Yoshito Saitoh

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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Yoshito Saitoh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshito Saitoh has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yoshito Saitoh's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers). Yoshito Saitoh is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers). Yoshito Saitoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Yoshito Saitoh's co-authors include Kaoru Inokuchi, Fumiko Ozawa, Yugo Fukazawa, Kensaku Mizuno, Yasuhiko Ohta, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Akihiko Kato, Takashi Kitamura, Akiko Murayama and Keiko Hirai and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yoshito Saitoh

30 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Hippocampal LTP Is Accompanied by Enhanced F-Actin Content within the Dendritic Spine that Is Essential for Late LTP Maintenance In Vivo

2003 569 citations Yugo Fukazawa, Yoshito Saitoh et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshito Saitoh Japan	15	1.4k	765	612	562	265	30	2.0k
Jack C. Rose United States	6	1.7k 1.2×	806 1.1×	390 0.6×	631 1.1×	208 0.8×	7	2.3k
Mathias De Roo Switzerland	22	1.3k 0.9×	748 1.0×	395 0.6×	694 1.2×	225 0.8×	30	2.3k
Beatriz Rico Spain	23	1.6k 1.1×	965 1.3×	632 1.0×	489 0.9×	295 1.1×	32	2.6k
Toshiaki Nakashiba Japan	16	1.6k 1.1×	604 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	626 1.1×	328 1.2×	21	2.2k
Martin Lévesque Canada	28	1.8k 1.3×	991 1.3×	552 0.9×	611 1.1×	345 1.3×	57	3.3k
Hiroki Yasuda Japan	20	1.4k 1.0×	917 1.2×	472 0.8×	263 0.5×	219 0.8×	37	2.0k
Jon I. Arellano United States	20	1.3k 0.9×	803 1.0×	661 1.1×	469 0.8×	257 1.0×	38	2.2k
Yury Kovalchuk Germany	19	2.2k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	874 1.4×	449 0.8×	365 1.4×	26	2.8k
Ludovic Tricoire France	22	1.7k 1.2×	996 1.3×	788 1.3×	282 0.5×	372 1.4×	35	2.2k
Olena Bukalo United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	805 1.1×	551 0.9×	447 0.8×	309 1.2×	28	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshito Saitoh

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Okada, Shogo, et al.. (2024). Photopharmacological modulation of hippocampal local field potential by caged‐glutamate with MicroLED probe. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports. 44(3). 658–662. 1 indexed citations

Saitoh, Yoshito, Yasuo Uchida, Kazuki Fujii, et al.. (2023). Activation of prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons ameliorates working memory deficit even under clinically comparable antipsychotic treatment in a mouse model of schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(4). 720–730. 7 indexed citations

Ohkawa, Noriaki, Yoshito Saitoh, Hirofumi Nishizono, et al.. (2020). Pcdhβ deficiency affects hippocampal CA1 ensemble activity and contextual fear discrimination. Molecular Brain. 13(1). 7–7. 17 indexed citations

Ohkawa, Noriaki, Chi Chung Alan Fung, Yoshito Saitoh, et al.. (2019). Orchestrated ensemble activities constitute a hippocampal memory engram. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2637–2637. 101 indexed citations

Ishii, Yoko, Seiji Yamamoto, Takeru Hamashima, et al.. (2019). Powerful Homeostatic Control of Oligodendroglial Lineage by PDGFRα in Adult Brain. Cell Reports. 27(4). 1073–1089.e5. 51 indexed citations

Nomoto, Masanori, Noriaki Ohkawa, Yoshito Saitoh, et al.. (2019). Artificial association of memory events by optogenetic stimulation of hippocampal CA3 cell ensembles. Molecular Brain. 12(1). 2–2. 30 indexed citations

Alam, Md. Jahangir, Takashi Kitamura, Yoshito Saitoh, et al.. (2018). Adult Neurogenesis Conserves Hippocampal Memory Capacity. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(31). 6854–6863. 93 indexed citations

Okubo-Suzuki, Reiko, et al.. (2016). Frequency-specific stimulations induce reconsolidation of long-term potentiation in freely moving rats. Molecular Brain. 9(1). 36–36. 12 indexed citations

Nihonmatsu, Itsuko, Noriaki Ohkawa, Yoshito Saitoh, & Kaoru Inokuchi. (2015). Targeting of ribosomal protein S6 to dendritic spines byin vivohigh frequency stimulation to induce long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus. Biology Open. 4(11). 1387–1394. 5 indexed citations

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Ohkawa, Noriaki, Yoshito Saitoh, Itsuko Nihonmatsu, et al.. (2012). Spine Formation Pattern of Adult-Born Neurons Is Differentially Modulated by the Induction Timing and Location of Hippocampal Plasticity. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45270–e45270. 17 indexed citations

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Kitanishi, Takuma, Jun Sakai, Shinichi Kojima, et al.. (2010). Activity‐dependent localization in spines of the F‐actin capping protein CapZ screened in a rat model of dementia. Genes to Cells. 15(7). 737–747. 14 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takashi, Yoshito Saitoh, Noriko Takashima, et al.. (2009). Adult Neurogenesis Modulates the Hippocampus-Dependent Period of Associative Fear Memory. Cell. 139(4). 814–827. 386 indexed citations

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Ohkawa, Noriaki, et al.. (2009). Spine formation pattern of new neurons is modulated by induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in adult dentate gyrus. Neuroscience Research. 65. S83–S83. 1 indexed citations

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Fukazawa, Yugo, Yoshito Saitoh, Fumiko Ozawa, et al.. (2003). Hippocampal LTP Is Accompanied by Enhanced F-Actin Content within the Dendritic Spine that Is Essential for Late LTP Maintenance In Vivo. Neuron. 38(3). 447–460. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saitoh, Yoshito & Kaoru Inokuchi. (2000). A triphasic curve characterizes the retention of lever-pressing behavior rewarded by lateral hypothalamic stimulation during the immediate-post-trial period in rats: implications for a transient-intermediate stage between short- and long-term memory. Neuroscience Research. 37(3). 211–219. 7 indexed citations

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Kato, Akihiko, Fumiko Ozawa, Yoshito Saitoh, et al.. (1998). Novel Members of the Vesl/Homer Family of PDZ Proteins That Bind Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(37). 23969–23975. 247 indexed citations

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Kato, Akihiko, Fumiko Ozawa, Yoshito Saitoh, Keiko Hirai, & Kaoru Inokuchi. (1997). vesl, a gene encoding VASP/Ena family related protein, is upregulated during seizure, long‐term potentiation and synaptogenesis¹. FEBS Letters. 412(1). 183–189. 246 indexed citations

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Saitoh, Yoshito, Itsuko Nihonmatsu, & Hiroshi Kawamura. (1990). Cross-species transplantation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Neuroscience Research Supplements. 15. S127–S127. 1 indexed citations

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Saitoh, Yoshito, Itsuko Nihonmatsu, & Hiroshi Kawamura. (1990). Location of the suprachiasmatic nucleus grafts in rats which restored circadian rhythmicity after transplantation. Neuroscience Letters. 118(1). 45–48. 11 indexed citations

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Saitoh, Yoshito, Itsuko Nihonmatsu, & Hiroshi Kawamura. (1987). Transplantation of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus in the Rat. Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 41. 41–45. 8 indexed citations

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