Motoshi Kikuchi

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Motoshi Kikuchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Motoshi Kikuchi has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Motoshi Kikuchi's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (12 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (9 papers). Motoshi Kikuchi is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (12 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (9 papers). Motoshi Kikuchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Motoshi Kikuchi's co-authors include Susumu Ishii, Takashi Yashiro, Ken Fujiwara, P. J. Sharp, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Hitoshi Teranishi, Yuko Fujisawa, Kotaro Horiguchi and Tom Kouki and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Endocrinology and British Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Motoshi Kikuchi

73 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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A Novel Avian Hypothalamic Peptide Inhibiting Gonadotropin Release

2000 643 citations Motoshi Kikuchi, Susumu Ishii et al. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →

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Daniel J. Bernard Canada

Kazumasa Kurosumi Japan

Kataaki Okubo Japan

Stephanie Halford United Kingdom

James M. Suttie New Zealand

Ko Tsutsui Japan

L.P.C. Schot Netherlands

G. Chieffi Italy

Hidetoshi Hasuwa Japan

William J. Larsen United States

Daniel J. Bernard Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Motoshi Kikuchi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Motoshi Kikuchi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Motoshi Kikuchi 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 Motoshi Kikuchi. Motoshi Kikuchi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kikuchi, Motoshi, Kenkichi Takase, Morisada Hayakawa, et al.. (2020). Altered behavior in mice overexpressing soluble ST2. Molecular Brain. 13(1). 74–74. 12 indexed citations

Tsukada, Takehiro, Morio Azuma, Kotaro Horiguchi, et al.. (2016). Folliculostellate cell interacts with pericyte via TGFβ2 in rat anterior pituitary. Journal of Endocrinology. 229(2). 159–170. 10 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Ken, Kotaro Horiguchi, Takehiro Tsukada, et al.. (2014). Expression of the heparin-binding growth factor midkine and its receptor, Ptprz1, in adult rat pituitary. Cell and Tissue Research. 359(3). 909–914. 7 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Ken, Takehiro Tsukada, Morio Azuma, et al.. (2014). In situ hybridization analysis of the temporospatial expression of the midkine/pleiotrophin family in rat embryonic pituitary gland. Cell and Tissue Research. 357(1). 337–344. 6 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Ken, Depicha Jindatip, Motoshi Kikuchi, & Takashi Yashiro. (2010). In situ hybridization reveals that type I and III collagens are produced by pericytes in the anterior pituitary gland of rats. Cell and Tissue Research. 342(3). 491–495. 37 indexed citations

Kikuchi, Motoshi, Ken Fujiwara, Kotaro Horiguchi, et al.. (2009). Spatio-temporal relation between cadherin switching and cytogenesis of hormone-producing cells in the developing rat adenohypophysis. Anatomical Science International. 84(3). 155–160. 4 indexed citations

Endo, Teruaki, Takashi Ajiki, Hirokazu Inoue, et al.. (2009). Early exercise in spinal cord injured rats induces allodynia through TrkB signaling. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 381(3). 339–344. 26 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Ken, Motoshi Kikuchi, Kotaro Horiguchi, et al.. (2008). Reduction of retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression and production in estrogen-induced prolactinoma of rat. Medical Molecular Morphology. 41(3). 126–131. 10 indexed citations

Horiguchi, Kotaro, Ken Fujiwara, Tom Kouki, Motoshi Kikuchi, & Takashi Yashiro. (2008). Immunohistochemistry of connexin 43 throughout anterior pituitary gland in a transgenic rat with green fluorescent protein-expressing folliculo-stellate cells. Anatomical Science International. 83(4). 256–260. 24 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Motoshi, Ken Fujiwara, Shu Takigami, et al.. (2006). Distinctive localization of N‐ and E‐cadherins in rat anterior pituitary gland. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 288A(11). 1183–1189. 21 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Motoshi, et al.. (2005). Regional difference in the appearance of apoptotic cell death in the ligamentum flavum of the human cervical spine. Medical Molecular Morphology. 38(3). 173–180. 6 indexed citations

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Kitaysky, Alexander S., Marc D. Romano, John F. Piatt, John C. Wingfield, & Motoshi Kikuchi. (2005). The adrenocortical response of tufted puffin chicks to nutritional deficits. Hormones and Behavior. 47(5). 606–619. 65 indexed citations

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Perfito, Nicole, Anthony D. Tramontin, Simone Meddle, et al.. (2004). Reproductive development according to elevation in a seasonally breeding male songbird. Oecologia. 140(2). 201–210. 51 indexed citations

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Shirasawa, Nobuyuki, Yoshio Mabuchi, Eisuke Sakuma, et al.. (2004). Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary gland: X. Immunohistocytochemistry of S‐100 and connexin 43 of folliculo‐stellate cells in the rat anterior pituitary gland. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 278A(1). 462–473. 43 indexed citations

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Noda, Takahiro, Motoshi Kikuchi, Sachiko Kaidzu, & Takashi Yashiro. (2003). Rat anterior pituitary cells in vitro can partly reconstruct in vivo topographic affinities. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 272A(2). 548–555. 14 indexed citations

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Silverin, Bengt, Motoshi Kikuchi, & Susumu Ishii. (1999). Effect of Season and Photoperiod on FSH in Male Great Tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 113(3). 457–463. 15 indexed citations

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Oshima, Koichi, et al.. (1999). Low rate of apoptosis and overexpression of bcl‐2 in Epstein–Barr virus‐associated gastric carcinoma. Histopathology. 34(6). 502–509. 44 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Motoshi, Masaki Kobayashi, Takayoshi Ito, Yukio Kato, & Susumu Ishii. (1998). Cloning of Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid for the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-β Subunit in the Japanese Quail. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 111(3). 376–385. 22 indexed citations

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Kubokawa, Kaoru, et al.. (1995). Orientation of the Toad, Bufo japonicus, toward the Breeding Pond. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 12(4). 475–484. 23 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Motoshi, et al.. (1992). Induction of ovarian growth and ovulation by administration of a chicken gonadotrophin preparation to Japanese quail kept under a short‐day regimen. British Poultry Science. 33(4). 847–858. 7 indexed citations

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