Masahiko Watanabe

53.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
673 papers, 40.4k citations indexed

About

Masahiko Watanabe is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiko Watanabe has authored 673 papers receiving a total of 40.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 461 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 320 papers in Molecular Biology and 105 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masahiko Watanabe's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (372 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (106 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (91 papers). Masahiko Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (372 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (106 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (91 papers). Masahiko Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masahiko Watanabe's co-authors include Masanobu Kano, Masahiro Fukaya, Yoshiro Inoue, Kenji Sakimura, Masayoshi Mishina, Motokazu Uchigashima, Miwako Yamasaki, Kouichi Hashimoto, Taisuke Miyazaki and Keiko Yamada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Masahiko Watanabe

664 papers receiving 40.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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, Motokazu Uchigashima 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiko Watanabe Japan	104	24.9k	17.8k	7.2k	5.1k	4.9k	673	40.4k
Paul Worley United States	101	21.3k 0.9×	19.4k 1.1×	8.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	3.3k 0.7×	273	37.1k
Rachael L. Neve United States	103	16.8k 0.7×	20.1k 1.1×	5.7k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	9.4k 1.9×	361	37.8k
Roger A. Nicoll United States	138	46.6k 1.9×	28.4k 1.6×	16.4k 2.3×	3.7k 0.7×	5.9k 1.2×	324	57.9k
Richard L. Huganir United States	127	37.0k 1.5×	30.8k 1.7×	9.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.3×	5.7k 1.2×	386	52.4k
Joseph T. Coyle United States	99	25.2k 1.0×	18.9k 1.1×	7.2k 1.0×	5.0k 1.0×	5.7k 1.2×	423	44.5k
René Hen United States	116	23.6k 0.9×	14.5k 0.8×	10.6k 1.5×	3.4k 0.7×	4.1k 0.8×	326	49.2k
Graham L. Collingridge United Kingdom	90	31.6k 1.3×	17.8k 1.0×	13.1k 1.8×	1.7k 0.3×	5.1k 1.0×	285	39.6k
Elliott J. Mufson United States	88	13.7k 0.6×	9.9k 0.6×	8.1k 1.1×	4.3k 0.8×	10.7k 2.2×	301	31.0k
Miklós Palkovits Hungary	95	33.4k 1.3×	17.1k 1.0×	10.9k 1.5×	4.5k 0.9×	9.6k 2.0×	692	62.5k
Roberto Malinow United States	72	22.6k 0.9×	12.9k 0.7×	9.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.3×	4.3k 0.9×	133	28.4k

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Ishii, Hirokazu, Kohei Otomo, Miwako Yamasaki, et al.. (2023). All-synchronized picosecond pulses and time-gated detection improve the spatial resolution of two-photon STED microscopy in brain tissue imaging. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0290550–e0290550. 2 indexed citations

Lutzu, Stefano, Miwako Yamasaki, Yuchio Yanagawa, et al.. (2022). Activation of Extrasynaptic Kainate Receptors Drives Hilar Mossy Cell Activity. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(14). 2872–2884. 8 indexed citations

Uvarov, Pavel, Kalevi Trontti, Masahiko Watanabe, et al.. (2022). Expression patterns of NKCC1 in neurons and non-neuronal cells during cortico-hippocampal development. Cerebral Cortex. 33(10). 5906–5923. 30 indexed citations

Sakoori, Kazuto, Kohtarou Konno, Takaki Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5140–5140. 94 indexed citations

Varga, Edina, Erzsébet Farkas, Andrea Kádár, et al.. (2019). Thyrotropin-Releasing-Hormone-Synthesizing Neurons of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Are Inhibited by Glycinergic Inputs. Thyroid. 29(12). 1858–1868. 6 indexed citations

Yamagata, Atsushi, Sakurako Goto‐Ito, Yusuke Sato, et al.. (2018). Structural insights into modulation and selectivity of transsynaptic neurexin–LRRTM interaction. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3964–3964. 34 indexed citations

Matsuda, Keiko, Timotheus Budisantoso, Nikolaos Mitakidis, et al.. (2016). Transsynaptic Modulation of Kainate Receptor Functions by C1q-like Proteins. Neuron. 90(4). 752–767. 132 indexed citations

Konno, Kohtarou, Kaori Akashi, Manabu Abe, et al.. (2015). Determination of kainate receptor subunit ratios in mouse brain using novel chimeric protein standards. Journal of Neurochemistry. 136(2). 295–305. 19 indexed citations

Yan, Dan, Miwako Yamasaki, Christoph Straub, Masahiko Watanabe, & Susumu Tomita. (2013). Homeostatic Control of Synaptic Transmission by Distinct Glutamate Receptors. Neuron. 78(4). 687–699. 26 indexed citations

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Holderith, Noémi, Andrea Lőrincz, Gergely Katona, et al.. (2012). Release probability of hippocampal glutamatergic terminals scales with the size of the active zone. Nature Neuroscience. 15(7). 988–997. 313 indexed citations

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Uchigashima, Motokazu, Maya Yamazaki, Miwako Yamasaki, et al.. (2011). Molecular and Morphological Configuration for 2-Arachidonoylglycerol-Mediated Retrograde Signaling at Mossy Cell–Granule Cell Synapses in the Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(21). 7700–7714. 72 indexed citations

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Tamai, Keiichi, Masahiko Watanabe, Masanao Kyuuma, et al.. (2011). AMSH is required to degrade ubiquitinated proteins in the central nervous system. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 408(4). 582–588. 23 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Keiko, Eriko Miura, Taisuke Miyazaki, et al.. (2010). Cbln1 Is a Ligand for an Orphan Glutamate Receptor δ2, a Bidirectional Synapse Organizer. Science. 328(5976). 363–368. 271 indexed citations

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Pernía‐Andrade, Alejandro J., Robert Witschi, Rita Nyilas, et al.. (2009). Spinal Endocannabinoids and CB ₁ Receptors Mediate C-Fiber–Induced Heterosynaptic Pain Sensitization. Science. 325(5941). 760–764. 149 indexed citations

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Tomioka, Yukiko, Taisuke Miyazaki, Satoshi Taharaguchi, et al.. (2008). Cerebellar pathology in transgenic mice expressing the pseudorabies virus immediate‐early protein IE180. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(8). 2115–2132. 9 indexed citations

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Watase, Kei, Curtis F. Barrett, Taisuke Miyazaki, et al.. (2008). Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 knockin mice develop a progressive neuronal dysfunction with age-dependent accumulation of mutant Ca _V 2.1 channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(33). 11987–11992. 122 indexed citations

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Wittmann, Gábor, Levente Deli, Imre Kalló, et al.. (2007). Distribution of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1) immunoreactive axons in the mouse hypothalamus. 14. 1 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Masahiko, Tomoyuki Masuda, Masahiro Fukaya, et al.. (2005). Identification and characterization of a novel member of murine semaphorin family. Genes to Cells. 10(8). 785–792. 54 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Kazu, Michael C. Quirk, Raymond A. Chitwood, et al.. (2002). Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall. Science. 297(5579). 211–218. 802 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirohashi, Setsuo, Masahiko Watanabe, Yukío Shimosato, & Teruaki Sekine. (1984). Monoclonal antibody reactive with the sialyl-sugar residue of a high molecular weight glycoprotein in sera of cancer patients.. PubMed. 75(6). 485–8. 38 indexed citations

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