Yoshiaki Iwamura

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yoshiaki Iwamura is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshiaki Iwamura has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Yoshiaki Iwamura's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (18 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers). Yoshiaki Iwamura is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (18 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers). Yoshiaki Iwamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Yoshiaki Iwamura's co-authors include Michio Tanaka, Okihide Hikosaka, Atsushi Iriki, Masahiro Sakamoto, Motoshi Tanaka, Miki Taoka, Takashi Toda, Shigeru Obayashi, Yoshio Uchino and N. Kudo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neurophysiology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Yoshiaki Iwamura

54 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Coding of modified body schema during tool use by macaque postcentral neurones

1996 874 citations Michio Tanaka, Yoshiaki Iwamura et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hand before foot? Cortical somatotopy suggests manual dexterity is primitive and evolved independently of bipedalism 2013 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Teruo Hashimoto, Kenichi Ueno, Akitoshi Ogawa, Takeshi Asamizuya, (unknown), Kang Cheng, Michio Tanaka, Miki Taoka, Yoshiaki Iwamura, Gen Suwa, Atsushi Iriki	28
2	2007 ·Journal of the Society of Biomechanisms ·Yoshiaki Iwamura	2
3	INTRAPARIETAL BIMODAL NEURONES DELINEATING EXTRINSIC SPACE THROUGH INTRINSIC ACTIONS 2004 ·PSYCHOLOGIA ·Michio Tanaka, Shigeru Obayashi, (unknown), Sayaka Hihara, (unknown), Yoshiaki Iwamura, Atsushi Iriki	4
4	Processing of tactile and kinesthetic signals from bilateral sides of the body in the postcentral gyrus of awake monkeys 2002 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Motoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Iriki, Miki Taoka, Takashi Toda	64
5	Somatosensory Processing 2001 ·Yoshiaki Iwamura	2
6	Bilateral receptive field neurons in the hindlimb region of the postcentral somatosensory cortex in awake macaque monkeys 2000 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Miki Taoka, Takashi Toda, Atsushi Iriki, Michio Tanaka, Yoshiaki Iwamura	45
7	Hierarchical somatosensory processing 1998 ·Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Yoshiaki Iwamura	235
8	Representation of the midline trunk, bilateral arms, and shoulders in the monkey postcentral somatosensory cortex 1998 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Miki Taoka, Takashi Toda, Yoshiaki Iwamura	74
9	1808 Bilateral/ipsilateral neurons in the arm/trunk region of the monkey postcentral somatosensory cortex 1997 ·Neuroscience Research ·Miki Taoka, Takashi Toda, Yoshiaki Iwamura	1
10	Attention-induced neuronal activity in the monkey somatosensory cortex revealed by pupillometrics 1996 ·Neuroscience Research ·Atsushi Iriki, Michio Tanaka, Yoshiaki Iwamura	64
11	Representation of reaching and grasping in the monkey postcentral gyrus 1996 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Michio Tanaka	40
12	Postcentral neurons of alert monkeys activated by the contact of the hand with objects other than the monkey's own body 1995 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Michio Tanaka, Okihide Hikosaka, Masahiro Sakamoto	20
13	Bilateral hand representation in the postcentral somatosensory cortex 1994 ·Nature ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Atsushi Iriki, Michio Tanaka	232
14	Rostrocaudal gradients in the neuronal receptive field complexity in the finger region of the alert monkey's postcentral gyrus 1993 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Michio Tanaka, Masahiro Sakamoto, Okihide Hikosaka	149
15	[Representation of functional surfaces in the somatosensory cortex]. 1985 ·PubMed ·Yoshiaki Iwamura	1
16	Deficits in manipulative behaviors induced by local injections of muscimol in the first somatosensory cortex of the conscious monkey 1985 ·Brain Research ·Okihide Hikosaka, Michio Tanaka, Masahiro Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Iwamura	115
17	Functional organization of receptive fields in thalamic ventrobasal neurons examined by neuronal response to iterative electrical stimulation of skin. 1974 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, (unknown)	16
18	Regional diversity in excitatory and inhibitory receptive-field organization of cat thalamic ventrobasal neurons. 1974 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, (unknown)	23
19	SPONTANEOUS VARIATIONS OF THE SKIN POTENTIALS AND SKIN POTENTIAL REFLEXES DURING NATURAL SLEEP IN THE CAT 1968 ·The Japanese Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), Kisou Kubota, Yoshiaki Iwamura	7
20	Sympathetic Nerve Activities and the Paradoxical Sleep in the Decerebrate Cat 1966 ·Proceedings of the Japan Academy ·Yoshiaki Iwamura, Yoshio Uchino, Seiji Ozawa, Shizuo Torii	19

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