Masaya Tohyama

28.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
516 papers, 24.2k citations indexed

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Masaya Tohyama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaya Tohyama has authored 516 papers receiving a total of 24.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 290 papers in Molecular Biology, 284 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 72 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Masaya Tohyama's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (156 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (107 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (87 papers). Masaya Tohyama is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (156 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (107 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (87 papers). Masaya Tohyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Masaya Tohyama's co-authors include Sadao Shiosaka, Taiichi Katayama, Emiko Senba, Toshihide Yamashita, Hiroshi Kiyama, Kazunori Imaizumi, Michio Tamatani, Shinobu Inagaki, Akio Wanaka and Hiroshi Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masaya Tohyama

515 papers receiving 23.8k 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.

Distribution of the histaminergic neuron system in the central nervous system of rats; a fluorescent immunohistochemical analysis with histidine decar☐ylase as a marker

1984 714 citations Takehiko Watanabe, Yoshitaka Taguchi et al. Brain Research profile →
Involvement of caspase-4 in endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis and Aβ-induced cell death

2004 710 citations Junichi Hitomi, Taiichi Katayama et al. profile →
Activation of Caspase-12, an Endoplastic Reticulum (ER) Resident Caspase, through Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor 2-dependent Mechanism in Response to the ER Stress

2001 697 citations Takunari Yoneda, Kazunori Imaizumi et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaya Tohyama Japan	80	11.6k	10.6k	4.3k	3.9k	2.3k	516	24.2k
Günther Schütz Germany	92	19.6k 1.7×	7.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	3.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	261	38.9k
Frank R. Sharp United States	87	12.3k 1.1×	7.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	3.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	376	27.7k
Mark C. Fishman United States	89	17.1k 1.5×	5.4k 0.5×	6.4k 1.5×	6.1k 1.6×	950 0.4×	189	29.1k
Moses V. Chao United States	100	16.8k 1.5×	18.3k 1.7×	3.0k 0.7×	4.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	296	35.2k
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Japan	99	23.5k 2.0×	13.6k 1.3×	8.6k 2.0×	3.4k 0.9×	866 0.4×	553	37.0k
Tom Curran United States	111	32.0k 2.8×	14.5k 1.4×	3.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	276	50.9k
Nathaniel Heintz United States	80	18.2k 1.6×	7.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	911 0.4×	193	28.4k
David D. Ginty United States	79	12.6k 1.1×	12.9k 1.2×	3.4k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	145	24.5k
Michael V. Sofroniew United States	90	11.8k 1.0×	14.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.4×	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	191	37.4k
Jeffrey Milbrandt United States	106	18.1k 1.6×	12.5k 1.2×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	547 0.2×	297	34.7k

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Shimizu, Shoko, et al.. (2019). Antidepressive Effects of Kamishoyosan through 5-HT1AReceptor and PKA-CREB-BDNF Signaling in the Hippocampus in Postmenopausal Depression-Model Mice. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. 1–11. 24 indexed citations

Miyata, Shingo, Tsuyoshi Hattori, Shoko Shimizu, Akira Itô, & Masaya Tohyama. (2015). Disturbance of Oligodendrocyte Function Plays a Key Role in the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–26. 50 indexed citations

Shimizu, Shoko, Takashi Tanaka, Takashi Takeda, Masaya Tohyama, & Shingo Miyata. (2015). TheKampoMedicine Yokukansan Decreases MicroRNA-18 Expression and Recovers Glucocorticoid Receptors Protein Expression in the Hypothalamus of Stressed Mice. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–8. 22 indexed citations

Sato, Takashi, Katsumi Doi, Manabu Taniguchi, et al.. (2006). Progressive hearing loss in mice carrying a mutation in the p75 gene. Brain Research. 1091(1). 224–234. 25 indexed citations

Matsuda, Satoshi, Fumi Gomi, Taiichi Katayama, et al.. (2006). Induction of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells by Oxidative Stress. Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology. 50(3). 229–234. 12 indexed citations

Katayama, Taiichi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Naoya Sato, et al.. (1999). Presenilin-1 mutations downregulate the signalling pathway of the unfolded-protein response. Nature Cell Biology. 1(8). 479–485. 449 indexed citations

Tanimukai, Hitoshi, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takashi Kudo, et al.. (1998). Alzheimer-associated presenilin-1 gene is induced in gerbil hippocampus after transient ischemia. Molecular Brain Research. 54(2). 212–218. 47 indexed citations

Tohyama, Masaya, et al.. (1998). [10] Assessment of distribution of cloned ion channels in neuronal tissues. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 293. 155–165. 8 indexed citations

Fujita, Masahiro, Hitoo Nishino, Michiko Kumazaki, et al.. (1996). Expression of dopamine transporter mRNA and its binding site in fetal nigral cells transplanted into the striatum of 6-OHDA lesioned rat. Molecular Brain Research. 39(1-2). 127–136. 36 indexed citations

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Furuyama, Tatsuo, Hiroshi Kiyama, Kohji Sato, et al.. (1993). Region-specific expression of subunits of ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPA-type, KA-type and NMDA receptors) in the rat spinal cord with special reference to nociception. Molecular Brain Research. 18(1-2). 141–151. 167 indexed citations

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Ohno, Koji, Noriaki Takeda, Hiroshi Kiyama, et al.. (1993). Synaptic contact between vestibular afferent nerve and cholinergic efferent terminal: its putative mediation by nicotinic receptors. Molecular Brain Research. 18(4). 343–346. 11 indexed citations

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Saika, Takanori, Hiroshi Kiyama, Masaya Tohyama, & Toru Matsunaga. (1993). GAP-43 mRNA Expression in Facial Motoneurons During Regeneration: In situ Hybridization Histochemistry Study Using an Alkaline Phosphatase-labelled Probe. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 113(sup501). 80–84. 13 indexed citations

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Miguel-Hidalgo, José Javier, Emiko Senba, Koichi Takatsuji, & Masaya Tohyama. (1991). Ultrastructure and retinal innervation of deafferentation-induced enkephalin-immunoreactive elements in the superficial layers of the rat superior colliculus. Brain Research. 556(1). 175–179. 2 indexed citations

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Kubota, Yoshiyuki, Shinobu Inagaki, Shozo Kito, et al.. (1988). Neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive neurons receive synaptic inputs from dopaminergic axon terminals in the rat neostriatum. Brain Research. 458(2). 389–393. 52 indexed citations

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Kubota, Hiroaki, Yoshitaka Taguchi, Masaya Tohyama, et al.. (1984). Electron microscopic identification of histidine decarboxylase-containing endocrine cells of the rat gastric mucosa. Gastroenterology. 87(3). 496–502. 22 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Hiroshi & Masaya Tohyama. (1984). Ontogeny of substance P-containing fibers in the taste buds and the surrounding epithelium. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 17(6). 727. 3 indexed citations

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Yamano, Mariko, et al.. (1984). Arcuatefugal neuropeptide Y(NPY)-containing neuron system in the rat. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 17(6). 699. 1 indexed citations

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Kubota, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (1983). Somatostatin-like immunoreactive neurons and axonterminals in the substantia gelatinosa of rat spinal cord(L2-3). ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 16(6). 631. 1 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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