Masayoshi Mishina

25.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
267 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Masayoshi Mishina is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masayoshi Mishina has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 161 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masayoshi Mishina's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (177 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (73 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (37 papers). Masayoshi Mishina is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (177 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (73 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (37 papers). Masayoshi Mishina collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Masayoshi Mishina's co-authors include Kenji Sakimura, Hisashi Mori, Masahiko Watanabe, Shosaku Numa, Yoshiro Inoue, Keiji Imoto, Kazuaki Araki, Bert Sakmann, Kazuhiko Fukuda and Tomoyuki Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masayoshi Mishina

265 papers receiving 20.3k 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.

Molecular diversity of the NMDA receptor channel

1992 1.2k citations Kenji Sakimura, Etsuko Kushiya et al. profile →
Molecular distinction between fetal and adult forms of muscle acetylcholine receptor

1986 791 citations Masayoshi Mishina et al. profile →
Cloning, sequencing and expression of complementary DNA encoding the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

1986 764 citations Masayoshi Mishina et al. profile →
A Transposon-Mediated Gene Trap Approach Identifies Developmentally Regulated Genes in Zebrafish

2004 691 citations Koichi Kawakami, Hisashi Takeda et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Rings of negatively charged amino acids determine the acetylcholine receptor channel conductance

1988 643 citations Masayoshi Mishina et al. profile →
Developmental changes in distribution of NMDA receptor channel subunit mRNAs

1992 604 citations Masahiko Watanabe, Kenji Sakimura et al. profile →
Structure and function of the NMDA receptor channel

1995 547 citations Hisashi Mori, Masayoshi Mishina Neuropharmacology profile →
Location of a δ-subunit region determining ion transport through the acetylcholine receptor channel

1986 261 citations Masayoshi Mishina et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masayoshi Mishina Japan	76	13.5k	12.9k	2.6k	2.4k	2.2k	267	20.8k
Stephen J. Moss United Kingdom	85	14.1k 1.0×	11.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	236	20.4k
Stephen F. Heinemann United States	78	16.7k 1.2×	15.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	147	23.4k
Kenji Sakimura Japan	72	11.7k 0.9×	9.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	387	19.2k
Jon Storm‐Mathisen Norway	76	16.8k 1.2×	9.2k 0.7×	3.8k 1.5×	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	204	21.8k
Erin M. Schuman Germany	69	9.7k 0.7×	11.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	145	19.9k
Gary L. Westbrook United States	72	17.8k 1.3×	12.5k 1.0×	4.5k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	129	22.2k
Ronald S. Petralia United States	63	11.5k 0.9×	9.2k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	176	16.1k
Werner Sieghart Austria	75	17.8k 1.3×	12.2k 0.9×	4.3k 1.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	317	23.6k
Menahem Segal Israel	81	13.0k 1.0×	7.5k 0.6×	5.2k 2.0×	2.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	286	19.9k
Jean‐Marc Fritschy Switzerland	88	19.8k 1.5×	11.3k 0.9×	6.2k 2.4×	3.6k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	291	26.8k

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Vinnakota, Chitra, Matthew R. Hudson, Kazutaka Ikeda, et al.. (2025). Effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on working memory and gamma oscillations, and the mediating role of the GluN2D subunit. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(13). 1938–1948.

Suzuki, Nami, Masayuki Itoh, Maya Yamazaki, et al.. (2024). Limb-Clasping Response in NMDA Receptor Palmitoylation-Deficient Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(11). 9125–9135. 2 indexed citations

Vinnakota, Chitra, Anna Schroeder, Xin Du, et al.. (2023). Understanding the role of the NMDA receptor subunit, GluN2D , in mediating NMDA receptor antagonist‐induced behavioral disruptions in male and female mice. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 102(1). e25257–e25257. 5 indexed citations

