Akiko Nishiyama

Akiko Nishiyama publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akiko Nishiyama sits on this spectrum.

Akiko Nishiyama D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akiko Nishiyama sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Polydendrocytes (NG2 cells): multifunctional cells with lineage plasticity

  Akiko Nishiyama;Mila Komitova;Ryusuke Suzuki;Xiaoqin Zhu

  1000
  Citations

• NG2-positive oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in adult human brain and multiple sclerosis lesions.

  Ansi Chang;Akiko Nishiyama;John Peterson;John Peterson;John Prineas

  806
  Citations

• NG2 cells generate both oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Dwight E. Bergles;Akiko Nishiyama

  795
  Citations

• Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter

  Jennifer L Ziskin;Akiko Nishiyama;Maria Rubio;Masahiro Fukaya

  540
  Citations

• Age-dependent fate and lineage restriction of single NG2 cells.

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Robert A. Hill;Dirk Dietrich;Mila Komitova

  517
  Citations

• Differentiation and death of premyelinating oligodendrocytes in developing rodent brain.

  Bruce D. Trapp;Akiko Nishiyama;David Cheng;Wendy Macklin

  476
  Citations

• NG2+ glial cells: a novel glial cell population in the adult brain.

  Akiko Nishiyama;Ansi Chang;Bruce D. Trapp

  345
  Citations

• Excitability and Synaptic Communication within the Oligodendrocyte Lineage

  Lindsay M. De Biase;Akiko Nishiyama;Dwight E. Bergles

  344
  Citations

• Differentiation of proliferated NG2-positive glial progenitor cells in a remyelinating lesion.

  Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiaki Toyama;Akiko Nishiyama

  321
  Citations

• NG2 cells: Properties, progeny and origin.

  Jacqueline Trotter;Khalad Karram;Akiko Nishiyama

  320
  Citations

• Non-Stem Cell Origin for Oligodendroglioma

  Anders I. Persson;Claudia Petritsch;Fredrik J. Swartling;Melissa Itsara

  280
  Citations

• Normal and reactive NG2+ glial cells are distinct from resting and activated microglia

  Akiko Nishiyama;Min Yu;Judith A. Drazba;Vincent K. Tuohy

  263
  Citations

• Identity, distribution, and development of polydendrocytes: NG2-expressing glial cells.

  Akiko Nishiyama;Masahiko Watanabe;Zhongshu Yang;Jie Bu

  254
  Citations

• Tob, a novel protein that interacts with p185erbB2, is associated with anti-proliferative activity.

  Matsuda S;Kawamura-Tsuzuku J;Ohsugi M;Yoshida M

  246
  Citations

• The NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan: a multifunctional proteoglycan associated with immature cells.

  Levine Jm;Nishiyama A

  230
  Citations

• Expression of oligodendrocyte progenitor cell antigens by gliomas: Implications for the histogenesis of brain tumors

  Yigal Shoshan;Akiko Nishiyama;Akiko Nishiyama;Ansi Chang;Sverre Mörk

  226
  Citations

• The fate of synaptic input to NG2 glial cells: neurons specifically downregulate transmitter release onto differentiating oligodendroglial cells.

  Maria Kukley;Akiko Nishiyama;Dirk Dietrich

  226
  Citations

• Polydendrocytes: NG2 Cells with Many Roles in Development and Repair of the CNS

  Akiko Nishiyama

  225
  Citations

• Modulation of oligodendrocyte generation during a critical temporal window after NG2 cell division

  Robert A Hill;Kiran D Patel;Christopher M Goncalves;Jaime Grutzendler

  200
  Citations

• NG2 cells generate oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes in the spinal cord.

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Robert A. Hill;Akiko Nishiyama

  197
  Citations