Kenzo Hamano

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kenzo Hamano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenzo Hamano has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kenzo Hamano's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (4 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (3 papers). Kenzo Hamano is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (4 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (3 papers). Kenzo Hamano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kenzo Hamano's co-authors include Nobuaki Iwasaki, Tatsushi Toda, Mieko Yoshioka, Kiichiro Matsumura, Yutaka Nakahori, Yasuo Nakagome, Yoshiko Nomura, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Makiko Ōsawa and Kayoko Saito and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Kenzo Hamano

23 papers receiving 1000 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.

An ancient retrotransposal insertion causes Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy

1998 624 citations Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Yutaka Nakahori et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenzo Hamano Japan	11	720	261	141	108	105	23	1.0k
Yuzo Tanabe Japan	19	912 1.3×	184 0.7×	197 1.4×	53 0.5×	79 0.8×	40	1.3k
Saad Al Shahwan Saudi Arabia	8	409 0.6×	243 0.9×	269 1.9×	85 0.8×	87 0.8×	14	900
E. Peter Bosch United States	16	327 0.5×	179 0.7×	73 0.5×	33 0.3×	94 0.9×	21	688
Jacqueline K. Morris United States	14	470 0.7×	323 1.2×	225 1.6×	33 0.3×	121 1.2×	16	1.2k
Tomohiro Chiyonobu Japan	20	455 0.6×	135 0.5×	217 1.5×	140 1.3×	81 0.8×	56	966
Andrée Robaglia‐Schlupp France	16	399 0.6×	419 1.6×	140 1.0×	113 1.0×	84 0.8×	30	1.0k
Bernadett Boda Switzerland	20	528 0.7×	428 1.6×	259 1.8×	47 0.4×	136 1.3×	33	1.0k
Chakib El-Moatassim France	9	673 0.9×	234 0.9×	57 0.4×	191 1.8×	50 0.5×	9	1.7k
Michael Andäng Sweden	19	686 1.0×	252 1.0×	86 0.6×	45 0.4×	99 0.9×	32	1.1k
Cristina Agresti Italy	18	438 0.6×	251 1.0×	59 0.4×	36 0.3×	47 0.4×	31	1.3k

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Tanaka, Ryuta, Nobuaki Iwasaki, Masaharu Hayashi, et al.. (2011). Abnormal brain MRI signal in 18q-syndrome not due to dysmyelination. Brain and Development. 34(3). 234–237. 10 indexed citations

Nakayama, Junko, Kenzo Hamano, Emiko Noguchi, et al.. (2003). Failure to find causal mutations in the GABAA-receptor γ2 subunit (GABRG2) gene in Japanese febrile seizure patients. Neuroscience Letters. 343(2). 117–120. 23 indexed citations

Nakayama, Junko, Nao Yamamoto, Kenzo Hamano, et al.. (2002). Failure to find evidence for association between voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN2A variants and febrile seizures in humans. Neuroscience Letters. 329(2). 249–251. 21 indexed citations

Nakayama, Junko, Ying‐Hui Fu, Anna M. Clark, et al.. (2002). A nonsense mutation of the MASS1 gene in a family with febrile and afebrile seizures. Annals of Neurology. 52(5). 654–657. 101 indexed citations

Iwasaki, Nobuaki, Junko Nakayama, Kenzo Hamano, Akira Matsui, & Tadao Arinami. (2002). Molecular Genetics of Febrile Seizures. Epilepsia. 43(s9). 32–35. 25 indexed citations

Ichikawa, Kunio, et al.. (2000). [Clinical characteristics of seafood allergy and classification of 10 seafood allergens by cluster analysis].. PubMed. 49(6). 479–86. 5 indexed citations

Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1998). A quantitative study of the progress of myelination in the rat central nervous system, using the immunohistochemical method for proteolipid protein. Developmental Brain Research. 108(1-2). 287–293. 54 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Kazuhiro, Yutaka Nakahori, Masashi Miyake, et al.. (1998). An ancient retrotransposal insertion causes Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy. Nature. 394(6691). 388–392. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

Okada, Yusuke, Kenzo Hamano, Nobuaki Iwasaki, et al.. (1998). Epilepsy accompanied by intracranial arachnoid cysts: studies on volume and regional cerebral blood perfusion using MRI and SPECT. Journal of Epilepsy. 11(4). 195–201. 4 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1996). A quantitative analysis of rat central nervous system myelination using the immunohistochemical method for MBP. Developmental Brain Research. 93(1-2). 18–22. 48 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1995). Arachnoid Cysts and Epilepsy in Children: The Relationships betwen EEG Findings and Cyst Locus and Volume.. Journal of the Japan Epilepsy Society. 13(3). 195–201. 1 indexed citations

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Ohkoshi, Norio, Toshihiro Yoshizawa, Hidehiro Mizusawa, et al.. (1995). Malignant hyperthermia in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy: Dystrophin analysis and caffeine contracture study. Neuromuscular Disorders. 5(1). 53–58. 13 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1994). Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy with ophthalmoplegia and pyramidal symptoms. Pediatric Neurology. 10(4). 320–324. 2 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1993). A case of Sturge-Weber syndrome with peculiar venous abnormalities. Child s Nervous System. 9(8). 491–493. 11 indexed citations

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Arinami, Tadao, Kenzo Hamano, Kiichiro Matsumura, et al.. (1993). Topographic pattern of the rearrangement of the dystrophin gene in Japanese Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Human Genetics. 92(6). 533–536. 10 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, Takako Matsubara, Chiaki Hirano, et al.. (1991). Aicardi syndrome accompanied by auditory disturbance and multiple brain tumors. Brain and Development. 13(6). 438–441. 15 indexed citations

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Hirano, Chiaki, Ichiro Ono, Eiji Yamamura, et al.. (1989). Survival Rate in Children with Fulminant Hepatitis Improved by a Combination of Twice Daily Plasmapheresis and Intensive Conservative Therapy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 9(2). 163–166. 9 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, et al.. (1986). Focal Perivascular Alterations of White Matter in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis —A Histological and Immunocytochemical Study—. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 40(2). 209–219. 5 indexed citations

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Koya, G, Shigeo MATSUMOTO, & Kenzo Hamano. (1983). [Spinal gyri with sulci divided by neural tracts--globoid cell leukodystrophy].. PubMed. 15(5). 432–7. 1 indexed citations

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Hamano, Kenzo, Hajime Mannen, & N. Ishizuka. (1978). Reconstruction of trajectory of primary afferent collaterals in the dorsal horn of the cat spinal cord, using golgi‐stained serial sections. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 181(1). 1–15. 23 indexed citations

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