Tadahiro Numakawa

6.9k citations

87 papers · 5.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Biological Psychiatry top 0.5%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 7
Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 21
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.2%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 32
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Nerve injury and regeneration 31
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 18
Neurology top 2%
Social Psychology
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior 11
Molecular Biology
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 7
Cancer Research
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 6

Co-authors: Hiroshi Kunugi Naoki Adachi Haruki Odaka Emi Kumamaru Misty Richards Shuichi Chiba Hiroshi Hatanaka Midori Ninomiya
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Developmental Neuroscience
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)Journal of Biological Chemistry (6 papers)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (1 paper)
Partner nations: Japan United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Tadahiro Numakawa

87 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

2025 Molecules
2012 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
2010 PubMed

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1	The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor as an Essential Mediator in Neuronal Functions and the Therapeutic Potential of Its Mimetics for Neuroprotection in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disordersbreakdown → Molecules ·Tadahiro Numakawa,Ryutaro Kajihara	2025	26
2	Involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the pathogenesis of stress-related brain diseases Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience ·Tadahiro Numakawa,Ryutaro Kajihara	2023	31
3	An iPSC-based neural model of sialidosis uncovers glycolytic impairment-causing presynaptic dysfunction and deregulation of Ca2+ dynamics Neurobiology of Disease ·Haruki Odaka,Tadahiro Numakawa,Minami Soga,Jun Kido,Shiro Matsumoto,Ryutaro Kajihara,Toshika Okumiya,Naoki Tani,Yuki Tanoue,Takaichi Fukuda,Hirokazu Furuya,Takafumi Inoue,Takumi Era	2021	6
4	The neuroprotective effects and possible mechanism of action of a methanol extract from Asparagus cochinchinensis: In vitro and in vivo studies Neuroscience ·Aldarmaa Jalsrai,Tadahiro Numakawa,Hiroshi Kunugi,Daniela C. Dieterich,Axel Becker	2016	20
5	Generation of a novel transgenic rat model for tracing extracellular vesicles in body fluids Scientific Reports ·Aya Yoshimura,Masaki Kawamata,Yusuke Yoshioka,Takeshi Katsuda,Hisae Kikuchi,Yoshitaka Nagai,Naoki Adachi,Tadahiro Numakawa,Hiroshi Kunugi,Takahiro Ochiya,Yoshitaka Tamai	2016	32
6	Possible role of the dopamine D1 receptor in the sensorimotor gating deficits induced by high-fat diet Psychopharmacology ·Chisato Wakabayashi,Tadahiro Numakawa,Yoshiko Ooshima,Kotaro Hattori,Hiroshi Kunugi	2015	17
7	Cabergoline, Dopamine D2 Receptor Agonist, Prevents Neuronal Cell Death under Oxidative Stress via Reducing Excitotoxicity PLoS ONE ·Haruki Odaka,Tadahiro Numakawa,Naoki Adachi,Yoshiko Ooshima,Shingo Nakajima,Yusuke Katanuma,Takafumi Inoue,Hiroshi Kunugi	2014	28
8	Impairments in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor-Induced Glutamate Release in Cultured Cortical Neurons Derived from Rats with Intrauterine Growth Retardation: Possible Involvement of Suppression of TrkB/Phospholipase C-γ Activation Neurochemical Research ·Tadahiro Numakawa,Tomoya Matsumoto,Yoshiko Ooshima,Shuichi Chiba,Miyako Furuta,Aiko Izumi,Midori Ninomiya-Baba,Haruki Odaka,Kazuo Hashido,Naoki Adachi,Hiroshi Kunugi	2014	8
9	Phencyclidine-Induced Decrease of Synaptic Connectivity via Inhibition of BDNF Secretion in Cultured Cortical Neurons Cerebral Cortex ·Naoki Adachi,Tadahiro Numakawa,Emi Kumamaru,Chiaki Itami,Shuichi Chiba,Yuka Iijima,Misty Richards,Ritsuko Katoh‐Semba,Hiroshi Kunugi	2012	31
10	Behavioral and molecular evidence for psychotropic effects in l-theanine Psychopharmacology ·Chisato Wakabayashi,Tadahiro Numakawa,Midori Ninomiya,Shuichi Chiba,Hiroshi Kunugi	2011	54
11	Growth factors stimulate expression of neuronal and glial miR-132 Neuroscience Letters ·Tadahiro Numakawa,Noriko Yamamoto,Shuichi Chiba,Misty Richards,Yoshiko Ooshima,Soichiro Kishi,Kazuo Hashido,Naoki Adachi,Hiroshi Kunugi	2011	36
12	Interface between hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis and brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in depression Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences ·Hiroshi Kunugi,Hiroaki Hori,Naoki Adachi,Tadahiro Numakawa	2010	159
13	Functional interactions between steroid hormones and neurotrophin BDNF World Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Tadahiro Numakawa	2010	71
14	Cortical neurons from intrauterine growth retardation rats exhibit lower response to neurotrophin BDNF Neuroscience Letters ·Midori Ninomiya,Tadahiro Numakawa,Naoki Adachi,Miyako Furuta,Shuichi Chiba,Misty Richards,Shigenobu Shibata,Hiroshi Kunugi	2010	21
15	Glucocorticoid receptor interaction with TrkB promotes BDNF-triggered PLC-γ signaling for glutamate release via a glutamate transporter Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tadahiro Numakawa,Emi Kumamaru,Naoki Adachi,Yuki Yagasaki,Aiko Izumi,Hiroshi Kunugi	2009	173
16	MCI‐186 prevents brain tissue from neuronal damage in cerebral infarction through the activation of intracellular signaling Journal of Neuroscience Research ·Madinyet Niyaz,Tadahiro Numakawa,Yoshinori Matsuki,Emi Kumamaru,Naoki Adachi,Hiromi Kitazawa,Hiroshi Kunugi,Motoshige Kudo	2007	15
17	Chronic Antidepressants Potentiate via Sigma-1 Receptors the Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor-induced Signaling for Glutamate Release Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuki Yagasaki,Tadahiro Numakawa,Emi Kumamaru,Teruo Hayashi,Tsung‐Ping Su,Hiroshi Kunugi	2006	106
18	17β-Estradiol Protects Cortical Neurons Against Oxidative Stress-Induced Cell Death through Reduction in the Activity of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and in the Accumulation of Intracellular Calcium Endocrinology ·Yumiko Numakawa,Tomoya Matsumoto,Daisaku Yokomaku,Takahisa Taguchi,Etsuo Niki,Hiroshi Hatanaka,Hiroshi Kunugi,Tadahiro Numakawa	2006	45
19	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-induced potentiation of glutamate and GABA release: Different dependency on signaling pathways and neuronal activity Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Tomoya Matsumoto,Tadahiro Numakawa,Daisaku Yokomaku,Naoki Adachi,Satoru Yamagishi,Yumiko Numakawa,Hiroshi Kunugi,Takahisa Taguchi	2005	74
20	BDNF potentiates spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations in cultured hippocampal neurons Brain Research ·Naoto Sakai,Masashi Yamada,Tadahiro Numakawa,Akihiko Ogura,Hiroshi Hatanaka	1997	56

About Tadahiro Numakawa

Tadahiro Numakawa is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry, having authored 87 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (32 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (31 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (21 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (7 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (709 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (984 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (1.1k citations). Tadahiro Numakawa has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Hiroshi Kunugi, Naoki Adachi, Haruki Odaka, Emi Kumamaru, Misty Richards, Shuichi Chiba, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Midori Ninomiya, Tomoya Matsumoto and Chisato Wakabayashi. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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