Masahiro Sakanaka

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
203 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Sakanaka is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Sakanaka has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 94 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Sakanaka's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (48 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (33 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers). Masahiro Sakanaka is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (48 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (33 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers). Masahiro Sakanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Canada and Russia. Masahiro Sakanaka's co-authors include Seiji Matsuda, Junya Tanaka, Nobuji Maeda, Tong‐Chun Wen, Sadao Shiosaka, Emiko Senba, Tamotsu Shibasaki, K. Lederis, Masaya Tohyama and Shinobu Inagaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Sakanaka

202 papers receiving 9.4k citations

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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.

In vivo evidence that erythropoietin protects neurons from ischemic damage

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiro Sakanaka Japan	54	3.7k	3.6k	1.5k	1.4k	978	203	9.6k
Hiroshi Kiyama Japan	59	6.3k 1.7×	5.7k 1.6×	2.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.7×	149 0.2×	352	13.6k
Takeshi Tabira Japan	52	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	3.5k 2.5×	155 0.2×	257	9.9k
Masabumi Minami Japan	57	3.5k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	91 0.1×	248	9.5k
Taku Nagai Japan	50	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	700 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	135 0.1×	202	8.3k
Colin Sumners United States	57	4.7k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	751 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	90 0.1×	281	10.4k
Thomas Herdegen Germany	66	6.3k 1.7×	5.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	73 0.1×	186	12.9k
François Tronche France	47	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	554 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	99 0.1×	86	10.4k
Junya Tanaka Japan	48	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	186 0.2×	179	7.2k
Roberto Cosimo Melcangi Italy	59	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	956 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	75 0.1×	222	9.8k
Darrell W. Brann United States	63	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	61 0.1×	189	11.5k

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Zhu, Pengxiang, Keiichi Samukawa, Hiroko Fujita, Hidemasa Kato, & Masahiro Sakanaka. (2017). Oral Administration of Red Ginseng Extract Promotes Neurorestoration after Compressive Spinal Cord Injury in Rats. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017(1). 1265464–1265464. 6 indexed citations

Sumiyoshi, Maho, et al.. (2008). Effects of Red Ginseng extract on ultraviolet B‐irradiated skin change in C57BL mice. Phytotherapy Research. 22(11). 1423–1427. 31 indexed citations

Yoshida, Tadashi, Nobuhiro Hakuba, Kensuke Fujita, et al.. (2007). Hematopoietic stem cells prevent hair cell death after transient cochlear ischemia through paracrine effects. Neuroscience. 145(3). 923–930. 24 indexed citations

Sumiyoshi, Maho, Masahiro Sakanaka, & Yoshiyuki Kimura. (2006). Chronic Intake of High-Fat and High-Sucrose Diets Differentially Affects Glucose Intolerance in Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 136(3). 582–587. 151 indexed citations

Gu, Feng, Ryuji Hata, Junya Tanaka, et al.. (2005). Suppression of Stat3 promotes neurogenesis in cultured neural stem cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 81(2). 163–171. 103 indexed citations

Nakatsuka, Hiroki, Shinsuke Ohta, Junya Tanaka, et al.. (2000). Histochemical cytochrome c oxidase activity and caspase-3 in gerbil hippocampal CA1 neurons after transient forebrain ischemia. Neuroscience Letters. 285(2). 127–130. 8 indexed citations

Matsuda, Seiji, Junzo Desaki, Junko Aburaya, & Masahiro Sakanaka. (1997). Perikaryal projections of developing spinal ganglion neurons in the chick demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy. Anatomy and Embryology. 195(2). 137–146. 7 indexed citations

Kotani, Yasunori, Seiji Matsuda, Tong‐Chun Wen, et al.. (1996). A Hydrophilic Peptide Comprising 18 Amino Acid Residues of the Prosaposin Sequence Has Neurotrophic Activity In Vitro and In Vivo. Journal of Neurochemistry. 66(5). 2197–2200. 95 indexed citations

Ohta, Shinsuke, et al.. (1995). Role of basic fibroblast growth factor in the regulation of rat basilar artery tone in vivo. Neuroscience Letters. 199(2). 99–102. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinze, Shinsuke Ohta, Saburo Sakaki, et al.. (1994). Changes in Ca++-ATPase activity in smooth-muscle cell membranes of the canine basilar artery with experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of neurosurgery. 80(2). 269–275. 20 indexed citations

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Uryu, Kunihiro, et al.. (1992). Fine structure and possible origins of nerve fibers with corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat central amygdaloid nucleus. Brain Research. 577(1). 175–179. 47 indexed citations

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Kagami, Hideaki, Hisashi Sakai, Kunihiro Uryu, Toshio Kaneda, & Masahiro Sakanaka. (1991). Development of tyrosine hydroxylase‐like immunoreactive structures in the chick retina: Three‐dimensional analysis. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 308(3). 356–370. 21 indexed citations

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Sakanaka, Masahiro, Sumiko Magari, Tamotsu Shibasaki, & K. Lederis. (1988). Corticotropin releasing factor‐containing afferents to the lateral septum of the rat brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 270(3). 404–415. 38 indexed citations

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Takatsuki, Kenichi, Masahiro Sakanaka, Sadao Shiosaka, et al.. (1982). Pathways and terminal fields of the cochlearofugal somatostatin tracts of very young rats. Developmental Brain Research. 3(4). 613–626. 23 indexed citations

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Inagaki, Shinobu, Sadao Shiosaka, Kenichi Takatsuki, et al.. (1982). Ontogeny of somatostatin-containing neuron system of the rat cerebellum including its fiber connections: An experimental and immunohistochemical analysis. Developmental Brain Research. 3(4). 509–527. 95 indexed citations

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Shiosaka, Sadao, Shinobu Inagaki, Masahiro Sakanaka, et al.. (1981). Organization of some neuropeptides in the dorsal pontine tegmentum of the rat. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 14(1). 70. 1 indexed citations

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Ishimoto, Ichiro, Masakatsu Fukuda, Yasuaki Kuwayama, et al.. (1981). Comparative anatomy of somatostatin cells in the retina of various vertebrate from teleosts to mammals. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 14(1). 72. 1 indexed citations

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Takagi, Hiroshi, Shinobu Inagaki, Sadao Shiosaka, et al.. (1981). Ontogeny of the substance P(SP) neuron system in the rat forebrain and upper brain stem.. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 14(1). 69. 3 indexed citations

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Senba, Emiko, Hiroshi Takagi, Sadao Shiosaka, et al.. (1981). On the afferent projections from some meso-diencephalic nuclei to n. raphe magnus of the rat. Brain Research. 211(2). 387–392. 31 indexed citations

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Sakanaka, Masahiro, Sadao Shiosaka, Hiroshi Takagi, et al.. (1980). Topographic organization of the projection from the forebrain subcortical areas to the hippocampal formation of the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 20(3). 253–257. 26 indexed citations

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