Naoki Adachi

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Naoki Adachi is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoki Adachi has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Naoki Adachi's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (25 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Naoki Adachi is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (25 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Naoki Adachi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Algeria. Naoki Adachi's co-authors include Tadahiro Numakawa, Hiroshi Kunugi, Emi Kumamaru, Haruki Odaka, Shingo Suzuki, Misty Richards, Shuichi Chiba, Daisaku Yokomaku, Tomoya Matsumoto and Keigo Kohara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Naoki Adachi

82 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

BDNF function and intracellular signaling in neurons. 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. BDNF function and intracellular signaling in neurons.
    2010 503 citations Tadahiro Numakawa, Emi Kumamaru et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naoki Adachi Japan 30 1.4k 1.1k 817 647 438 85 3.5k
Tadahiro Numakawa Japan 41 2.1k 1.5× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 984 1.5× 742 1.7× 87 5.3k
Hirotaka Shoji Japan 32 879 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 563 0.7× 610 0.9× 453 1.0× 75 3.4k
Luisella Bocchio‐Chiavetto Italy 31 723 0.5× 814 0.8× 383 0.5× 470 0.7× 448 1.0× 64 3.1k
Alessandro Ieraci Italy 24 1.4k 1.0× 762 0.7× 697 0.9× 570 0.9× 407 0.9× 49 3.2k
Husseini K. Manji United States 38 1.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.7× 598 0.7× 404 0.6× 301 0.7× 61 5.6k
Dong‐Ya Zhu China 36 1.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 534 0.7× 761 1.2× 1.1k 2.5× 90 4.8k
Eminy H.Y. Lee Taiwan 38 1.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 357 0.4× 847 1.3× 603 1.4× 115 4.2k
T.R. Raju India 39 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 727 0.9× 660 1.0× 516 1.2× 150 4.9k
Victoria M. Perreau Australia 26 795 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 718 0.9× 252 0.4× 1.1k 2.4× 41 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naoki Adachi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naoki Adachi

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

All Works

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Tsuji, Mayumi, Naoki Adachi, Shiro Nakamura, et al.. (2023). Extracellular high molecular weight α-synuclein oligomers induce cell death by disrupting the plasma membrane. npj Parkinson s Disease. 9(1). 139–139. 13 indexed citations
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Adachi, Naoki, et al.. (2022). Yokukansan Inhibits the Development of Morphine Tolerance by Regulating Presynaptic Proteins in DRG Neurons. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 862539–862539. 4 indexed citations
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Adachi, Naoki, et al.. (2021). Kamikihito rescued depressive-like behaviors and hippocampus neurogenesis in chronic restraint stress rats. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. 12(2). 172–179. 20 indexed citations
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Takayama, Yasunori, et al.. (2020). Analgesic Efficacy of a Combination of Fentanyl and a Japanese Herbal Medicine “Yokukansan” in Rats with Acute Inflammatory Pain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(12). 75–75. 5 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Aya, Masaki Kawamata, Yusuke Yoshioka, et al.. (2016). Generation of a novel transgenic rat model for tracing extracellular vesicles in body fluids. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31172–31172. 32 indexed citations
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Odaka, Haruki, Tadahiro Numakawa, Naoki Adachi, et al.. (2014). Cabergoline, Dopamine D2 Receptor Agonist, Prevents Neuronal Cell Death under Oxidative Stress via Reducing Excitotoxicity. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99271–e99271. 28 indexed citations
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Wada, Masahiro, Masahiro Tanaka, Takayuki Matsuda, et al.. (2012). Framework of Sensor Fusion Network for an Inverted Pendulum Mobile Robot KoRo. Proceedings of the ISCIE International Symposium on Stochastic Systems Theory and its Applications. 2012(0). 148–152. 1 indexed citations
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Adachi, Naoki, Tadahiro Numakawa, Emi Kumamaru, et al.. (2012). Phencyclidine-Induced Decrease of Synaptic Connectivity via Inhibition of BDNF Secretion in Cultured Cortical Neurons. Cerebral Cortex. 23(4). 847–858. 31 indexed citations
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Numakawa, Tadahiro, Noriko Yamamoto, Shuichi Chiba, et al.. (2011). Growth factors stimulate expression of neuronal and glial miR-132. Neuroscience Letters. 505(3). 242–247. 36 indexed citations
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Kunugi, Hiroshi, Hiroaki Hori, Naoki Adachi, & Tadahiro Numakawa. (2010). Interface between hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis and brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in depression. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 64(5). 447–459. 159 indexed citations
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Ninomiya, Midori, Tadahiro Numakawa, Naoki Adachi, et al.. (2010). Cortical neurons from intrauterine growth retardation rats exhibit lower response to neurotrophin BDNF. Neuroscience Letters. 476(2). 104–109. 21 indexed citations
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Numakawa, Tadahiro, Emi Kumamaru, Naoki Adachi, et al.. (2009). Glucocorticoid receptor interaction with TrkB promotes BDNF-triggered PLC-γ signaling for glutamate release via a glutamate transporter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(2). 647–652. 173 indexed citations
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Kohara, Keigo, Hiroki Yasuda, Yan Huang, et al.. (2007). A Local Reduction in Cortical GABAergic Synapses after a Loss of Endogenous Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, as Revealed by Single-Cell Gene Knock-Out Method. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(27). 7234–7244. 110 indexed citations
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Numakawa, Tadahiro, et al.. (2007). MCI‐186 prevents brain tissue from neuronal damage in cerebral infarction through the activation of intracellular signaling. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(13). 2933–2942. 15 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Tomoya, Tadahiro Numakawa, Daisaku Yokomaku, et al.. (2005). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-induced potentiation of glutamate and GABA release: Different dependency on signaling pathways and neuronal activity. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 31(1). 70–84. 74 indexed citations
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Adachi, Naoki, Keigo Kohara, & Tadaharu Tsumoto. (2005). Difference in trafficking of brain-derived neurotrophic factor between axons and dendrites of cortical neurons, revealed by live-cell imaging. BMC Neuroscience. 6(1). 42–42. 65 indexed citations

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