Yasuyoshi Watanabe

22.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
561 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Yasuyoshi Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuyoshi Watanabe has authored 561 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Molecular Biology, 101 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 100 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Yasuyoshi Watanabe's work include Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (69 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (69 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (47 papers). Yasuyoshi Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (69 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (69 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (47 papers). Yasuyoshi Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Sweden and United States. Yasuyoshi Watanabe's co-authors include Masaaki Tanaka, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Hirotaka Onoe, Akira Ishii, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Kei Mizuno, Chunyu Cao, Satoshi Nozaki, Osamu Hayaishi and Masaaki Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yasuyoshi Watanabe

548 papers receiving 17.0k 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.

Directed differentiation of telencephalic precursors from embryonic stem cells

2005 631 citations Satoshi Nozaki, Yasuyoshi Watanabe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Japan	67	5.1k	2.9k	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	561	17.5k
Gitte M. Knudsen Denmark	66	3.1k 0.6×	5.9k 2.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	3.3k 1.6×	664	19.8k
Robert F. Dannals United States	69	4.9k 1.0×	6.8k 2.3×	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	360	17.9k
Placido Bramanti Italy	73	4.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	755	22.6k
Filippo Drago Italy	67	5.0k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	558	17.6k
Kenji Ishii Japan	58	3.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	508	15.2k
Tadafumi Kato Japan	73	7.3k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	4.5k 1.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	518	18.9k
Helgi B. Schiöth Sweden	69	6.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	3.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	443	19.9k
Eiji Shimizu Japan	56	4.8k 0.9×	4.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	2.9k 1.4×	650	17.9k
Christer Halldin Sweden	75	6.7k 1.3×	9.5k 3.3×	4.1k 1.7×	2.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.8×	668	24.1k
Heinrich Sauer Germany	69	4.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	4.8k 2.3×	352	16.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yasuyoshi Watanabe

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Shinohara, Ryota, Shiho Kitaoka, Yilong Cui, et al.. (2025). Alteration of COX-1 and TLR4 expression in the mouse brain during chronic social defeat stress revealed by Positron Emission Tomography study. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 157(3). 156–166. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yuping, Shigeki Kato, Tsuyoshi Tahara, et al.. (2025). Opioidergic activation of the descending pain inhibitory system underlies placebo analgesia. Science Advances. 11(3). eadp8494–eadp8494.

Cui, Yilong, et al.. (2022). Lysophosphatidic acid receptor type‐1 mediates brain activation in micro‐positron emission tomography analysis in a fibromyalgia‐like mouse model. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(3). 4224–4233. 1 indexed citations

Mukai, Hidefumi & Yasuyoshi Watanabe. (2020). Review: PET imaging with macro- and middle-sized molecular probes. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 92. 156–170. 16 indexed citations

Shimada, Hiroyuki, Jun Takeuchi, Akitoshi Takeda, et al.. (2020). Heavy Tau Burden with Subtle Amyloid β Accumulation in the Cerebral Cortex and Cerebellum in a Case of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease with APP Osaka Mutation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(12). 4443–4443. 9 indexed citations

Jonasson, My, Patrik Nordeman, Jonas Eriksson, et al.. (2020). Quantification of aromatase binding in the female human brain using [ ¹¹ C]cetrozole positron emission tomography. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(11). 2208–2218. 6 indexed citations

Kuwabara, Akiko, et al.. (2019). A simple questionnaire for the prediction of vitamin D deficiency in Japanese adults (Vitaimn D Deficiency questionnaire for Japanese: VDDQ-J). Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 37(5). 854–863. 27 indexed citations

Takahashi, Kayo, Takamitsu Hosoya, Kayo Onoe, et al.. (2018). Association between aromatase in human brains and personality traits. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16841–16841. 23 indexed citations

Sasada, Shinsuke, Hiroaki Kurihara, Takayuki Kinoshita, et al.. (2017). Visualization of HER2-specific breast cancer intratumoral heterogeneity using 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab PET. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 44(12). 2146–2147. 15 indexed citations

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Kurihara, Hiroaki, Chikako Shimizu, Yasuji Miyakita, et al.. (2015). Molecular imaging using PET for breast cancer. Breast Cancer. 23(1). 24–32. 24 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Satoshi, Takashi Hamazaki, Satoshi Kudo, et al.. (2014). PET Imaging Analysis with ⁶⁴Cu in Disulfiram Treatment for Aberrant Copper Biodistribution in Menkes Disease Mouse Model. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 55(5). 845–851. 21 indexed citations

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Tamura, Kenji, Hiroaki Kurihara, Kan Yonemori, et al.. (2013). ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-Trastuzumab PET Imaging in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 54(11). 1869–1875. 228 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Masaaki, Hiromi Yamada, Takayuki Nakamura, Akira Ishii, & Yasuyoshi Watanabe. (2013). Fatigue-Recovering Effect of a House Designed With Open Space. EXPLORE. 9(2). 82–86. 7 indexed citations

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Shigihara, Yoshihito, et al.. (2013). Two types of mental fatigue affect spontaneous oscillatory brain activities in different ways. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 9(1). 2–2. 54 indexed citations

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Tajima, Seiki, Jun‐ichi Koizumi, Kouzi Yamaguti, et al.. (2012). Changes in reaction time, coefficient of variance of reaction time, and autonomic nerve function in the mental fatigue state caused by long-term computerized Kraepelin test workload in healthy volunteers. World Journal of Neuroscience. 2(2). 113–118. 12 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masayuki, T Sasabe, Yoshihito Shigihara, Masaaki Tanaka, & Yasuyoshi Watanabe. (2011). Gustatory Imagery Reveals Functional Connectivity from the Prefrontal to Insular Cortices Traced with Magnetoencephalography. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21736–e21736. 15 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kayo, et al.. (2006). Imaging of aromatase distribution in rat and rhesus monkey brains with [11C]vorozole. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 33(5). 599–605. 40 indexed citations

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Furuta, Kyoji, et al.. (2000). Designed Prostaglandins with Neurotrophic Activities. ChemBioChem. 1(4). 283–286. 25 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Yumiko, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Ichiro Murai, et al.. (1998). Alteration by Maternal Pinealectomy of Fetal and Neonatal Melatonin and Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 253(3). 850–854. 23 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Yûkô, Hiroshi Morii, Mamoru Tamura, Osamu Hayaishi, & Yasuyoshi Watanabe. (1991). A possible mechanism of mitochondrial dysfunction during cerebral ischemia: Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration activity by arachidonic acid. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 289(1). 33–38. 77 indexed citations

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