Shigeru Morinobu

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Shigeru Morinobu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeru Morinobu has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 30 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Shigeru Morinobu's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (15 papers). Shigeru Morinobu is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (15 papers). Shigeru Morinobu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Shigeru Morinobu's co-authors include Masashi Nibuya, R. S. Duman, Shigeto Yamawaki, Manabu Fuchikami, Shigeto Yamamoto, Yasumasa Okamoto, Shiro Takei, Akiko Kurata, Tomoya Matsumoto and Masahiro Segawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Shigeru Morinobu

105 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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 BDNF and trkB mRNA in rat brain by chronic electroconvulsive seizure and antidepressant drug treatments

1995 1.7k citations Masashi Nibuya, Shigeru Morinobu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigeru Morinobu Japan	35	2.2k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	107	5.5k
Shin Nakagawa Japan	36	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	154	6.3k
Stephanie C. Dulawa United States	33	3.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.6×	58	7.3k
Maarten van den Buuse Australia	48	3.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	792 0.7×	2.0k 1.8×	254	7.7k
B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao India	33	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	789 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	89	6.1k
Mark D. Underwood United States	42	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	619 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	98	6.6k
Boldizsár Czéh Germany	39	2.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	829 0.7×	85	7.2k
Jessica E. Malberg United States	26	3.8k 1.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	3.1k 2.6×	1.4k 1.2×	32	7.6k
Vidita A. Vaidya India	38	2.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	596 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	91	4.8k
Noelia Weisstaub Argentina	21	3.5k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	35	6.3k
Nadia M. Tsankova United States	7	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	774 0.6×	613 0.5×	2.4k 2.1×	10	5.6k

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Honer, William G., et al.. (2018). Musical disability in children with autism spectrum disorder. Psychiatry Research. 267. 354–359. 12 indexed citations

Fujita, Yosuke, Shigeru Morinobu, Shiro Takei, et al.. (2012). Vorinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, facilitates fear extinction and enhances expression of the hippocampal NR2B-containing NMDA receptor gene. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 46(5). 635–643. 54 indexed citations

Fuchikami, Manabu, Shigeru Morinobu, Akiko Kurata, Shigeto Yamamoto, & Shigeto Yamawaki. (2008). Single immobilization stress differentially alters the expression profile of transcripts of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor ( BDNF) gene and histone acetylation at its promoters in the rat hippocampus. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 12(1). 73–73. 148 indexed citations

Holt, Richard I. G., et al.. (2007). Antipsychotics and diabetes. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 91(1). 36–40. 1 indexed citations

Morinobu, Shigeru, et al.. (2006). Effect of paroxetine on enhanced contextual fear induced by single prolonged stress in rats. Psychopharmacology. 189(2). 165–173. 123 indexed citations

Morinobu, Shigeru, et al.. (2006). Single prolonged stress increases contextual freezing and the expression of glycine transporter 1 and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 mRNA in the hippocampus of rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 31(3). 642–651. 88 indexed citations

Takebayashi, Minoru, et al.. (2004). β-Estradiol, Dehydroepiandrosterone, and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Protect against N-Methyl-d-aspartate-Induced Neurotoxicity in Rat Hippocampal Neurons by Different Mechanisms. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 311(1). 237–245. 83 indexed citations

Okada, Go, Yasumasa Okamoto, Shigeru Morinobu, Shigeto Yamawaki, & N. Yokota. (2003). Attenuated Left Prefrontal Activation during a Verbal Fluency Task in Patients with Depression. Neuropsychobiology. 47(1). 21–26. 141 indexed citations

Tanaka, Kazuhide, Jun Takahashi, Shigeru Morinobu, et al.. (2002). Imipramine, but not lithium, induces the serine/threonine phosphatase activity of calcineurin without affecting its mRNA expression in the rat brain. Psychopharmacology. 162(3). 339–344. 4 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Hidehisa, Shigeru Morinobu, Shigeto Yamawaki, Jun Horiguchi, & Masatsugu Nagao. (2002). Effect of risperidone on sleep in schizophrenia: a comparison with haloperidol. Psychiatry Research. 109(2). 137–142. 46 indexed citations

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Jinde, Seiichiro, Akira Masui, Shigeru Morinobu, Atsushi Noda, & Nobuo Kato. (2002). Differential changes in messenger RNA expressions and binding sites of neuropeptide Y Y1, Y2 and Y5 receptors in the hippocampus of an epileptic mutant rat: Noda epileptic rat. Neuroscience. 115(4). 1035–1045. 16 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Hidehisa, et al.. (2001). Clinical Features and Treatment Response of Patients with Major Depression and Silent Cerebral Infarction. Neuropsychobiology. 44(4). 176–182. 17 indexed citations

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Furukawa, Toshi A., et al.. (2000). Course and outcome of depressive episodes: comparison between bipolar, unipolar and subthreshold depression. Psychiatry Research. 96(3). 211–220. 32 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Shin, et al.. (2000). Characterization of Audiogenic-Like Seizures in Naive Rats Evoked by Activation of AMPA and NMDA Receptors in the Inferior Colliculus. Experimental Neurology. 164(2). 396–406. 16 indexed citations

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Jinde, Seiichiro, Akira Masui, Shigeru Morinobu, et al.. (1999). Elevated neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor in the brain of a novel epileptic mutant rat: Noda epileptic rat. Brain Research. 833(2). 286–290. 19 indexed citations

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Yamada, Misa, Mitsuhiko Yamada, Yuji Kiuchi, et al.. (1999). Identification of a Novel Splice Variant of Heat Shock Cognate Protein 70 after Chronic Antidepressant Treatment in Rat Frontal Cortex. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 261(2). 541–545. 18 indexed citations

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Morinobu, Shigeru. (1995). Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Down-Regulates the Induction of c-fos mRNA in Response to Acute Stress in Rat Frontal Cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 12(3). 221–228. 57 indexed citations

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Morinobu, Shigeru, Masashi Nibuya, & Ronald S. Duman. (1995). Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Down-Regulates the Induction of c-fos mRNA in Response to Acute Stress in Rat Frontal Cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 12(3). 221–228. 14 indexed citations

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Morinobu, Shigeru, et al.. (1995). Enhancement of 5-hydroxytryptamine-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in the rat cerebral cortex by repeated immobilization stress. European Journal of Pharmacology. 285(1). 61–67. 7 indexed citations

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Morinobu, Shigeru, et al.. (1977). [Bromine determination in the urine of persons exposed to methyl bromide (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 19(6). 504–5. 1 indexed citations

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