Yuichi Riku

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yuichi Riku is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuichi Riku has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Neurology, 19 papers in Neurology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yuichi Riku's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (22 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (21 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (14 papers). Yuichi Riku is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (22 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (21 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (14 papers). Yuichi Riku collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Canada. Yuichi Riku's co-authors include Mari Yoshida, Gen Sobue, Masahisa Katsuno, Hirohisa Watanabe, Yohei Iguchi, Yasushi Iwasaki, Kaori Kawai, Shinnosuke Takagi, Jean-Pierre Julien and Lara Eid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yuichi Riku

49 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Exosome secretion is a key pathway for clearance of pathological TDP-43

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuichi Riku Japan	18	590	510	264	231	204	55	1.1k
Lisa Zondler Germany	12	506 0.9×	298 0.6×	300 1.1×	178 0.8×	113 0.6×	14	855
Giuseppe Marangi Italy	23	634 1.1×	734 1.4×	211 0.8×	77 0.3×	473 2.3×	54	1.5k
Giulia E. Tyzack United Kingdom	16	421 0.7×	486 1.0×	318 1.2×	141 0.6×	271 1.3×	20	952
Giulietta Riboldi Italy	19	432 0.7×	846 1.7×	133 0.5×	226 1.0×	393 1.9×	43	1.4k
Lubin Fang Germany	15	1.2k 2.0×	424 0.8×	341 1.3×	496 2.1×	408 2.0×	18	1.7k
Adrian J. Waite United Kingdom	17	725 1.2×	643 1.3×	146 0.6×	206 0.9×	352 1.7×	20	1.3k
Raffaella Mariotti Italy	21	483 0.8×	886 1.7×	165 0.6×	103 0.4×	439 2.2×	48	1.5k
Miguel Mitne‐Neto Brazil	10	646 1.1×	556 1.1×	179 0.7×	130 0.6×	464 2.3×	23	1.2k
Shibi Likhite United States	15	1.0k 1.7×	928 1.8×	364 1.4×	290 1.3×	778 3.8×	36	1.9k
Collette K. Hand Canada	14	769 1.3×	628 1.2×	310 1.2×	131 0.6×	492 2.4×	26	1.5k

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Luo, Yue, Manabu Funayama, Yuanzhe Li, et al.. (2025). Identification of DAGLB variants in Japanese early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 132(7). 1023–1030.

Miyahara, Hiroaki, Kazuhiro Takeda, Akio Akagi, et al.. (2023). Neuropathological hallmarks in autopsied cases with mitochondrial diseases caused by the mitochondrial 3243A>G mutation. Brain Pathology. 33(6). e13199–e13199. 2 indexed citations

Sone, Jun, Shinji Ueno, Akio Akagi, et al.. (2023). NOTCH2NLC GGC repeat expansion causes retinal pathology with intranuclear inclusions throughout the retina and causes visual impairment. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 71–71. 4 indexed citations

Ando, Takashi, Yuichi Riku, Akio Akagi, et al.. (2023). Degeneration of olivospinal tract in the upper cervical spinal cord of multiple system atrophy patients: Reappraisal of Helweg's triangular tract. Brain Pathology. 34(3). e13226–e13226. 2 indexed citations

Ando, Takashi, Hazuki Watanabe, Yuichi Riku, et al.. (2022). Neurogenic intermittent claudication caused by vasculitis in the cauda equina: an autopsy case report. European Spine Journal. 32(7). 2602–2606. 1 indexed citations

Yoshida, Mari, Akio Akagi, Hiroaki Miyahara, et al.. (2022). Macroscopic diagnostic clue for parkinsonism. Neuropathology. 42(5). 394–419. 4 indexed citations

Riku, Yuichi, Kenya Nishioka, Masato Hasegawa, et al.. (2020). Unclassified four-repeat tauopathy associated with familial parkinsonism and progressive respiratory failure. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 148–148. 4 indexed citations

Ikeda, Toshimasa, Yasushi Iwasaki, Keita Sakurai, et al.. (2019). Correlating diffusion-weighted MRI intensity with type 2 pathology in mixed MM-type sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 408. 116515–116515. 1 indexed citations

Ogura, Aya, Hirohisa Watanabe, Kazuya Kawabata, et al.. (2019). Semantic deficits in ALS related to right lingual/fusiform gyrus network involvement. EBioMedicine. 47. 506–517. 19 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Hirohisa, Yuichi Riku, Kazuhiro Hara, et al.. (2018). Clinical and Imaging Features of Multiple System Atrophy: Challenges for an Early and Clinically Definitive Diagnosis. Journal of Movement Disorders. 11(3). 107–120. 24 indexed citations

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Senda, Joe, Masashi Aoki, Hirohisa Watanabe, et al.. (2017). Structural MRI correlates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 88(11). 901–907. 39 indexed citations

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Riku, Yuichi, Hirohisa Watanabe, Mari Yoshida, et al.. (2017). Pathologic Involvement of Glutamatergic Striatal Inputs From the Cortices in TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 kDa-Related Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 76(9). 759–768. 11 indexed citations

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Riku, Yuichi, Hirohisa Watanabe, Maya Mimuro, et al.. (2017). Non-motor multiple system atrophy associated with sudden death: pathological observations of autonomic nuclei. Journal of Neurology. 264(11). 2249–2257. 16 indexed citations

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Riku, Yuichi, Hirohisa Watanabe, Mari Yoshida, et al.. (2016). Marked Involvement of the Striatal Efferent System in TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 kDa-Related Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 75(8). 801–811. 16 indexed citations

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Udagawa, Tsuyoshi, Yusuke Fujioka, Motoki Tanaka, et al.. (2015). FUS regulates AMPA receptor function and FTLD/ALS-associated behaviour via GluA1 mRNA stabilization. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7098–7098. 116 indexed citations

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Riku, Yuichi, Masashi Aoki, Mari Yoshida, et al.. (2014). Differential motor neuron involvement in progressive muscular atrophy: a comparative study with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BMJ Open. 4(5). e005213–e005213. 56 indexed citations

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Riku, Yuichi, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Hiroyo Yoshino, et al.. (2013). Extensive aggregation of α-synuclein and tau in juvenile-onset neuroaxonal dystrophy: an autopsied individual with a novel mutation in the PLA2G6 gene-splicing site. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 1(1). 12–12. 35 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Tomokatsu, Ikuko Mizuta, Kozo Saito, et al.. (2013). Effects of a polymorphism in the GFAP promoter on the age of onset and ambulatory disability in late-onset Alexander disease. Journal of Human Genetics. 58(9). 635–638. 9 indexed citations

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Mitsui, Jun, Takashi Matsukawa, Hiroyuki Ishiura, et al.. (2012). CSF1R mutations identified in three families with autosomal dominantly inherited leukoencephalopathy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 159B(8). 951–957. 32 indexed citations

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Miyazaki, Yu, et al.. (2008). VZV vasculopathy associated with myelo-radiculoganglio-meningo-encephalitis: An autopsy case of an immunocompetent 66-year-old male. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 275(1-2). 42–45. 17 indexed citations

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