Shuken Boku

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Shuken Boku is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Shuken Boku has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Shuken Boku's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers). Shuken Boku is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers). Shuken Boku collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Shuken Boku's co-authors include Naoki Watanabe, Kensaku Mizuno, Takashi Obinata, Shuh Narumiya, Toshimasa Ishizaki, Akiko Fujita, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Midori Maekawa, Kazumasa Ohashi and Akitoyo Hishimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shuken Boku

61 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Signaling from Rho to the Actin Cytoskeleton Through Protein Kinases ROCK and LIM-kinase

1999 1.3k citations Shuken Boku et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shuken Boku Japan	21	1.2k	623	413	260	238	64	2.5k
Michel Guipponi Switzerland	32	2.1k 1.8×	464 0.7×	333 0.8×	931 3.6×	126 0.5×	87	3.7k
Roberto Gradini Italy	31	1.2k 1.0×	249 0.4×	722 1.7×	227 0.9×	277 1.2×	71	2.7k
Anne‐Marie Duchemin United States	30	1.1k 0.9×	248 0.4×	816 2.0×	131 0.5×	269 1.1×	73	2.8k
Boris P. Sokolov United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	158 0.3×	666 1.6×	599 2.3×	201 0.8×	40	3.0k
Tetsuo Ohnishi Japan	24	2.1k 1.8×	344 0.6×	510 1.2×	409 1.6×	246 1.0×	74	3.0k
Ken‐ichiro Kubo Japan	34	1.8k 1.5×	471 0.8×	1.2k 2.9×	723 2.8×	313 1.3×	93	4.1k
Matthew A. Benson United Kingdom	24	1.7k 1.4×	444 0.7×	994 2.4×	407 1.6×	414 1.7×	52	3.0k
Mónica Bayés Spain	29	1.1k 0.9×	176 0.3×	464 1.1×	555 2.1×	148 0.6×	55	2.6k
Gerhard Schratt Germany	38	4.9k 4.3×	359 0.6×	1.1k 2.6×	824 3.2×	378 1.6×	72	6.7k
Asya Rolls Israel	24	837 0.7×	279 0.4×	982 2.4×	84 0.3×	385 1.6×	39	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shuken Boku

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Hashimoto, Mamoru, Ryuji Fukuhara, Asuka Koyama, et al.. (2024). Gesture imitation performance in community‐dwelling older people: assessment of a gesture imitation task in the screening and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Psychogeriatrics. 24(2). 404–414.

Hashimoto, Mamoru, Takashi Suehiro, Ryuji Fukuhara, et al.. (2024). Association between choroid plexus volume and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults without dementia: a population-based cross-sectional analysis. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 21(1). 101–101. 5 indexed citations

Kajitani, Naoto, et al.. (2024). TCF7L2: A potential key regulator of antidepressant effects on hippocampal astrocytes in depression model mice. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 170. 375–386. 2 indexed citations

Kajitani, Naoto, et al.. (2024). Identification of the antidepressant effect of electroconvulsive stimulation-related genes in hippocampal astrocyte. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 170. 318–327. 2 indexed citations

Chiba, Toshinori, Kentaro Ide, Nao Kobayashi, et al.. (2023). Event-related PTSD symptoms as a high-risk factor for suicide: longitudinal observational study. Nature Mental Health. 1(12). 1013–1022. 2 indexed citations

Kajitani, Naoto, Mami Okada‐Tsuchioka, Asuka Inoue, et al.. (2023). G protein-biased LPAR1 agonism of prototypic antidepressants: Implication in the identification of novel therapeutic target for depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(3). 561–572. 10 indexed citations

Sasaki, Hiroyuki, Tadashi Jono, Ryuji Fukuhara, et al.. (2022). Late-manifestation of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in older adults: an observational study. BMC Psychiatry. 22(1). 354–354. 6 indexed citations

Shinohara, Shuji, Hiroyuki Toda, Mitsuteru Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of emotional arousal level and depression severity using voice-derived sound pressure change acceleration. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13615–13615. 4 indexed citations

Ochi, Shinichiro, Naoki Abe, Yuta Yoshino, et al.. (2021). Neural precursor cells are decreased in the hippocampus of the delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy rat model. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6244–6244. 4 indexed citations

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Shinohara, Shuji, Hiroyuki Toda, Mitsuteru Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the Severity of Major Depression Using a Voice Index for Emotional Arousal. Sensors. 20(18). 5041–5041. 11 indexed citations

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Kajitani, Naoto, Mami Okada‐Tsuchioka, Kuniyuki Kano, et al.. (2020). Differential anatomical and cellular expression of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 in adult mouse brain. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 531(2). 89–95. 3 indexed citations

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Okazaki, Kenji, Ikuo Otsuka, Shusuke Numata, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic clock analysis of blood samples from Japanese schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia. 5(1). 4–4. 31 indexed citations

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Hirata, Takashi, Ikuo Otsuka, Kenji Okazaki, et al.. (2019). Major depressive disorder-associated SIRT1 locus affects the risk for suicide in women after middle age. Psychiatry Research. 278. 141–145. 13 indexed citations

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Horai, Tadasu, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Ikuo Otsuka, et al.. (2018). A cross-sectional study exploring useful indicators for low bone mineral density in male alcoholic patients. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 14. 663–669. 3 indexed citations

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Boku, Shuken, Takeshi Izumi, Akira Nishi, et al.. (2017). Copy number elevation of 22q11.2 genes arrests the developmental maturation of working memory capacity and adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(4). 985–992. 17 indexed citations

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Okazaki, Kenji, Shuken Boku, Ikuo Otsuka, et al.. (2016). The cell cycle-related genes as biomarkers for schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 70. 85–91. 23 indexed citations

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Toda, Hiroyuki, Takeshi Inoue, Yukiei Nakai, et al.. (2015). Affective temperaments play an important role in the relationship between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research. 236. 142–147. 25 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takeshi, Teruaki Tanaka, Shin Nakagawa, et al.. (2012). Utility and limitations of PHQ-9 in a clinic specializing in psychiatric care. BMC Psychiatry. 12(1). 73–73. 74 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takeshi, Yuji Kitaichi, Takuya Masui, et al.. (2010). Pramipexole for stage 2 treatment-resistant major depression: An open study. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 34(8). 1446–1449. 29 indexed citations

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Narumi, Osamu, Seiichi Mori, Shuken Boku, et al.. (2000). OUT, a Novel Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor with an Id-like Inhibitory Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(5). 3510–3521. 31 indexed citations

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