Kenji Shimamura

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
57 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Kenji Shimamura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Shimamura has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kenji Shimamura's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (24 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (13 papers). Kenji Shimamura is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (24 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (13 papers). Kenji Shimamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Spain. Kenji Shimamura's co-authors include John L.R. Rubenstein, Luis Puelles, Salvador Martı́nez, Masatoshi Takeichi, Weilan Ye, Arnon Rosenthal, Mary Hynes, Alessandro Bulfone, Eduardo Puelles and Susan Smiga and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Shimamura

57 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Pallial and subpallial derivatives in the embryonic chick and mouse telencephalon, traced by the expression of the genes Dlx-2, Emx-1, Nkx-2.1, Pax-6, and Tbr-1

2000 762 citations Luis Puelles, Eduardo Puelles et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →
FGF and Shh Signals Control Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Cell Fate in the Anterior Neural Plate

1998 709 citations Weilan Ye, Kenji Shimamura et al. Cell profile →
Longitudinal organization of the anterior neural plate and neural tube

1995 546 citations Kenji Shimamura, Salvador Martı́nez et al. Development profile →
Inductive interactions direct early regionalization of the mouse forebrain

1997 534 citations Kenji Shimamura, John L.R. Rubenstein Development profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Shimamura

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Measuring intraventricular pressure in developing mouse embryos: Uncovering a repetitive mechanical cue for brain development 2025 ·Development Growth & Differentiation ·(unknown), Jun Hatakeyama, Yuta Nakashima, Kenji Shimamura	1
2	Microdifferential Pressure Measurement Device for Cellular Microenvironments 2024 ·Bioengineering ·(unknown), Jun Hatakeyama, Yoichi Saito, Yoshitaka NAKANISHI, Kenji Shimamura, Yuta Nakashima	1
3	Map7D2 and Map7D1 facilitate microtubule stabilization through distinct mechanisms in neuronal cells 2022 ·Life Science Alliance ·Koji Kikuchi, Yasuhisa Sakamoto, Akiyoshi Uezu, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Kei‐ichiro Ishiguro, Kenji Shimamura, Taro Saito, Shin‐ichi Hisanaga, Hiroyuki Nakanishi	5
4	VCAM1-α4β1 integrin interaction mediates interstitial tissue reconstruction in 3-D re-aggregate culture of dissociated prepubertal mouse testicular cells 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Kazuko Abe, Shigeyuki Kon, (unknown), Jidong Zhang, Ken-ichirou Morohashi, Kenji Shimamura, Shin‐ichi Abé	8
5	Evaluation of an amplicon-based custom gene panel for the diagnosis of hereditary tumors 2020 ·Neoplasma ·Satoru Shinriki, (unknown), Kenji Shimamura, Junji Kawashima, Eiichi Araki, Mutsuko Ibusuki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Hirotaka Iwase, Yuji Miyamoto, Hideo Baba, Motoko Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Matsui	2
6	Roles of CD34+ cells and ALK5 signaling in the reconstruction of seminiferous tubule-like structures in 3-D re-aggregate culture of dissociated cells from neonatal mouse testes 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Shin‐ichi Abé, Kazuko Abe, Jidong Zhang, Tomoaki Harada, (unknown), (unknown), Haruhiko Akiyama, Kenji Shimamura	5
7	Development of the prethalamus is crucial for thalamocortical projection formation and is regulated by Olig2 2014 ·Development ·Katsuhiko Ono, Adrien Clavairoly, Tadashi Nomura, Hitoshi Gotoh, (unknown), Olivier Armant, Hirohide Takebayashi, (unknown), Kenji Shimamura, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Carlos Parras, Kazuhiro Ikenaka	20
8	Gli2 and Gli3 play distinct roles in the dorsoventral patterning of the mouse hindbrain 2006 ·Developmental Biology ·Mélanie Lebel, Rong Mo, Kenji Shimamura, Chi-chung Hui	26
9	Differential activities of Sonic hedgehog mediated by Gli transcription factors define distinct neuronal subtypes in the dorsal thalamus 2003 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Kazue Hashimoto‐Torii, Jun Motoyama, Chi-chung Hui, Atsushi Kuroiwa, Masato Nakafuku, Kenji Shimamura	100
10	Combinatorial Roles of Olig2 and Neurogenin2 in the Coordinated Induction of Pan-Neuronal and Subtype-Specific Properties of Motoneurons 2001 ·Neuron ·Rumiko Mizuguchi, Michiya Sugimori, Hirohide Takebayashi, Hidetaka Kosako, Motoshi Nagao, Shosei Yoshida, Yo-ichi Nabeshima, Kenji Shimamura, Masato Nakafuku	345
11	Pallial and subpallial derivatives in the embryonic chick and mouse telencephalon, traced by the expression of the genes Dlx-2, Emx-1, Nkx-2.1, Pax-6, and Tbr-1 breakdown → 2000 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Luis Puelles, (unknown), Eduardo Puelles, Alessandro Bulfone, Kenji Shimamura, (unknown), Susan Smiga, John L.R. Rubenstein	762
12	Control of anteroposterior and dorsoventral domains of Nkx-6.1 gene expression relative to other Nkx genes during vertebrate CNS development 1998 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Mengsheng Qiu, Kenji Shimamura, Lori Sussel, Sandy Chen, John L.R. Rubenstein	121
13	FGF and Shh Signals Control Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Cell Fate in the Anterior Neural Plate breakdown → 1998 ·Cell ·Weilan Ye, Kenji Shimamura, John L.R. Rubenstein, Mary Hynes, Arnon Rosenthal	709
14	Patterns of Gene Expression in the Neural Plate and Neural Tube Subdivide the Embryonic Forebrain into Transverse and Longitudinal Domains 1997 ·Developmental Neuroscience ·Kenji Shimamura, Salvador Martı́nez, Luis Puelles, John L.R. Rubenstein	81
15	Mouse αN-Catenin: Two Isoforms, Specific Expression in the Nervous System, and Chromosomal Localization of the Gene 1994 ·Developmental Biology ·Naoshige Uchida, Kenji Shimamura, Seiji Miyatani, Neal G. Copeland, Debra J. Gilbert, Nancy A. Jenkins, Masatoshi Takeichi	63
16	E-cadherin expression in a particular subset of sensory neurons 1992 ·Developmental Biology ·Kenji Shimamura, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Masatoshi Takeichi	76
17	Absorption and disposition of epithiosteroids in rats (1): Route of administration and plasma levels of epitiostanol 1991 ·Xenobiotica ·(unknown), H Kinoshita, Kenji Shimamura, Hirotsugu Yamada	9
18	Cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion and neurogenesis 1990 ·Neuroscience Research Supplements ·Masatoshi Takeichi, (unknown), Kenji Shimamura, Mayumi Matsunaga, Akinao Nose	23
19	Pharmacokinetics of morphine in cancer patients following oral administration of aqueous and controlled-release morphine at steady state. 1989 ·Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ·(unknown), (unknown), Takayoshi Oguma, Masaharu Konishi, Kenji Shimamura, Hiroshi Hashimoto	2
20	Pharmacokinetics of 480156-S in healthy volunteers. 1987 ·Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ·Takayoshi Oguma, Kenji Shimamura, Hideo Yamada, Ryusei Konaka, (unknown), (unknown), Masaharu Konishi, Shinichi Kobayashi, Katsuji Oguchi, Eiji Uchida, Hajime Yasuhara, Koji Sakamoto, (unknown), Toshio Kakimoto	1

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