Yoshichika Baba

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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Yoshichika Baba is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshichika Baba has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yoshichika Baba's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers). Yoshichika Baba is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers). Yoshichika Baba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Yoshichika Baba's co-authors include Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ardem Patapoutian, Sanjeev S. Ranade, Srdjan Maksimovic, Kara L. Marshall, T. Shimozawa, T. Kumagai, Masashi Nakatani, Zhaozhu Qiu and Andy Weyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Yoshichika Baba

46 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

2014 551 citations Sanjeev S. Ranade, Yoshichika Baba et al. Nature profile →
Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors

2014 405 citations Srdjan Maksimovic, Masashi Nakatani et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshichika Baba Japan	23	706	690	567	274	261	47	2.1k
Zdeněk Halata Germany	28	700 1.0×	384 0.6×	532 0.9×	125 0.5×	254 1.0×	87	2.8k
Bryce L. Munger United States	40	1.2k 1.7×	808 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	449 1.6×	420 1.6×	91	4.6k
L.J. Stensaas United States	38	721 1.0×	520 0.8×	1.5k 2.7×	468 1.7×	609 2.3×	83	3.6k
Damon A. Clark United States	31	818 1.2×	290 0.4×	1.5k 2.7×	424 1.5×	613 2.3×	68	3.3k
Hideo Otsuna United States	19	830 1.2×	186 0.3×	831 1.5×	379 1.4×	102 0.4×	29	1.9k
Hirotaka Sakamoto Japan	33	876 1.2×	342 0.5×	988 1.7×	703 2.6×	92 0.4×	145	3.9k
Uri Oron Israel	38	734 1.0×	568 0.8×	663 1.2×	144 0.5×	74 0.3×	86	4.7k
Igor Adameyko Sweden	31	1.6k 2.3×	281 0.4×	587 1.0×	315 1.1×	92 0.4×	96	3.3k
Éric P. Meyer Switzerland	24	352 0.5×	322 0.5×	884 1.6×	402 1.5×	110 0.4×	50	2.3k
Nyoman D. Kurniawan Australia	32	535 0.8×	173 0.3×	341 0.6×	294 1.1×	366 1.4×	109	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshichika Baba

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Yamamoto, Mariko, Mai Kabayama, Yoko Higami, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with changes of care needs level in disabled older adults receiving home medical care: Prospective observational study by Osaka Home Care Registry (OHCARE). Geriatrics and gerontology international. 19(12). 1198–1205. 4 indexed citations

Hoffman, Benjamin U., Yoshichika Baba, Theanne N. Griffith, et al.. (2018). Merkel Cells Activate Sensory Neural Pathways through Adrenergic Synapses. Neuron. 100(6). 1401–1413.e6. 79 indexed citations

Marshall, Kara L., et al.. (2016). Touch Receptors Undergo Rapid Remodeling in Healthy Skin. Cell Reports. 17(7). 1719–1727. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Yuxiang, Kara L. Marshall, Yoshichika Baba, Ellen A. Lumpkin, & Gregory J. Gerling. (2015). Compressive Viscoelasticity of Freshly Excised Mouse Skin Is Dependent on Specimen Thickness, Strain Level and Rate. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120897–e0120897. 30 indexed citations

Maksimovic, Srdjan, Masashi Nakatani, Yoshichika Baba, et al.. (2014). Epidermal Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that tune mammalian touch receptors. Nature. 509(7502). 617–621. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

Nakatani, Masashi, Srdjan Maksimovic, Yoshichika Baba, & Ellen A. Lumpkin. (2014). Mechanotransduction in epidermal Merkel cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 467(1). 101–108. 43 indexed citations

Wang, Yuxiang, Kara L. Marshall, Yoshichika Baba, Gregory J. Gerling, & Ellen A. Lumpkin. (2013). Hyperelastic Material Properties of Mouse Skin under Compression. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67439–e67439. 58 indexed citations

Wang, Yuxiang, Kara L. Marshall, Yoshichika Baba, Ellen A. Lumpkin, & Gregory J. Gerling. (2013). Natural variation in skin thickness argues for mechanical stimulus control by force instead of displacement. PubMed. 2013. 645–650. 6 indexed citations

Baba, Yoshichika, Osamu Yasuda, Yukihiro Takemura, et al.. (2009). Timp-3 deficiency impairs cognitive function in mice. Laboratory Investigation. 89(12). 1340–1347. 17 indexed citations

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Baba, Yoshichika & Christopher M. Comer. (2008). Antennal motor system of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Cell and Tissue Research. 331(3). 751–762. 14 indexed citations

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Takami, Yoichi, Hironori Nakagami, Ryuichi Morishita, et al.. (2008). Potential Role of CYLD (Cylindromatosis) as a Deubiquitinating Enzyme in Vascular Cells. American Journal Of Pathology. 172(3). 818–829. 34 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Masayoshi, Osamu Yasuda, Yoshichika Baba, et al.. (2007). Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3 Deficiency Inhibits Blood Pressure Elevation and Myocardial Microvascular Remodeling Induced by Chronic Administration of N.OMEGA.-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester in Mice. Hypertension Research. 30(6). 563–571. 19 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Hiroto, Yoshichika Baba, & Kotaro Oka. (2004). Directional sensitivity of dendritic calcium responses to wind stimuli in the cricket giant interneuron. Neuroscience Letters. 358(3). 185–188. 11 indexed citations

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Khan, Adnan, et al.. (2003). The antennal system and cockroach evasive behavior. I. Roles for visual and mechanosensory cues in the response. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(2). 89–96. 57 indexed citations

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Baba, Yoshichika, Hiroshi Masuda, & Tateo Shimozawa. (2001). Proportional inhibition in the cricket medial giant interneuron. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187(1). 19–25. 3 indexed citations

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Baba, Yoshichika. (2000). New methods of dye application for staining motor neurons in an insect. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 98(2). 165–169. 5 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Hiroto, et al.. (1999). Dendritic Ca2+ transient increase evoked by wind stimulus in the cricket giant interneuron. Neuroscience Letters. 275(1). 61–64. 14 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Hiroto, et al.. (1996). Dendritic Ca2+ response in cercal sensory interneurons of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Neuroscience Letters. 219(1). 21–24. 8 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Wataru, Yoshichika Baba, Tateo Shimozawa, & Tadashi Yamamoto. (1994). The Fertilization Potential Provides a Fast Block to Polyspermy in Lamprey Eggs. Developmental Biology. 161(2). 552–562. 19 indexed citations

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Baba, Yoshichika, et al.. (1991). Morphology and response properties of wind-sensitive non-giant interneurons in the terminal abdominal ganglion of crickets. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 8(3). 437–445. 13 indexed citations

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