Sonoko Ogawa

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Sonoko Ogawa is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Reproductive Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonoko Ogawa has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Social Psychology, 62 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 56 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sonoko Ogawa's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (65 papers), Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (62 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (50 papers). Sonoko Ogawa is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (65 papers), Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (62 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (50 papers). Sonoko Ogawa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Sonoko Ogawa's co-authors include Donald W. Pfaff, Kenneth S. Korach, Dennis B. Lubahn, Jan-Ακε Gustafsson, Sergei Musatov, Bruce S. McEwen, Johnny S.W. Chan, Maria A. Morgan, Elena Choleris and Julia A. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sonoko Ogawa

129 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Immunolocalization of Estrogen Receptor β in the Mouse Brain: Comparison with Estrogen Receptor α

2003 715 citations Donald W. Pfaff, Sonoko Ogawa et al. Endocrinology profile →
Catechol- O -methyltransferase-deficient mice exhibit sexually dimorphic changes in catecholamine levels and behavior

1998 704 citations Sonoko Ogawa, Donald W. Pfaff et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sonoko Ogawa	3.5k	3.3k	2.5k	2.5k	1.7k	134	9.6k
Emilie F. Rissman	3.1k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	4.1k 1.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	190	11.0k
L.C. Krey	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	161	8.7k
Jeffrey D. Blaustein	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	895 0.5×	135	7.1k
George Fink	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	264	10.8k
Phyllis M. Wise	1.4k 0.4×	3.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	158	9.8k
Roger A. Gorski	4.9k 1.4×	2.4k 0.7×	4.6k 1.8×	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	187	12.0k
Michael J. Baum	3.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	235	9.9k
Paul E. Micevych	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	3.4k 2.0×	190	8.8k
Zsolt Liposits	2.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	2.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	185	9.0k
István Merchenthaler	2.5k 0.7×	5.0k 1.5×	4.1k 1.6×	3.2k 1.3×	3.4k 2.0×	175	14.1k

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Hasunuma, K., et al.. (2024). Estrous Cycle-Dependent Modulation of Sexual Receptivity in Female Mice by Estrogen Receptor Beta-Expressing Cells in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(48). e1137242024–e1137242024. 1 indexed citations

Chérasse, Yoan, et al.. (2023). Activity of estrogen receptor β expressing neurons in the medial amygdala regulates preference toward receptive females in male mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(42). e2305950120–e2305950120. 6 indexed citations

Hasunuma, K., et al.. (2023). Estrogen Receptor β in the Lateral Septum Mediates Estrogen Regulation of Social Anxiety-like Behavior in Male Mice. Neuroscience. 537. 126–140. 4 indexed citations

Sano, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2022). Sex and age differences in the distribution of estrogen receptors in mice. Neuroscience Letters. 793. 136973–136973. 10 indexed citations

Kato, Mitsuhiro, Naomichi Matsumoto, Junji Takeda, et al.. (2021). Limb-clasping, cognitive deficit and increased vulnerability to kainic acid-induced seizures in neuronal glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency mouse models. Human Molecular Genetics. 30(9). 758–770. 7 indexed citations

Maejima, Sho, Masahiro Morishita, Keiko Takanami, et al.. (2020). Detection and Characterization of Estrogen Receptor Beta Expression in the Brain with Newly Developed Transgenic Mice. Neuroscience. 438. 182–197. 14 indexed citations

Maejima, Sho, Shohei Yamaguchi, Sergei Musatov, et al.. (2018). VGF in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus Increases Sexual Activity Following Sexual Arousal Induction in Male Rats. Endocrinology. 159(12). 3993–4005. 8 indexed citations

Sano, Kazuhiro, M. Nakata, Sergei Musatov, et al.. (2016). Pubertal activation of estrogen receptor α in the medial amygdala is essential for the full expression of male social behavior in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(27). 7632–7637. 40 indexed citations

Spiteri, Thierry, Sergei Musatov, Sonoko Ogawa, et al.. (2009). Estrogen-Induced Sexual Incentive Motivation, Proceptivity and Receptivity Depend on a Functional Estrogen Receptor α in the Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus but Not in the Amygdala. Neuroendocrinology. 91(2). 142–154. 55 indexed citations

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Musatov, Sergei, Walter W. Chen, Donald W. Pfaff, Michael G. Kaplitt, & Sonoko Ogawa. (2006). RNAi-mediated silencing of estrogen receptor α in the ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus abolishes female sexual behaviors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(27). 10456–10460. 178 indexed citations

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Tomihara, Kazuya, Taku Kaitsuka, Tomoko Soga, et al.. (2006). Abolition of sex-dependent effects of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol on emotional behavior in estrogen receptor-α knockout mice. Neuroreport. 17(11). 1169–1173. 4 indexed citations

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Nomura, Masayoshi, Jun Saito, Christina Luedke, et al.. (2004). Expression of the Arginine Vasopressin Gene in Response to Salt Loading in Oxytocin Gene Knockout Mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 16(1). 39–44. 16 indexed citations

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Nomura, Masayoshi, Kenneth S. Korach, Donald W. Pfaff, & Sonoko Ogawa. (2003). Estrogen receptor β (ERβ) protein levels in neurons depend on estrogen receptor α (ERα) gene expression and on its ligand in a brain region-specific manner. Molecular Brain Research. 110(1). 7–14. 71 indexed citations

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Nomura, Masayoshi, Johnny S.W. Chan, Oliver Smithies, et al.. (2002). Genotype/Age Interactions on Aggressive Behavior in Gonadally Intact Estrogen Receptor β Knockout (βERKO) Male Mice. Hormones and Behavior. 41(3). 288–296. 116 indexed citations

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Punta, Karina Del, Trese Leinders‐Zufall, Iván Rodríguez, et al.. (2002). Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes. Nature. 419(6902). 70–74. 275 indexed citations

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Quiñones-Jenab, Vanya, Sonoko Ogawa, Shirzad Jenab, & Donald W. Pfaff. (1996). Estrogen regulation of preproenkephalin messenger RNA in the forebrain of female mice. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 12(1). 29–36. 10 indexed citations

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Quiñones-Jenab, Vanya, Shirzad Jenab, Sonoko Ogawa, et al.. (1996). Estrogen regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor messenger RNA in female rat pituitary tissue. Molecular Brain Research. 38(2). 243–250. 37 indexed citations

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Pavlides, Constantine, Sonoko Ogawa, Akihisa Kimura, & Bruce S. McEwen. (1996). Role of adrenal steroid mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors in long-term potentiation in the CA1 field of hippocampal slices. Brain Research. 738(2). 229–235. 194 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Sonoko, Lee‐Ming Kow, & Donald W. Pfaff. (1994). In vitro electrophysiological characterization of midbrain periaqueductal gray neurons in female rats: responses to GABA- and Met-enkephalin-related agents. Brain Research. 666(2). 239–249. 12 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Sonoko, et al.. (1959). Observations on the Bite of the Tabanid Larva in Paddy-Fields (Díptera, Tabanidae).. 7(1). 37–50. 2 indexed citations

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