Noboru Hiroi

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Noboru Hiroi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Noboru Hiroi has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Noboru Hiroi's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (32 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (21 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (17 papers). Noboru Hiroi is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (32 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (21 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (17 papers). Noboru Hiroi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Noboru Hiroi's co-authors include Norman M. White, Eric J. Nestler, Melissa T. Berhow, Ann M. Graybiel, William A. Carlezon, Ronald S. Duman, Soh Agatsuma, Rosario Moratalla, Johannes Thome and Valerie G. Olson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Noboru Hiroi

65 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Regulation of Cocaine Reward by CREB

1998 601 citations William A. Carlezon, Noboru Hiroi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Noboru Hiroi United States	33	2.9k	2.3k	985	489	444	68	4.4k
Gaël Malleret France	25	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	779 1.6×	309 0.7×	45	5.5k
Veronica A. Alvarez United States	35	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	309 0.6×	217 0.5×	65	4.5k
Julie C. Lauterborn United States	35	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	867 0.9×	661 1.4×	219 0.5×	62	4.2k
Sabina Berretta United States	37	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	982 1.0×	319 0.7×	297 0.7×	74	4.1k
Lalit K. Srivastava Canada	35	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	746 0.8×	334 0.7×	631 1.4×	94	4.2k
Ping Zhong United States	33	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	849 0.9×	438 0.9×	364 0.8×	58	3.2k
Eugene Zaitsev United States	14	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	478 1.0×	188 0.4×	20	5.1k
Svetlana Vronskaya United States	13	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	567 1.2×	195 0.4×	15	3.3k
Claudia Schmauss United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	511 0.5×	292 0.6×	435 1.0×	65	4.6k
Angelika Schmitt Germany	43	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	769 0.8×	498 1.0×	544 1.2×	95	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noboru Hiroi

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Ageta‐Ishihara, Natsumi, Kazuki Fujii, Kenji Tanigaki, et al.. (2025). Septin5 deficiency impairs both recent and remote contextual fear memory. Molecular Brain. 18(1). 85–85.

Hiramoto, Takeshi, Akira Sumiyoshi, Takahira Yamauchi, et al.. (2024). Highly demarcated structural alterations in the brain and impaired social incentive learning in Tbx1 heterozygous mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(5). 1876–1886. 5 indexed citations

Takano, Takeshi, et al.. (2024). Prepartum bumetanide treatment reverses altered neonatal social communication but nonspecifically reduces postpubertal social behavior in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. PubMed. 1(1). 61–72.

Hiramoto, Takeshi, Akira Sumiyoshi, Takahira Yamauchi, et al.. (2021). Tbx1, a gene encoded in 22q11.2 copy number variant, is a link between alterations in fimbria myelination and cognitive speed in mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(2). 929–938. 12 indexed citations

Esposito, Gianluca, Noboru Hiroi, & María Luisa Scattoni. (2017). Cry, Baby, Cry: Expression of Distress As a Biomarker and Modulator in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 20(6). 498–503. 63 indexed citations

Nomaru, Hiroko, Kenny Ye, Akira Nishi, et al.. (2015). Molecular Histochemistry Identifies Peptidomic Organization and Reorganization Along Striatal Projection Units. Biological Psychiatry. 79(5). 415–420. 6 indexed citations

Hiroi, Noboru. (2012). Mouse Models of 22q11.2-Associated Autism Spectrum Disorder. PubMed. 1(S1). 1–1. 12 indexed citations

Harper, Kathryn M., Takeshi Hiramoto, Kenji Tanigaki, et al.. (2012). Alterations of social interaction through genetic and environmental manipulation of the 22q11.2 gene Sept5 in the mouse brain. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(15). 3489–3499. 41 indexed citations

Scott, Daniel & Noboru Hiroi. (2011). Deconstructing Craving: Dissociable Cortical Control of Cue Reactivity in Nicotine Addiction. Biological Psychiatry. 69(11). 1052–1059. 51 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Go, Kathryn M. Harper, Tetsuya Hiramoto, et al.. (2009). Over-expression of a human chromosome 22q11.2 segment including TXNRD2, COMT and ARVCF developmentally affects incentive learning and working memory in mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(20). 3914–3925. 38 indexed citations

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Agatsuma, Soh, Hongwen Zhu, Kai Chen, et al.. (2006). Monoamine oxidase A knockout mice exhibit impaired nicotine preference but normal responses to novel stimuli. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(18). 2721–2731. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, K., et al.. (2004). MAO‐B knockout mice exhibit deficient habituation of locomotor activity but normal nicotine intake. Genes Brain & Behavior. 3(4). 216–227. 30 indexed citations

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Grande, Cristina, Hongwen Zhu, Ana Belén Barragán Martín, et al.. (2004). Chronic treatment with atypical neuroleptics induces striosomal FosB/ΔFosB expression in rats. Biological Psychiatry. 55(5). 457–463. 43 indexed citations

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Hiroi, Noboru, et al.. (2002). Molecular dissection of dopamine receptor signaling. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 23(4). 237–242. 20 indexed citations

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Haile, Colin N., Noboru Hiroi, Eric J. Nestler, & Therese A. Kosten. (2001). Differential behavioral responses to cocaine are associated with dynamics of mesolimbic dopamine proteins in Lewis and Fischer 344 rats. Synapse. 41(3). 179–190. 72 indexed citations

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Chlan‐Fourney, Jennifer, et al.. (1999). Region-specific induction of ?FosB by repeated administration of typical versus atypical antipsychotic drugs. Synapse. 33(2). 118–128. 79 indexed citations

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Hiroi, Noboru & Eric J. Nestler. (1997). Nuclear Memory: Gene Transcription and Behavior. Advances in pharmacology. 42. 1037–1041. 2 indexed citations

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Hiroi, Noboru & Ann M. Graybiel. (1996). Atypical and typical neuroleptic treatments induce distinct programs of transcription factor expression in the striatum. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 374(1). 70–83. 92 indexed citations

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Hiroi, Noboru. (1995). Compartmental organization of calretinin in the rat striatum. Neuroscience Letters. 197(3). 223–226. 23 indexed citations

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Hiroi, Noboru & Norman M. White. (1991). The amphetamine conditioned place preference: differential involvement of dopamine receptor subtypes and two dopaminergic terminal areas. Brain Research. 552(1). 141–152. 148 indexed citations

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