Masahiko Watanabe

53.0k citations

673 papers · 40.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 104

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.1%
Pharmacology top 0.05%
Physiology top 0.2%

Co-authors: Masanobu Kano Masahiro Fukaya Yoshiro Inoue Kenji Sakimura Masayoshi Mishina Motokazu Uchigashima Miwako Yamasaki Kouichi Hashimoto
Topics: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (372 papers)Ion channel regulation and function (106 papers)Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (91 papers)
Cited by: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Developmental Neuroscience Neurology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Japan United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Masahiko Watanabe

664 papers receiving 40.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

1997 1.5k citations Kei Watase, Masahiko Watanabe et al. Science profile →
Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Synaptic Transmission

2009 1.2k citations Masanobu Kano, Yuki Hashimotodani et al. profile →
Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall

2002 802 citations Kazu Nakazawa, Michael C. Quirk et al. Science profile →
Developmental changes in distribution of NMDA receptor channel subunit mRNAs

1992 604 citations Masahiko Watanabe, Kenji Sakimura et al. profile →
Locus coeruleus and dopaminergic consolidation of everyday memory

2016 515 citations Miwako Yamasaki, Masahiko Watanabe et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Molecular and Anatomical Strengthening of “Winner” Climbing Fiber Synapses in Developing Mouse Purkinje Cells 2025 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown),Miwako Yamasaki,Taisuke Miyazaki,Kohtarou Konno,Hideaki� Yoshimura,Masahiko Watanabe	1
2	GARLH regulates neuroligin preference for excitatory versus inhibitory synapses 2025 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Tokiwa Yamasaki,Kohtarou Konno,Dilja Krueger‐Burg,(unknown),Nashid H. Chaudhury,Megumi Morimoto‐Tomita,(unknown),Masahiko Watanabe,Nils Brose,Susumu Tomita	0
3	Distinct release properties of glutamate/GABA co-transmission serve as a frequency-dependent filtering of supramammillary inputs 2024 ·eLife ·(unknown),Kohtarou Konno,Miwako Yamasaki,Masahiko Watanabe,Takeshi Sakaba,Yuki Hashimotodani	4
4	Brain-enriched guanylate kinase-associated protein, a component of the post-synaptic density protein complexes, contributes to learning and memory 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Tayo Katano,Kohtarou Konno,Keizo Takao,Manabu Abe,(unknown),Tsuyoshi Miyakawa,Kenji Sakimura,Masahiko Watanabe,Seiji Ito,(unknown)	1
5	Expression patterns of NKCC1 in neurons and non-neuronal cells during cortico-hippocampal development 2022 ·Cerebral Cortex ·(unknown),Pavel Uvarov,(unknown),Kalevi Trontti,(unknown),(unknown),Masahiko Watanabe,Iiris Hovatta,Christian A. Hübner,Kai Kaila,M Virtanen	30
6	Pathogenic neuropsychiatric effect of stress-induced microglial interleukin 12/23 axis in systemic lupus erythematosus 2022 ·Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·(unknown),(unknown),Yuichiro Fujieda,Nobuhiko Takahashi,Kohei Karino,M. Uchida,Michihito Kono,Yuki Tanaka,Rie Hasebe,Masaru Kato,Olga Amengual,Yoshiyuki Arinuma,Kenji Oku,Wakiro Sato,Khin Khin Tha,Miwako Yamasaki,Masahiko Watanabe,Tatsuya Atsumi,Masaaki Murakami	15
7	Global knockdown of glutamate decarboxylase 67 elicits emotional abnormality in mice 2021 ·Molecular Brain ·Shigeo Miyata,Toshikazu Kakizaki,Kazuyuki Fujihara,Hideru Obinata,(unknown),Junichi Nakai,Mika Tanaka,Shigeyoshi Itohara,Masahiko Watanabe,Kenji F. Tanaka,Manabu Abe,Kenji Sakimura,Yuchio Yanagawa	14
8	Excitatory and inhibitory receptors utilize distinct post- and trans-synaptic mechanisms in vivo 2021 ·eLife ·Taisuke Miyazaki,Megumi Morimoto‐Tomita,(unknown),(unknown),Yoav Noam,Tokiwa Yamasaki,Matthijs Verhage,Pablo E. Castillo,Masahiko Watanabe,Susumu Tomita	10
9	CRISPR/Cas9-engineered Gad1 elimination in rats leads to complex behavioral changes: implications for schizophrenia 2020 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Kazuyuki Fujihara,Kazuo Yamada,Yukio Ichitani,Toshikazu Kakizaki,(unknown),Shigeo Miyata,Takashi Suto,Daiki Kato,Shigeru Saito,Masahiko Watanabe,(unknown),Tomokazu Ohshiro,Hajime Mushiake,Yoshiki Miyasaka,Tomoji Mashimo,Hiroki Yasuda,Yuchio Yanagawa	20