Jury, Nicholas J., Anna K. Radke, Dipanwita Pati, et al.. (2018). NMDA receptor GluN2A subunit deletion protects against dependence-like ethanol drinking. Behavioural Brain Research. 353. 124–128. 7 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Hideko, Yoko Hagino, Yukio Takamatsu, et al.. (2016). Loss of GluN2D subunit results in social recognition deficit, social stress, 5-HT2C receptor dysfunction, and anhedonia in mice. Neuropharmacology. 112(Pt A). 188–197. 25 indexed citations

Uemura, Takeshi, et al.. (2014). Striatal dopamine D1 receptor is essential for contextual fear conditioning. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3976–3976. 28 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Hideko, Toshifumi Yamamoto, Yoko Hagino, et al.. (2013). Involvement of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor GluN2D subunit in phencyclidine-induced motor impairment, gene expression, and increased Fos immunoreactivity. Molecular Brain. 6(1). 56–56. 25 indexed citations

Yasumura, Misato, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Sung‐Jin Lee, et al.. (2011). Glutamate receptor δ1 induces preferentially inhibitory presynaptic differentiation of cortical neurons by interacting with neurexins through cerebellin precursor protein subtypes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 121(5). 705–716. 53 indexed citations

Biase, Lindsay M. De, Shin Hyeok Kang, Emily G. Baxi, et al.. (2011). NMDA Receptor Signaling in Oligodendrocyte Progenitors Is Not Required for Oligodendrogenesis and Myelination. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(35). 12650–12662. 121 indexed citations

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Miyazaki, Taisuke, Miwako Yamasaki, Tomonori Takeuchi, et al.. (2010). Ablation of Glutamate Receptor GluRδ2 in Adult Purkinje Cells Causes Multiple Innervation of Climbing Fibers by Inducing Aberrant Invasion to Parallel Fiber Innervation Territory. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(45). 15196–15209. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Tamaki Mabuchi, Tayo Katano, et al.. (2007). Nitric oxide (NO) serves as a retrograde messenger to activate neuronal NO synthase in the spinal cord via NMDA receptors. Nitric Oxide. 17(1). 18–24. 33 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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Weitlauf, Carl, Yumiko Honse, Yves P. Auberson, et al.. (2005). Activation of NR2A-Containing NMDA Receptors Is Not Obligatory for NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(37). 8386–8390. 137 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Koichi, Hisashi Takeda, N. Kawakami, et al.. (2004). A Transposon-Mediated Gene Trap Approach Identifies Developmentally Regulated Genes in Zebrafish. Developmental Cell. 7(1). 133–144. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takehara‐Nishiuchi, Kaori, Shigenori Kawahara, Hiromichi Kuriyama, et al.. (2004). The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptor GluRε2 is important for delay and trace eyeblink conditioning in mice. Neuroscience Letters. 364(1). 43–47. 16 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Wataru, Shinichi Tatsumi, Kenji Sakimura, et al.. (2004). Characterization of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunits responsible for postoperative pain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 503(1-3). 71–75. 11 indexed citations

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Takatsuki, Kanako, et al.. (2003). The Hippocampus Plays an Important Role in Eyeblink Conditioning with a Short Trace Interval in Glutamate Receptor Subunit δ2 Mutant Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(1). 17–22. 37 indexed citations

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Hattori, Satoshi, Kenji Okuda, Kenji Hamajima, et al.. (1994). Expression and characterization of the α2 subunit of the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) -selective glutamate receptor channel in a baculovirus system. Brain Research. 666(1). 43–52. 9 indexed citations

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Morita, Takao, Kenji Sakimura, Etsuko Kushiya, et al.. (1992). Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding the mouse β2 subunit of the kainate-selective glutamate receptor channel. Molecular Brain Research. 14(1-2). 143–146. 24 indexed citations

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Nakano, Ryoichi, Nobuya Fujita, Takashi Inuzuka, et al.. (1991). Structure of mouse myelin-associated glycoprotein gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 178(1). 282–290. 24 indexed citations

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