Toru Yamashita

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
288 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Toru Yamashita is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Yamashita has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Neurology, 71 papers in Neurology and 66 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Toru Yamashita's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (37 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (36 papers). Toru Yamashita is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (37 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (36 papers). Toru Yamashita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Toru Yamashita's co-authors include Kōji Abe, Yasuyuki Ohta, Kentaro Deguchi, Nozomi Hishikawa, Kota Sato, Jingwei Shang, Kazunobu Sawamoto, Hideyuki Okano, Mami Takemoto and Kazuhide Adachi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Toru Yamashita

270 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Subventricular Zone-Derived Neuroblasts Migrate and Differentiate into Mature Neurons in the Post-Stroke Adult Striatum

2006 586 citations Toru Yamashita, Masashi Ninomiya et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Yamashita Japan	39	2.1k	1.4k	1.0k	963	937	288	6.0k
Aurel Popa‐Wagner Germany	48	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	694 0.7×	902 0.9×	704 0.8×	189	5.9k
Jukka Jolkkonen Finland	45	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	965 0.9×	1.8k 1.9×	830 0.9×	171	5.7k
Naoki Tajiri United States	37	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	767 0.7×	869 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	102	4.3k
Yasuo Katayama Japan	34	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	830 0.8×	705 0.7×	988 1.1×	212	6.4k
Kōji Abe Japan	46	3.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	2.5k 2.5×	1.4k 1.5×	390	9.1k
Ling Wei United States	51	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	744 0.8×	191	8.1k
Jae‐Kyu Roh South Korea	43	1.6k 0.8×	729 0.5×	499 0.5×	887 0.9×	1.9k 2.0×	120	5.8k
Shinn‐Zong Lin Taiwan	51	3.4k 1.6×	897 0.6×	715 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	209	8.6k
Masayasu Matsumoto Japan	52	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	670 0.7×	1.7k 1.8×	1.8k 2.0×	296	9.9k
Yun Xu China	53	3.6k 1.7×	2.6k 1.8×	434 0.4×	973 1.0×	849 0.9×	330	9.7k

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Omote, Yoshio, Koh Tadokoro, Emi Nomura, et al.. (2021). Three cases of GFAP astrocytopathy, one with bilateral ovarian teratoma. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 10(1). 30–34. 1 indexed citations

Tsunoda, Keiichiro, Toru Yamashita, Ryo Sasaki, et al.. (2021). Positive baseline behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia predict a subsequent cognitive impairment in cognitively normal population. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 9(3). 218–222. 6 indexed citations

Omote, Yoshio, Yuko Kawahara, Emi Nomura, et al.. (2021). The first case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after transsexualism and continuous testosterone administration. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 9(4). 346–348.

Yamashita, Toru, Jingwei Shang, Namiko Matsumoto, et al.. (2020). Antioxidative effects of a novel dietary supplement Neumentix in a mouse stroke model. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 29(8). 104818–104818. 9 indexed citations

Omote, Yoshio, Koh Tadokoro, Kota Sato, et al.. (2020). A case of autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy with profound weight loss and increased uptake in the spinal cord on ¹⁸F‐FDG PET. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 9(1). 95–97. 5 indexed citations

Takemoto, Mami, Taijun Yunoki, Kota Sato, et al.. (2019). A dramatic increase in serum CK levels after switching from oral to intravenous administration of LEV. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 8(1). 39–41.

Sato, Kota, Ryo Sasaki, Yasuyuki Ohta, et al.. (2019). A Unique Recurrent Stroke Case due to Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection with Familial Hirschsprung Disease. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 28(8). e113–e115. 1 indexed citations

Hishikawa, Nozomi, Mami Takemoto, Kota Sato, et al.. (2019). Sleep problems in subacute myelo-optico neuropathy (SMON). Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 68. 128–133. 1 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Namiko, Kota Sato, Nozomi Hishikawa, et al.. (2019). A unique case with positive anti‐myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody presenting multiple brain lesions. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 8(2). 92–95. 1 indexed citations

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Nomura, Emi, Yasuyuki Ohta, Kota Sato, et al.. (2019). A Japanese patient with a VCP mutation c.290G > A (p.G97E) presenting a rapid progressive respiratory failure. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 7(6). 361–364. 1 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Namiko, Kota Sato, Yoshiaki Takahashi, et al.. (2019). Very rare solitary primary peripheral nerve onset cytotoxic molecule‐positive peripheral T‐cell lymphoma (PTCL). Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 7(3). 146–149.

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Liu, Xia, Toru Yamashita, Jingwei Shang, et al.. (2019). Clinical and Pathological Benefit of Twendee X in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice with Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 28(7). 1993–2002. 15 indexed citations

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Nakano, Yumiko, Nozomi Hishikawa, Keiko Sakamoto, et al.. (2018). A unique telephone support system for dementia patients and their caregivers managed in Japan (Okayama Dementia Call Center, ODCC). Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 6(4). 100–103. 1 indexed citations

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Sato, Kota, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Toru Yamashita, et al.. (2018). A unique case of hemi-tongue pseudohypertrophy, necrotizing myopathy, and erythema nodosum. Neurology International. 10(4). 7852–7852. 2 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Ryo, Toru Yamashita, Yoshiaki Takahashi, et al.. (2018). A case of bilateral internal carotid artery dissection in young adult with cranial nerve IX and X palsies. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 6(3). 80–82.

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Sato, Kota, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Namiko Matsumoto, et al.. (2018). Rare valiant vertical one‐and‐a‐half syndrome without ipsilateral upward gaze palsy in a patient with thalamomesencephalic stroke. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 6(5). 133–135. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, Yong, Yasuyuki Ohta, Jingwei Shang, et al.. (2018). Antineuroinflammatory Effect of SMTP-7 in Ischemic Mice. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 27(11). 3084–3094. 15 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yoshiaki, Toru Yamashita, Ryuta Morihara, et al.. (2017). Emergency ventricular drainage plus systemic antibiotics saved an elderly patient with intraventricular rupture as a result of a pituitary abscess. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 6(1). 13–15. 1 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Yuko, Toru Yamashita, Yasuyuki Ohta, et al.. (2017). Type 2 Alexander disease with a novel glial fibrillary acidic protein gene mutation and its unique clinical features. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. 5(6). 183–185. 1 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Toru, Masashi Ninomiya, José Manuel García‐Verdugo, et al.. (2006). Subventricular Zone-Derived Neuroblasts Migrate and Differentiate into Mature Neurons in the Post-Stroke Adult Striatum. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(24). 6627–6636. 586 indexed citations breakdown →

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