Masaaki Kuwajima

886 total citations
23 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Masaaki Kuwajima is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Kuwajima has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Kuwajima's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Masaaki Kuwajima is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Masaaki Kuwajima collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Japan. Masaaki Kuwajima's co-authors include Kristen M. Harris, John M. Mendenhall, Adriana Galván, Y. Smith, Randy A. Hall, Yoland Smith, Atsu Aiba, George V. Rebec, Joshua M. Gulley and Dale R. Sengelaub and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Kuwajima

22 papers receiving 637 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaaki Kuwajima United States	14	468	201	165	137	50	23	643
Jaerin Sohn Japan	14	425 0.9×	174 0.9×	253 1.5×	96 0.7×	40 0.8×	21	650
Natalya Korogod Switzerland	7	461 1.0×	327 1.6×	122 0.7×	31 0.2×	72 1.4×	13	713
Monica L. Berlanga United States	9	280 0.6×	229 1.1×	75 0.5×	78 0.6×	20 0.4×	9	453
Juliette E. Cheyne New Zealand	12	320 0.7×	248 1.2×	244 1.5×	21 0.2×	50 1.0×	17	687
Marc Nahmani United States	9	495 1.1×	238 1.2×	326 2.0×	19 0.1×	70 1.4×	16	659
Miwako Masugi-Tokita Japan	7	276 0.6×	170 0.8×	99 0.6×	15 0.1×	60 1.2×	10	460
Cezar M. Tigaret United Kingdom	12	595 1.3×	396 2.0×	179 1.1×	64 0.5×	77 1.5×	14	765
Philipp Bethge Switzerland	11	297 0.6×	245 1.2×	108 0.7×	21 0.2×	116 2.3×	16	672
Sarah R. Metzbower United States	6	435 0.9×	343 1.7×	102 0.6×	21 0.2×	37 0.7×	8	648
César Porrero Spain	12	389 0.8×	114 0.6×	364 2.2×	35 0.3×	73 1.5×	18	663

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kuwajima, Masaaki, et al.. (2025). Perisynaptic Astroglial Response to In Vivo Long-Term Potentiation and Concurrent Long-Term Depression in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(39). e0943252025–e0943252025.

Glavis‐Bloom, Courtney, Sammy Weiser Novak, Masaaki Kuwajima, et al.. (2023). Violation of the ultrastructural size principle in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex underlies working memory impairment in the aged common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1146245–1146245. 6 indexed citations

Buchta, William C., In-Wook Hwang, Masaaki Kuwajima, et al.. (2022). Dually innervated dendritic spines develop in the absence of excitatory activity and resist plasticity through tonic inhibitory crosstalk. Neuron. 111(3). 362–371.e6. 15 indexed citations

Harris, Kristen M., Masaaki Kuwajima, Wickliffe C. Abraham, et al.. (2022). Dendritic Spine Density Scales with Microtubule Number in Rat Hippocampal Dendrites. Neuroscience. 489. 84–97. 5 indexed citations

Kuwajima, Masaaki, et al.. (2020). Ultrastructure of light-activated axons following optogenetic stimulation to produce late-phase long-term potentiation. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0226797–e0226797. 7 indexed citations

Watson, Deborah, et al.. (2019). Structural plasticity of dendritic secretory compartments during LTP-induced synaptogenesis. eLife. 8. 28 indexed citations

Bartol, Thomas M., Masaaki Kuwajima, John M. Mendenhall, et al.. (2018). Long-term potentiation expands information content of hippocampal dentate gyrus synapses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). E2410–E2418. 38 indexed citations

Mendenhall, John M., Masaaki Kuwajima, & Kristen M. Harris. (2017). Automated Serial Section Large-field Transmission-Mode Scanning Electron Microscopy (tSEM) for Volume Analysis of Hippocampus Ultrastructure. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 23(S1). 562–563. 2 indexed citations

Kuwajima, Masaaki, et al.. (2013). Automated Transmission-Mode Scanning Electron Microscopy (tSEM) for Large Volume Analysis at Nanoscale Resolution. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59573–e59573. 51 indexed citations

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Kuwajima, Masaaki, Jan Špaček, & Kristen M. Harris. (2012). Beyond counts and shapes: Studying pathology of dendritic spines in the context of the surrounding neuropil through serial section electron microscopy. Neuroscience. 251. 75–89. 34 indexed citations

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Kuwajima, Masaaki, John M. Mendenhall, & Kristen M. Harris. (2012). Large-Volume Reconstruction of Brain Tissue from High-Resolution Serial Section Images Acquired by SEM-Based Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 950. 253–273. 28 indexed citations

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Kuwajima, Masaaki, Marlin H. Dehoff, Teiichi Furuichi, et al.. (2007). Localization and Expression of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Mouse Striatum, Globus Pallidus, and Subthalamic Nucleus: Regulatory Effects of MPTP Treatment and Constitutive Homer Deletion. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(23). 6249–6260. 30 indexed citations

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Galván, Adriana, Masaaki Kuwajima, & Y. Smith. (2006). Glutamate and GABA receptors and transporters in the basal ganglia: What does their subsynaptic localization reveal about their function?. Neuroscience. 143(2). 351–375. 88 indexed citations

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Paquet, Maryse, Masaaki Kuwajima, C. Chris Yun, Yoland Smith, & Randy A. Hall. (2005). Astrocytic and neuronal localization of the scaffold protein Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger regulatory factor 2 (NHERF‐2) in mouse brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 494(5). 752–762. 12 indexed citations

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Charara, Ali, Adriana Galván, Masaaki Kuwajima, Randy A. Hall, & Yoland Smith. (2004). An electron microscope immunocytochemical study of GABA_BR2 receptors in the monkey basal ganglia: A comparative analysis with GABA_BR1 receptor distribution. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 476(1). 65–79. 23 indexed citations

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Kuwajima, Masaaki, Randy A. Hall, Atsu Aiba, & Yoland Smith. (2004). Subcellular and subsynaptic localization of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in the monkey subthalamic nucleus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 474(4). 589–602. 59 indexed citations

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Gulley, Joshua M., Jamie L. Reed, Masaaki Kuwajima, & George V. Rebec. (2004). Amphetamine-induced behavioral activation is associated with variable changes in basal ganglia output neurons recorded from awake, behaving rats. Brain Research. 1012(1-2). 108–118. 13 indexed citations

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Smith, Yoland, Ali Charara, Maryse Paquet, et al.. (2001). Ionotropic and metabotropic GABA and glutamate receptors in primate basal ganglia. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 22(1-2). 13–42. 61 indexed citations

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Burke, Kathleen A., Masaaki Kuwajima, & Dale R. Sengelaub. (1999). Aromatase inhibition reduces dendritic growth in a sexually dimorphic rat spinal nucleus. Journal of Neurobiology. 38(3). 301–312. 36 indexed citations

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Gulley, Joshua M., et al.. (1999). Behavior-related changes in the activity of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in freely moving rats. Brain Research. 845(1). 68–76. 44 indexed citations

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