Ken Nakamura

11.3k citations

116 papers · 6.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Neurology top 0.2%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Papers in

Neurology 32
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 30
- Neurological disorders and treatments 10
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 25
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 12
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 8

Co-authors: Robert H. Edwards Venu M. Nemani Hiromi Sesaki Miho Iijima Kie Itoh Amandine Berthet Farrukh A. Chaudhry Roger A. Nicoll
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (5 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)Molecular Pharmacology (3 papers)Gastroenterology (3 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Ken Nakamura

107 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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The ubiquitin ligase parkin mediates resistance to intracellular pathogens 2013 · 431 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.

2013 Nature
2011 Journal of Biological Chemistry
2010 Neuron

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1	Long-Term Vonoprazan and Acotiamide-Refractory Patients With Functional Dyspepsia Partly Exhibit Pancreatic Enzyme Abnormalities Cureus ·Ken Nakamura, Seiji Futagami, Shuhei Agawa, S. Higashida, Takeshi Onda, Rie Kawawa, Mayu Habiro, Nobue Ueki, Katsuhiko Iwakiri	2024	0
2	Genotypes of carboxypeptidase A1 and gamma‐glutamyltransferase 1 may be useful tools for the diagnosis and the predictor of worrisome features of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm in Japan JGH Open ·Shuhei Agawa, Seiji Futagami, Ken Nakamura, Mayu Habiro, Rie Kawawa, Y Shinagawa, Rina Motomiya, Kumiko Kirita, Teppei Akimoto, Takeshi Onda, Tomohide Tanabe, Nobue Ueki, Kazufumi Honda, Kok‐Ann Gwee, Katsuhiko Iwakiri	2024	0
3	Fewer systematic prostate core biopsies in clinical stage T1c prostate cancer leads to biochemical recurrence after brachytherapy as monotherapy The Prostate ·Yu Ozawa, Sunao Nohara, Ken Nakamura, Seiya Hattori, Yasuto Yagi, Toru Nishiyama, Atsunori Yorozu, Tetsuo Monma, Shiro Saito	2024	2
4	Combination of artificial intelligence endoscopic diagnosis and Kimura‐Takemoto classification determined by endoscopic experts may effectively evaluate the stratification of gastric atrophy in post‐eradication status SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kumiko Kirita, Seiji Futagami, Ken Nakamura, Shuhei Agawa, Nobue Ueki, Kazutoshi Higuchi, Mayu Habiro, Rie Kawawa, Yusuke Kato, Tomohiro Tada, Katsuhiko Iwakiri	2024	1
5	Chronic hyperactivation of midbrain dopamine neurons causes preferential dopamine neuron degeneration eLife ·Katerina Rademacher, Zak Doric, Dominik Haddad, Aphroditi Mamaligas, Szu-Chi Liao, Rose B. Creed, Kohei Kano, Zac Chatterton, YuHong Fu, Joseph H. Garcia, Victoria Vance, Yoshitaka Sei, Anatol C. Kreitzer, Glenda M. Halliday, Alexandra Nelson, Elyssa B. Margolis, Ken Nakamura	2024	1
6	Systems-level analyses dissociate genetic regulators of reactive oxygen species and energy production Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Neal K. Bennett, Megan Lee, Adam L. Orr, Ken Nakamura	2024	9
7	Protocol to combine brain sections from multiple mice into a single block for spatial transcriptomic analyses STAR Protocols ·Yoshitaka Sei, Myriam M. Chaumeil, Ken Nakamura	2023	1
8	Role of dopamine neuron activity in Parkinson's disease pathophysiology Experimental Neurology ·Katerina Rademacher, Ken Nakamura	2023	11
9	Neurons require glucose uptake and glycolysis in vivo Cell Reports ·Huihui Li, Caroline Guglielmetti, Yoshitaka Sei, Misha Zilberter, Lydia M. Le Page, Lauren Shields, Joyce Yang, Kevin Nguyen, Brice Tiret, Xiao Gao, Neal K. Bennett, Iris Lo, Talya L. Dayton, Martin Kampmann, Yadong Huang, Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Myriam M. Chaumeil, Ken Nakamura	2023	71
