Kensaku Mori

20.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
261 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Kensaku Mori is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kensaku Mori has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 121 papers in Sensory Systems and 77 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Kensaku Mori's work include Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (120 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (76 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (73 papers). Kensaku Mori is often cited by papers focused on Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (120 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (76 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (73 papers). Kensaku Mori collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Finland. Kensaku Mori's co-authors include Yoshihiro Yoshihara, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yûji Takahashi, Hiroshi Nagao, Shigekazu Nagata, Masayuki Sakamoto, Ryoichiro Kageyama, Itaru Imayoshi, Hitoshi Sakano and Ryuichi Shigemoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kensaku Mori

255 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and functional integrity of the adult forebrain

2008 812 citations Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kensaku Mori et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
The Olfactory Bulb: Coding and Processing of Odor Molecule Information

1999 688 citations Kensaku Mori, Yoshihiro Yoshihara et al. profile →
Functional expression and tissue distribution of a novel receptor for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

1992 665 citations Kensaku Mori et al. Neuron profile →
Essential Roles of Notch Signaling in Maintenance of Neural Stem Cells in Developing and Adult Brains

2010 536 citations Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kensaku Mori et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Structure and expression of a human oxytocin receptor

1992 530 citations Kensaku Mori et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kensaku Mori Japan	64	9.2k	8.0k	4.5k	3.8k	2.6k	261	16.1k
Michael T. Shipley United States	58	6.6k 0.7×	5.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	922 0.4×	140	10.9k
Alan Mackay‐Sim Australia	60	3.9k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	188	12.3k
Pierre‐Marie Lledo France	59	5.4k 0.6×	3.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	4.1k 1.1×	4.9k 1.9×	167	12.2k
Charles A. Greer United States	51	4.8k 0.5×	4.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	157	7.9k
Yoshihiro Yoshihara Japan	50	4.5k 0.5×	3.6k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	629 0.2×	138	8.1k
Edwin W. Rubel United States	79	3.0k 0.3×	11.1k 1.4×	1.3k 0.3×	4.1k 1.1×	898 0.3×	291	17.0k
Fan Wang United States	49	4.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	3.1k 0.8×	570 0.2×	138	9.8k
Thomas E. Finger United States	58	2.7k 0.3×	4.9k 0.6×	5.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	346 0.1×	184	10.0k
Patrik Ernfors Sweden	77	14.2k 1.5×	2.2k 0.3×	794 0.2×	8.4k 2.2×	7.5k 2.9×	180	23.4k
Shigetada Nakanishi Japan	116	30.6k 3.3×	2.4k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	29.5k 7.7×	3.2k 1.3×	344	47.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kensaku Mori

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Mori, Kensaku & Hitoshi Sakano. (2025). Associative learning and recollection of olfactory memory during the respiratory cycle in mammals: how is the self cognized in consciousness?. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1513396–1513396.

Mori, Kensaku & Hitoshi Sakano. (2024). One respiratory cycle as a minimum time unit for making behavioral decisions in the mammalian olfactory system. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1423694–1423694. 1 indexed citations

Murata, Koshi, Masayoshi KANNO, Nao Ieki, Kensaku Mori, & Masahiro Yamaguchi. (2015). Mapping of Learned Odor-Induced Motivated Behaviors in the Mouse Olfactory Tubercle. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(29). 10581–10599. 71 indexed citations

Mizuguchi, Rumiko, et al.. (2012). Tbr2 Deficiency in Mitral and Tufted Cells Disrupts Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance of Neural Circuitry in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(26). 8831–8844. 38 indexed citations

Murata, Koshi, Hiroyuki Manabe, Ko Kobayakawa, et al.. (2011). Elimination of Adult-Born Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb Is Promoted during the Postprandial Period. Neuron. 71(5). 883–897. 50 indexed citations

Furutani, Yutaka, Hitomi Matsuno, Miwa Kawasaki, et al.. (2007). Interaction between Telencephalin and ERM Family Proteins Mediates Dendritic Filopodia Formation. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(33). 8866–8876. 71 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Masahiro & Kensaku Mori. (2005). Critical period for sensory experience-dependent survival of newly generated granule cells in the adult mouse olfactory bulb. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(27). 9697–9702. 215 indexed citations

Mori, Kensaku, Yoko Kaneko, Akira Nakashima, et al.. (2003). Effect of peripheral lipopolysaccharide injection on dopamine content in murine anterior olfactory nucleus. Journal of Neural Transmission. 110(1). 31–50. 7 indexed citations

Sawamoto, Kazunobu, Atsuyo Yamamoto, Ayano Kawaguchi, et al.. (2001). Direct isolation of committed neuronal progenitor cells from transgenic mice coexpressing spectrally distinct fluorescent proteins regulated by stage‐specific neural promoters. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 65(3). 220–227. 57 indexed citations

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Tian, Li, Patrick Kilgannon, Yoshihiro Yoshihara, et al.. (2000). Binding of T lymphocytes to hippocampal neurons through ICAM-5 (telencephalin) and characterization of its interaction with the leukocyte integrin CD11a / CD18. European Journal of Immunology. 30(3). 810–818. 52 indexed citations

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Uchida, Naoshige, Yûji Takahashi, Manabu Tanifuji, & Kensaku Mori. (2000). Odor maps in the mammalian olfactory bulb: domain organization and odorant structural features. Nature Neuroscience. 3(10). 1035–1043. 406 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Yoshihiro, Miwa Kawasaki, Atsushi Tamada, et al.. (1997). OCAM: A New Member of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Family Related to Zone-to-Zone Projection of Olfactory and Vomeronasal Axons. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(15). 5830–5842. 273 indexed citations

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Imaizumi, Satoshi, Kensaku Mori, Shigeru Kiritani, & Masato Yumoto. (1996). Neural representation of concurrent sounds: a magnetoencephalographic study.. PubMed. 47. 191–7. 3 indexed citations

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Arakawa, Masaaki, et al.. (1996). Reduced collagenase gene expression in fibroblasts from hypertrophic scar tissue. British Journal of Dermatology. 134(5). 863–868. 39 indexed citations

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Sato, Norihito, S. Iwata, Kazuaki Nakamura, et al.. (1995). Thiol-mediated redox regulation of apoptosis. Possible roles of cellular thiols other than glutathione in T cell apoptosis.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(7). 3194–3203. 212 indexed citations

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Omae, Kenji, et al.. (1994). Effects of Diborane Inhalation on Sperm in Mice.. Sangyo Igaku. 36(1). 28–29.

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Kitahara, Takeshi, et al.. (1994). Synthetic studies on phenazine antibiotics and antheridic acid. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 66(10-11). 2083–2086. 5 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Masanori, et al.. (1983). [A case of Rathke's cleft cyst].. PubMed. 52(6). 879–85. 5 indexed citations

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Takao, Atsuyoshi, Koichiro Niwa, Kensaku Mori, & Masahiro Endo. (1982). Mitral regurgitation as sequela of kawasaki disease a new form of acquired valvular disease. 91. 360. 4 indexed citations

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Mori, Kensaku, Junkoh Yamashita, & Hajime Handa. (1975). "Missing tube" of peritoneal shunt: migration of the whole system into ventricle.. PubMed. 4(1). 57–9. 28 indexed citations

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