Motojiro Yoshihara

2.4k total citations
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Motojiro Yoshihara is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Motojiro Yoshihara has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Motojiro Yoshihara's work include Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Motojiro Yoshihara is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (14 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (14 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Motojiro Yoshihara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Motojiro Yoshihara's co-authors include J. Troy Littleton, Yoshiaki Kidokoro, Kei Ito, Zhuo Guan, Mary B. Rheuben, Yihang Li, James Ashley, Kate Koles, Vivian Budnik and Kazuhiro Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Motojiro Yoshihara

27 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Motojiro Yoshihara United States 19 1.2k 1.1k 681 175 113 27 1.8k
Sara Mertel Germany 16 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 618 0.9× 180 1.0× 76 0.7× 16 2.0k
Jasprina N. Noordermeer Netherlands 22 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 540 0.8× 178 1.0× 97 0.9× 36 2.1k
Bing Ye United States 22 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 871 1.3× 256 1.5× 195 1.7× 57 2.4k
Tong‐Wey Koh United States 13 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 556 0.8× 412 2.4× 78 0.7× 17 2.6k
Iris Salecker United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 371 0.5× 173 1.0× 142 1.3× 30 2.0k
Susan Younger United States 14 811 0.7× 833 0.7× 571 0.8× 129 0.7× 138 1.2× 16 1.5k
Patricia S. Estes United States 15 991 0.8× 670 0.6× 317 0.5× 295 1.7× 78 0.7× 19 1.6k
Giorgio F. Gilestro United Kingdom 14 893 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 472 0.7× 199 1.1× 46 0.4× 20 2.0k
Sokol V. Todi United States 27 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 388 0.6× 298 1.7× 53 0.5× 68 2.3k
Ulrich Hengst United States 21 1.4k 1.2× 824 0.7× 453 0.7× 173 1.0× 49 0.4× 31 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Motojiro Yoshihara

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Fields of papers citing papers by Motojiro Yoshihara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Motojiro Yoshihara. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Motojiro Yoshihara. The network helps show where Motojiro Yoshihara may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Motojiro Yoshihara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Motojiro Yoshihara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Motojiro Yoshihara based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Motojiro Yoshihara. Motojiro Yoshihara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sakurai, Akira, J. Troy Littleton, Hiroaki Kojima, & Motojiro Yoshihara. (2021). Alteration in information flow through a pair of feeding command neurons underlies a form of Pavlovian conditioning in the Drosophila brain. Current Biology. 31(18). 4163–4171.e3. 1 indexed citations
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Sakurai, Akira, et al.. (2021). Synaptotagmin 7 switches short-term synaptic plasticity from depression to facilitation by suppressing synaptic transmission. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4059–4059. 5 indexed citations
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Flood, Thomas F., Shinya Iguchi, Michael Gorczyca, et al.. (2013). A single pair of interneurons commands the Drosophila feeding motor program. Nature. 499(7456). 83–87. 99 indexed citations
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Li, Yihang, et al.. (2013). Regulation of Postsynaptic Retrograde Signaling by Presynaptic Exosome Release. Neuron. 77(6). 1039–1046. 193 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro. (2012). Simultaneous Recording of Calcium Signals from Identified Neurons and Feeding Behavior of <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 16 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (2005). Retrograde Signaling by Syt 4 Induces Presynaptic Release and Synapse-Specific Growth. Science. 310(5749). 858–863. 114 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (2004). The Synaptotagmins: Calcium Sensors for Vesicular Trafficking. The Neuroscientist. 10(6). 566–574. 55 indexed citations
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Rieckhof, Gabrielle E., Motojiro Yoshihara, Zhuo Guan, & J. Troy Littleton. (2003). Presynaptic N-type Calcium Channels Regulate Synaptic Growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(42). 41099–41108. 75 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (2003). Is synaptotagmin the calcium sensor?. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 13(3). 315–323. 56 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Shigeo, Kei Ito, Misako Taniguchi, et al.. (2002). GETDB, a database compiling expression patterns and molecular locations of a collection of gal4 enhancer traps. genesis. 34(1-2). 58–61. 234 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro & J. Troy Littleton. (2002). Synaptotagmin I Functions as a Calcium Sensor to Synchronize Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 36(5). 897–908. 217 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, Alexander W. Ensminger, & J. Troy Littleton. (2001). Neurobiology and the Drosophila genome. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 1(4). 235–240. 27 indexed citations
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Rheuben, Mary B., et al.. (1999). Ultrastructural Correlates of Neuromuscular Junction Development. International review of neurobiology. 43. 69–92. 21 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, Mary B. Rheuben, & Yoshiaki Kidokoro. (1997). Transition from Growth Cone to Functional Motor Nerve Terminal inDrosophilaEmbryos. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(21). 8408–8426. 67 indexed citations
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Kuromi, Hiroshi, Motojiro Yoshihara, & Yoshiaki Kidokoro. (1997). An inhibitory role of calcineurin in endocytosis of synaptic vesicles at nerve terminals of Drosophila larvae. Neuroscience Research. 27(2). 101–113. 45 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (1992). Extra sequences found at P element excision sites in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 232(1). 17–23. 46 indexed citations
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Go, Masahiro J., Motojiro Yoshihara, & Yoshiki Hotta. (1992). Monoclonal antibodies which stain small subsets of neurons in the Drosophila central nervous system. Developmental Brain Research. 68(2). 282–285. 1 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (1991). Independence of excision frequency and transposition frequency of P element in Drosophila melanogaster.. The Japanese Journal of Genetics. 66(5). 535–550. 2 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Motojiro, et al.. (1988). Single P-element insertional mutagenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 64(6). 172–176. 4 indexed citations

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