M. Taira

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

M. Taira is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Taira has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in M. Taira's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (6 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (4 papers). M. Taira is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (6 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (4 papers). M. Taira collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. M. Taira's co-authors include H Sakata, Asako Murata, A. P. Georgopoulos, Seiichiro Mine, Yuji Tanaka, Vincent C. Manganiello, Per Belfrage, Makoto Kusunoki, Eva Degerman and F Shimada and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

M. Taira

33 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Parietal cortex neurons of the monkey related to the visual guidance of hand movement

1990 500 citations M. Taira, Seiichiro Mine et al. Experimental Brain Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Taira Japan	18	959	680	404	216	172	34	2.0k
Shunsuke Kobayashi Japan	25	1.2k 1.2×	294 0.4×	130 0.3×	279 1.3×	86 0.5×	120	2.3k
Shigeru Obayashi Japan	24	654 0.7×	246 0.4×	391 1.0×	36 0.2×	103 0.6×	55	1.8k
Shan Huang United States	19	427 0.4×	437 0.6×	290 0.7×	55 0.3×	474 2.8×	36	2.0k
Hans Ericson Sweden	19	316 0.3×	622 0.9×	171 0.4×	327 1.5×	176 1.0×	32	1.8k
Mariko Yamano Japan	25	213 0.2×	751 1.1×	318 0.8×	141 0.7×	336 2.0×	68	2.3k
Peter T. Tsai United States	20	676 0.7×	770 1.1×	97 0.2×	150 0.7×	283 1.6×	34	2.3k
Markus Graf Germany	23	727 0.8×	178 0.3×	374 0.9×	105 0.5×	148 0.9×	81	1.6k
Guo‐Fang Tseng Taiwan	24	384 0.4×	360 0.5×	67 0.2×	193 0.9×	172 1.0×	81	1.8k
P K Thomas United Kingdom	23	557 0.6×	527 0.8×	135 0.3×	79 0.4×	214 1.2×	44	2.5k
Takayuki Murakoshi Japan	18	307 0.3×	470 0.7×	200 0.5×	98 0.5×	142 0.8×	49	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Taira

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Fueki, Kenji, et al.. (2014). Influence of posterior dental arch length on brain activity during chewing in patients with mandibular distal extension removable partial dentures. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 41(7). 486–495. 26 indexed citations

Katsuyama, Narumi, et al.. (2010). Functional and histological properties of caudal intraparietal area of macaque monkey. Neuroscience. 167(1). 1–10. 28 indexed citations

Sato, Nobuya, H Sakata, Yuji Tanaka, & M. Taira. (2009). Context-Dependent Place-Selective Responses of the Neurons in the Medial Parietal Region of Macaque Monkeys. Cerebral Cortex. 20(4). 846–858. 23 indexed citations

Seki, Nao, Yoichi Suzuki, F Shimada, et al.. (2008). Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Regulation in Fibroblasts from Patients with an Insulin Receptor Gene Mutation. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 40(12). 833–837. 1 indexed citations

Takada, Masahiko, Atsushi Nambu, Nobuhiko Hatanaka, et al.. (2004). Organization of prefrontal outflow toward frontal motor‐related areas in macaque monkeys. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(12). 3328–3342. 61 indexed citations

Shinagawa, H., Takashi Ono, Eiichi Honda, et al.. (2004). Chewing-side Preference is Involved in Differential Cortical Activation Patterns during Tongue Movements after Bilateral Gum-chewing: a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Journal of Dental Research. 83(10). 762–766. 48 indexed citations

Shinagawa, H., Takashi Ono, Yasuo Ishiwata, et al.. (2003). Hemispheric Dominance of Tongue Control Depends on the Chewing-side Preference. Journal of Dental Research. 82(4). 278–283. 32 indexed citations

Sakata, H, M. Taira, Makoto Kusunoki, Asako Murata, & Yuji Tanaka. (1997). The TINS Lecture The parietal association cortex in depth perception and visual control of hand action. Trends in Neurosciences. 20(8). 350–357. 331 indexed citations

Shimada, F, Hideichi Makino, Naotake Hashimoto, et al.. (1996). Detection of an amino acid polymorphism in hormone-sensitive lipase in Japanese subjects. Metabolism. 45(7). 862–864. 19 indexed citations

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Manganiello, Vincent C., Tsuyoshi Murata, M. Taira, Per Belfrage, & Eva Degerman. (1995). Diversity in Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Isoenzyme Families. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 322(1). 1–13. 212 indexed citations

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Tomonaga, Takeshi, Hiroaki Hayashi, M. Taira, Kyoichi Isono, & Ikuo Kojima. (1994). Signaling pathway other than phosphatidylinositol turnover is responsible for constant expression of c-myc gene in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.. PubMed. 33(3). 429–37. 1 indexed citations

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Kanatsuka, Azuma, et al.. (1994). Islet amyloid polypeptide and its N-terminal and C-terminal flanking peptides' immunoreactivity in islet amyloid of diabetic patients. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 26(2). 101–107. 4 indexed citations

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Shimada, F, Hideichi Makino, Naotake Hashimoto, et al.. (1993). Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation of the glucokinase gene in a Japanese family. Diabetologia. 36(5). 433–437. 37 indexed citations

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Taira, M. & Apostolos P. Georgopoulos. (1993). Cortical cell types from spike trains. Neuroscience Research. 17(1). 39–45. 16 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toshio, Steven Hockman, Malcolm Moos, et al.. (1991). Comparison of putative cGMP-binding regions in bovine brain and cardiac cGMP-stimulated phosphodiesterases.. PubMed. 13(2-3). 87–98. 6 indexed citations

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Taira, M., Seiichiro Mine, A. P. Georgopoulos, Asako Murata, & H Sakata. (1990). Parietal cortex neurons of the monkey related to the visual guidance of hand movement. Experimental Brain Research. 83(1). 29–36. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akasaka, Koji, M. Taira, Tsugio Shiroya, & H Shimada. (1987). Cloning of stage specific gene sequences from a cDNA library representing poly(A)+RNA of sea urchin prism embryos(Communication). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 4(4). 739–742. 5 indexed citations

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Chase, Michael H., et al.. (1984). Role of medullary reticular neurons in the inhibition of trigeminal motoneurons during active sleep. Experimental Neurology. 84(2). 364–373. 31 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yoshio, et al.. (1984). Activity during active sleep of bulbar reticular neurons firing rhythmically during mastication in cats. Experimental Neurology. 85(1). 178–186. 9 indexed citations

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Lund, James P., S. Enomoto, Masao Katoh, et al.. (1983). Phase-linked variations in the amplitude of the digastric nerve jaw-opening reflex response during fictive mastication in the rabbit. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 61(10). 1122–1128. 25 indexed citations

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