10	Biallelic pathogenic variants in COX11 are associated with an infantile‐onset mitochondrial encephalopathy Human Mutation ·Rocío Rius, Neal K. Bennett, Kaustuv Bhattacharya, Lisa G. Riley, Zafer Yüksel, Luke E. Formosa, Alison G. Compton, Russell C. Dale, Mark J. Cowley, Velimir Gayevskiy, Saeed M. Al Tala, Abdulrahman A Almehery, Michael T. Ryan, David R. Thorburn, Ken Nakamura, John Christodoulou	2022	9
11	Mitochondrial fission is a critical modulator of mutant APP-induced neural toxicity Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lauren Shields, Huihui Li, Kevin Nguyen, Hwajin Kim, Zak Doric, Joseph H. Garcia, Thomas M. Gill, Dominik Haddad, Keith Vossel, Meredith Calvert, Ken Nakamura	2021	16
12	Genetically encoded cell-death indicators (GEDI) to detect an early irreversible commitment to neurodegeneration Nature Communications ·Jeremy W. Linsley, Kevan Shah, Nicholas A. Castello, Michelle Y. Chan, Dominik Haddad, Zak Doric, Shijie Wang, Wiktoria Leks, Jay A. Mancini, Viral Oza, Ashkan Javaherian, Ken Nakamura, David Kokel, Steven Finkbeiner	2021	17
13	Defining the ATPome reveals cross-optimization of metabolic pathways Nature Communications ·Neal K. Bennett, Mai K. Nguyen, Maxwell A. Darch, Hiroki J. Nakaoka, Derek Cousineau, Johanna ten Hoeve, Thomas G. Graeber, Markus Schuelke, Emin Maltepe, Martin Kampmann, Bryce A. Mendelsohn, Jean L. Nakamura, Ken Nakamura	2020	22
14	Loss of HIPK2 Protects Neurons from Mitochondrial Toxins by Regulating Parkin Protein Turnover Journal of Neuroscience ·Jiasheng Zhang, Yulei Shang, Sherry Kamiya, Sarah J. Kotowski, Ken Nakamura, Eric J. Huang	2019	6
15	A high-throughput screen of real-time ATP levels in individual cells reveals mechanisms of energy failure PLoS Biology ·Bryce A. Mendelsohn, Neal K. Bennett, Maxwell A. Darch, Katharine Yu, Mai K. Nguyen, Daniela Pucciarelli, Maxine Nelson, Max A. Horlbeck, Luke A. Gilbert, William C. Hyun, Martin Kampmann, Jean L. Nakamura, Ken Nakamura	2018	43
16	Loss of α-Synuclein Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Rodent Neurons eNeuro ·Divya Pathak, Amandine Berthet, Jacob Bendor, Katharine Yu, Rhyomi C. Sellnow, Adam L. Orr, Mai K. Nguyen, Robert H. Edwards, Fredric P. Manfredsson, Ken Nakamura	2017	14
17	Mutant LRRK2 Toxicity in Neurons Depends on LRRK2 Levels and Synuclein But Not Kinase Activity or Inclusion Bodies Journal of Neuroscience ·Gaia Skibinski, Ken Nakamura, Mark Cookson, Steven Finkbeiner	2014	106
18	Association of visceral adiposity with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study among Japanese men and women Takako Ishihara, Mayumi Watanabe, Katsutoshi Tanaka, Ken Nakamura	2011	2
19	Direct Membrane Association Drives Mitochondrial Fission by the Parkinson Disease-associated Protein α-Synuclein Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ken Nakamura, Venu M. Nemani, Farnaz Azarbal, Gaia Skibinski, Jon M. Levy, Kiyoshi Egami, Larissa A. Munishkina, Jue Zhang, Brooke M. Gardner, Junko Wakabayashi, Hiromi Sesaki, Yifan Cheng, Steven Finkbeiner, Robert L. Nussbaum, Eliezer Masliah, Robert H. Edwards Hit paper breakdown →	2011	484
20	Volatile Organic Compound Emission Factors from Road Traffic in a Highway Tunnel in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area in Japan Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment / Taiki Kankyo Gakkaishi ·Takeo Sakurai, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Yuichi Moriguchi, Shinji Wakamatsu, Junya Hoshi, K. Ishii, Ken Nakamura, Sekio Izumikawa	2002	3

About Ken Nakamura

Ken Nakamura is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Sensory Systems and Molecular Biology, having authored 116 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (30 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (12 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (2.4k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.6k citations), Neurology (497 citations), Physiology (1.5k citations) and Aging (76 citations). Ken Nakamura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Robert H. Edwards, Venu M. Nemani, Hiromi Sesaki, Miho Iijima, Kie Itoh, Amandine Berthet, Farrukh A. Chaudhry, Roger A. Nicoll, Bibiana Onoa and Michael K. Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications, Molecular Pharmacology and Gastroenterology.

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