Shigeo Murayama

30.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
409 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Shigeo Murayama is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeo Murayama has authored 409 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Neurology, 146 papers in Physiology and 123 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shigeo Murayama's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (126 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (124 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (61 papers). Shigeo Murayama is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (126 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (124 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (61 papers). Shigeo Murayama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Shigeo Murayama's co-authors include Yuko Saito, Masato Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Hatsuta, Tomio Arai, Motoji Sawabe, Mari Yoshida, Kotaro Suzuki, Hiroshi Yamanouchi, Yasuo Ihara and Airi Tarutani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Shigeo Murayama

392 papers receiving 14.0k 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.

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy

2020 510 citations Airi Tarutani, Fuyuki Kametani et al. Nature profile →
Prion-like Properties of Pathological TDP-43 Aggregates from Diseased Brains

2013 389 citations Takashi Nonaka, Mari Yoshida et al. profile →
Novel tau filament fold in corticobasal degeneration

2020 377 citations Airi Tarutani, Kathy L. Newell et al. Nature profile →
Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

2022 262 citations Alexey G. Murzin, Holly J. Garringer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigeo Murayama Japan	61	6.0k	5.8k	5.4k	2.9k	2.8k	409	14.2k
Gábor G. Kovács Austria	62	4.1k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	362	12.7k
Thomas Arzberger Germany	46	4.3k 0.7×	3.3k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	116	9.7k
Mark S. Forman United States	47	4.7k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	82	9.1k
Marla Gearing United States	63	2.5k 0.4×	4.9k 0.8×	5.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	161	11.6k
Hiroshi Mori Japan	54	3.0k 0.5×	6.6k 1.1×	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	273	12.3k
Jada Lewis United States	45	3.3k 0.6×	7.9k 1.4×	5.0k 0.9×	3.9k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	95	12.5k
Irina Alafuzoff Sweden	61	3.8k 0.6×	6.9k 1.2×	4.4k 0.8×	3.8k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	205	14.2k
Edward B. Lee United States	53	4.9k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	208	10.6k
Marc I. Diamond United States	53	2.4k 0.4×	6.9k 1.2×	6.4k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	113	12.6k
Zbigniew K. Wszołek United States	73	12.5k 2.1×	5.6k 1.0×	4.6k 0.8×	5.3k 1.8×	5.0k 1.8×	461	18.9k

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Ando, Shoichiro, Rie Saito, Masahiro Uemura, et al.. (2025). “Chocolate Chip Sign” on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging. Neurology Genetics. 11(2). e200237–e200237.

Kurihara, Masanori, Akira Arakawa, Aya M. Tokumaru, et al.. (2024). Dynamic aphasia as an early sign of corticobasal degeneration: Clinico-radio-pathological correlation. eNeurologicalSci. 37. 100526–100526. 2 indexed citations

Burré, Jacqueline, Robert H. Edwards, Glenda M. Halliday, et al.. (2024). Research Priorities on the Role of α‐ Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease Pathogenesis. Movement Disorders. 39(10). 1663–1678. 16 indexed citations

Hayashi, Hideki, et al.. (2024). Prevention of amyloid β fibril deposition on the synaptic membrane in the precuneus by ganglioside nanocluster-targeting inhibitors. RSC Chemical Biology. 5(5). 459–466. 1 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Hiroki, Takao Hashimoto, Jun Matsubayashi, et al.. (2024). A Cerebral Embolism Caused by a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Internal Medicine. 63(22). 3087–3091.

Arseni, Diana, Takashi Nonaka, Max Jacobsen, et al.. (2024). Heteromeric amyloid filaments of ANXA11 and TDP-43 in FTLD-TDP type C. Nature. 634(8034). 662–668. 38 indexed citations

Tarutani, Airi, Fuyuki Kametani, Yuko Saito, et al.. (2023). Distinct tau folds initiate templated seeding and alter the post-translational modification profile. Brain. 146(12). 4988–4999. 8 indexed citations

Kurihara, Masanori, Masashi Kameyama, Ryoko Ihara, et al.. (2023). Correlations between cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid and dopamine transporter SPECT in degenerative parkinsonian syndromes. Journal of Neural Transmission. 130(4). 513–520. 6 indexed citations

Mori, Kohji, Kazue Shigenobu, Goichi Beck, et al.. (2023). A heterozygous splicing variant IVS9-7A > T in intron 9 of the MAPT gene in a patient with right-temporal variant frontotemporal dementia with atypical 4 repeat tauopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 130–130.

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Matsubara, Tomoyasu, Zen‐ichi Tanei, Ito Kawakami, et al.. (2022). Morphological study of the phrenic nerve to determine a reference value for the myelinated fiber density in elderly individuals. Neuropathology. 43(2). 129–134. 2 indexed citations

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Matsubara, Tomoyasu, Zen‐ichi Tanei, Ito Kawakami, et al.. (2021). Lewy pathology of the submandibular gland in Lewy body disease: A report of autopsy cases. Neuropathology. 41(6). 476–483. 8 indexed citations

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Saito, Takashi, Naomi Mihira, Yukio Matsuba, et al.. (2019). Humanization of the entire murine Mapt gene provides a murine model of pathological human tau propagation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(34). 12754–12765. 132 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Atsuko, Shirou Mohri, Akira Tamaoka, et al.. (2019). Two distinct prions in fatal familial insomnia and its sporadic form. Brain Communications. 1(1). fcz045–fcz045. 12 indexed citations

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Kimura, Taeko, Seiji Shiozawa, Naruhiko Sahara, et al.. (2019). Tau isoform expression and phosphorylation in marmoset brains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(30). 11433–11444. 32 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Yoko, Mitsuyo Itabashi, Takahiko Sugihara, et al.. (2019). Citrullinated histone H3 expression in anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐associated vasculitis in older Japanese autopsy patients. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 19(3). 259–264. 2 indexed citations

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Sakurai, Keita, Aya M. Tokumaru, Keigo Shimoji, et al.. (2017). Beyond the midbrain atrophy: wide spectrum of structural MRI finding in cases of pathologically proven progressive supranuclear palsy. Neuroradiology. 59(5). 431–443. 36 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Shunsuke, Hiroshi Takuma, Shigeo Murayama, Masaki Sakurai, & Ichiro Kanazawa. (2007). A Japanese family with early-onset ataxia with motor and sensory neuropathy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 254(1-2). 44–48. 1 indexed citations

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Saito, Yoshiaki, Shigeo Murayama, Mitsuru Kawai, & Imaharu Nakano. (1999). Breached cerebral glia limitans-basal lamina complex in Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy. Acta Neuropathologica. 98(4). 330–336. 27 indexed citations

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Kelly, Donna, et al.. (1992). Expression of the neu oncogene under the transcriptional control of the myelin basic protein gene in transgenic mice: Generation of transformed glial cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 31(1). 175–187. 32 indexed citations

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Murayama, Shigeo, et al.. (1990). Immunocytochemical and ultrastructural studies of lower motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 27(2). 137–148. 108 indexed citations

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