10	Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex 2020 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Kazuto Sakoori,Kohtarou Konno,(unknown),(unknown),Takaki Watanabe,Masahiko Watanabe,Naofumi Uesaka,Masanobu Kano	94
11	Decreased striatal adenosine A2A-dopamine D2 receptor heteromerization in schizophrenia 2020 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·(unknown),Luís F. Callado,Ester Aso,(unknown),Kristoffer Sahlholm,Marc López‐Cano,Concepció Soler,Xavier Altafaj,Masahiko Watanabe,Sergi Ferré,Víctor Fernández‐Dueñas,José M. Menchón,Francisco Ciruela	30
12	Neurotransmitters and Motoneuron Contacts of Multifunctional and Behaviorally Specialized Turtle Spinal Cord Interneurons 2020 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·B. Anne Bannatyne,(unknown),(unknown),Masahiko Watanabe,David Maxwell,Ari Berkowitz	6
13	Structural insights into modulation and selectivity of transsynaptic neurexin–LRRTM interaction 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Atsushi Yamagata,Sakurako Goto‐Ito,Yusuke Sato,Tomoko Shiroshima,Asami Maeda,Masahiko Watanabe,Takashi Saitoh,Katsumi Maenaka,Tohru Terada,Tomoyuki Yoshida,Takeshi Uemura,Shuya Fukai	34
14	GluD2 Endows Parallel Fiber–Purkinje Cell Synapses with a High Regenerative Capacity 2016 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Ryoichi Ichikawa,Kenji Sakimura,Masahiko Watanabe	21
15	Distribution of corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in the mouse brain: a study using corticotropin-releasing factor-modified yellow fluorescent protein knock-in mouse 2016 ·Brain Structure and Function ·(unknown),Kohtarou Konno,(unknown),Toshimitsu Fuse,Manabu Abe,Katsuya Uchida,Shuhei Horio,Kenji Sakimura,Masahiko Watanabe,Keiichi Itoi	46
16	Cbln1 Is a Ligand for an Orphan Glutamate Receptor δ2, a Bidirectional Synapse Organizer 2010 ·Science ·Keiko Matsuda,Eriko Miura,Taisuke Miyazaki,Wataru Kakegawa,Kyoichi Emi,Sakae Narumi,Yugo Fukazawa,Aya Ito,Tetsuro Kondo,Ryuichi Shigemoto,Masahiko Watanabe,Michisuke Yuzaki	271
17	Spinal Endocannabinoids and CB ₁ Receptors Mediate C-Fiber–Induced Heterosynaptic Pain Sensitization 2009 ·Science ·Alejandro J. Pernía‐Andrade,(unknown),Robert Witschi,Rita Nyilas,István Katona,Tamás F. Freund,Masahiko Watanabe,Jörg Filitz,Wolfgang Koppert,J. Schüttler,Guangchen Ji,Volker Neugebauer,Giovanni Marsicano,Beat Lutz,Horacio Vanegas,Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer	149
18	Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 knockin mice develop a progressive neuronal dysfunction with age-dependent accumulation of mutant Ca _V 2.1 channels 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kei Watase,Curtis F. Barrett,Taisuke Miyazaki,Taro Ishiguro,Kinya Ishikawa,Yuanxin Hu,Toshinori Unno,Yaling Sun,(unknown),Masahiko Watanabe,Christopher M. Gómez,Hidehiro Mizusawa,Richard W. Tsien,Huda Y. Zoghbi	122
19	Left-right asymmetry of the hippocampal synapses with differential subunit allocation of glutamate receptors 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yoshiaki Shinohara,Hajime Hirase,Masahiko Watanabe,Makoto Itakura,Masami Takahashi,Ryuichi Shigemoto	161
20	Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recallbreakdown → 2002 ·Science ·Kazu Nakazawa,Michael C. Quirk,Raymond A. Chitwood,Masahiko Watanabe,Mark F. Yeckel,Linus D. Sun,Akira Kato,C. A. Carr,Daniel Johnston,Matthew A. Wilson,Susumu Tonegawa	802

About Masahiko Watanabe

Masahiko Watanabe is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Neurology, having authored 673 papers that have together received 40.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (372 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (106 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (91 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (24.9k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (4.0k citations) and Neurology (4.6k citations). Masahiko Watanabe has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Masanobu Kano, Masahiro Fukaya, Yoshiro Inoue, Kenji Sakimura, Masayoshi Mishina, Motokazu Uchigashima, Miwako Yamasaki, Kouichi Hashimoto, Taisuke Miyazaki and Keiko Yamada. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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