Kiyoshi Morimoto

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kiyoshi Morimoto is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiyoshi Morimoto has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 32 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kiyoshi Morimoto's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (32 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers). Kiyoshi Morimoto is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (32 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers). Kiyoshi Morimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, New Zealand and Germany. Kiyoshi Morimoto's co-authors include Ronald J. Racine, Margaret Fahnestock, Graham V. Goddard, Norihito Yamada, Keiko Sato, Shigetoshi Kuroda, Hiroshi Suwaki, Mitsumoto Sato, T Namba and Toshiki Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Progress in Neurobiology and Neuropsychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Kiyoshi Morimoto

75 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Kindling and status epilepticus models of epilepsy: rewiring the brain

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Denson G. Fujikawa United States

Erwin‐Josef Speckmann Germany

James O. McNamara United States

Libor Velı́šek United States

Robert C. Collins United States

E. Tremblay France

Ralph Clinckers Belgium

Claire Leroy France

Pavel Mareš Czechia

Christopher J. Hough United States

Denson G. Fujikawa United States

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925 ×1.3

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Imamura, Tadashi, Akiko Koeda, Kiyoshi Morimoto, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of a repeated-dose liver micronucleus assay with 2,6-dinitrotoluene using young adult rats. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 780-781. 46–50.

Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (2008). Adenovirus E1A regulates lung epithelial ICAM-1 expression by interacting with transcriptional regulators at its promoter. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 296(3). L361–L371. 8 indexed citations

Tsuchida, Hiroshi, et al.. (2008). Novel triple neurokinin receptor antagonist CS-003 strongly inhibits neurokinin related responses. European Journal of Pharmacology. 586(1-3). 306–312. 9 indexed citations

Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (2004). Enhancement of Central Dopaminergic Activity in the Kainate Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Implication for the Mechanism of Epileptic Psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(7). 1251–1258. 20 indexed citations

Morimoto, Kiyoshi & Tomiichiro Oda. (2003). Kainate exacerbates β-amyloid toxicity in rat hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 340(3). 242–244. 7 indexed citations

Yamada, Norihito, et al.. (2001). The insular but not the perirhinal cortex is involved in the expression of fully-kindled amygdaloid seizures in rats. Epilepsy Research. 46(2). 169–178. 7 indexed citations

Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1999). Amygdala-kindled and pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in glutamate transporter GLAST-deficient mice. Brain Research. 845(1). 92–96. 90 indexed citations

Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1998). Increases in mRNA levels for synapsin I but not synapsin II in the hippocampus of the rat kindling model of epilepsy. Seizure. 7(3). 229–235. 15 indexed citations

Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1997). Antiepileptic Effects of Tiagabine, a Selective GABA Uptake Inhibitor, in the Rat Kindling Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 38(9). 966–974. 55 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1997). BW1003C87, phenytoin and carbamazepine elevate seizure threshold in the rat amygdala-kindling model of epilepsy. European Journal of Pharmacology. 339(1). 11–15. 22 indexed citations

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Torizuka, K, Kazuo Uemura, Michio Toru, et al.. (1996). [A phase 3 clinical trial of 123I-iomazenil, a new central-type benzodiazepine receptor imaging agent (Part 1)--report on clinical usefulness in diagnosis of various brain diseases].. PubMed. 33(3). 293–301. 4 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Yosuke, Norihito Yamada, Kiyoshi Morimoto, David K. Bilkey, & Shigetoshi Kuroda. (1996). Characterization of epileptiform field potentials recorded in the in vitro perirhinal cortex of amygdala-kindled epileptogenesis. Brain Research. 741(1-2). 44–51. 11 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Yoshihiro, Shuji Uemura, Norihito Yamada, et al.. (1995). Induction of c‐fos and reduction of dynorphin in dentate granule cells of a rat model of epilepsy produced by systemic administration of kainic acid: An immunohistochemical study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 49(3). S213–6.

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Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1993). Comparative Study of the Anticonvulsant Effect of γ‐Aminobutyric Acid Agonists in the Feline Kindling Model of Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 34(6). 1123–1129. 14 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Kiyoshi, et al.. (1993). Changes of Guanidino Compounds in the Hippocampal Kindled Rat Brain. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 47(2). 390–391. 1 indexed citations

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Ehara, Yoshitaka, et al.. (1992). Kindling: Changes of the Afterdischarge Threshold in the Primary and Secondary Sites during Kindling of Cats: II. A Study in Neocortical Kindling. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 46(2). 501–503. 2 indexed citations

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Akiyama, Kazufumi, et al.. (1992). Kindling: Permanent Increase in Membrane‐Associated Protein Kinase C Activity in the Hippocampal Kindled Rat. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 46(2). 510–512. 2 indexed citations

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Ehara, Yoshitaka, et al.. (1991). Changes of the Afterdischarge Threshold in the Primary and Secondary Sites during Kindling of Cats I: A Study in Limbic Kindling. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 45(2). 493–494. 2 indexed citations

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Hirayasu, Yoshio, Kiyoshi Morimoto, & Saburo Otsuki. (1991). Increase of Methylguanidine and Guanidinoacetic Acid in the Brain of Amygdala‐Kindled Rats. Epilepsia. 32(6). 761–766. 16 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Kiyoshi & Graham V. Goddard. (1987). The Substantia Nigra is an Important Site for the Containment of Seizure Generalization in the Kindling Model of Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 28(1). 1–10. 66 indexed citations

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