations), Physiology (437 citations) and Biophysics (500 citations). Keiji Imoto has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Junichi Nakai, Shosaku Numa, Yasuo Mori, Masamichi Ohkura, Masayoshi Mishina, Stefan H. Heinemann, Heinrich Terlau, Bert Sakmann, Hiroshi Takeshima and Minoru Wakamori. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, FEBS Letters, Nature, The Journal of Physiology and European Journal of Neuroscience.

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