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Akira Mitani 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 Akira Mitani sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 98 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Akira Mitani 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 Akira Mitani sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Akira Mitani is affiliated with Biwako Professional University of Rehabilitation in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant work in cognitive neuroscience and social psychology.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Face Recognition and Perception

Mitani has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • "Bisphenol A and rotenone induce S-nitrosylation of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and inhibit neurite outgrowth of primary cultured cells of the rat hippocampus and PC12 cells" (2020, The Journal of Toxicological Sciences)
  • "Brain activity associated with the rubber foot illusion" (2020, Neuroscience Letters)
  • "People with high empathy show increased cortical activity around the left medial parieto-occipital sulcus after watching social interaction of on-screen characters" (2021, Cerebral Cortex)
  • "Neuroplasticity in the motor cortex following the achievement of sufficient motor learning" (2025, Neuroscience Letters)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Yukino Kobayashi
  • Ami Oguro
  • Erina Yagi
  • Suguru N. Kudoh
  • Susumu Imaoka

Mitani's works have appeared in journals with repeated contributions to Neuroscience Letters, The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, and Cerebral Cortex.

Best Publications

  • Critical levels of extracellular glutamate mediating gerbil hippocampal delayed neuronal death during hypothermia: brain microdialysis study.

    A. Mitani;K. Kataoka

  • Cholinergic projections from the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei to the pontine gigantocellular tegmental field in the cat

    Akira Mitani;Keihachiro Ito;Ann E. Hallanger;Bruce H. Wainer

  • Direct projections from the dorsal column nuclei and the spinal trigeminal nuclei to the cochlear nuclei in the cat

    Kazuo Itoh;Hiroto Kamiya;Akira Mitani;Yukihiko Yasui

  • Functional Changes of Glial Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 during Ischemia: An In Vivo Study in the Hippocampal CA1 of Normal Mice and Mutant Mice Lacking GLT-1

    Akira Mitani;Kohichi Tanaka

  • Morphology and laminar organization of electrophysiologically identified neurons in the primary auditory cortex in the cat

    Akira Mitani;Minoru Shimokouchi;Kazuo Itoh;Sakashi Nomura

  • Origin of intracellular Ca2+ elevation induced by in vitro ischemia-like condition in hippocampal slices

    Akira Mitani;Hisato Yanase;Kimiko Sakai;Youseke Wake

  • Selective vulnerability of hippocampal CA1 neurons cannot be explained in terms of an increase in glutamate concentration during ischemia in the gerbil: Brain microdialysis study

    A. Mitani;Y. Andou;K. Kataoka

  • Changes in Intracellular Ca2+ and Energy Levels During In Vitro Ischemia in the Gerbil Hippocampal Slice

    Akira Mitani;Shingo Takeyasu;Hisato Yanase;Yoichi Nakamura

  • Effects of stimulation of the primary auditory cortex upon colliculogeniculate neurons in the inferior colliculus of the cat

    Akira Mitani;Minoru Shimokouchi;Sakashi Nomura

  • Dantrolene protects against ischemic, delayed neuronal death in gerbil brain.

    Long Zhang;Yasushi Andou;Seizo Masuda;Akira Mitani

  • Temperature dependence of hypoxia-induced calcium accumulation in gerbil hippocampal slices.

    Akira Mitani;Fumito Kadoya;Kiyoshi Kataoka

  • Neuronal connections in the primary auditory cortex: An electrophysiological study in the cat

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  • Distribution of premotor neurons for the hypoglossal nucleus in the cat

    Masahiko Takada;Kazuo Itoh;Yukihiko Yasui;Akira Mitani

  • Descending projections from the gigantocellular tegmental field in the cat: cells of origin and their brainstem and spinal cord trajectories.

    Akira Mitani;Keihachiro Ito;Yuko Mitani;Robert W. McCarley

  • Origin of ischemia-induced glutamate efflux in the CA1 field of the gerbil hippocampus: an in vivo brain microdialysis study.

    Akira Mitani;Yasushi Andou;Seiji Matsuda;Tatsuru Arai

  • Transient forebrain ischemia of three-minute duration consistently induces severe neuronal damage in field CA1 of the hippocampus in the normothermic gerbil

    Akira Mitani;Yasushi Andou;Seizo Masuda;Kiyoshi Kataoka

  • Cerebral cortical projections to the reticular regions around the trigeminal motor nucleus in the cat.

    Yukihiko Yasui;Kazuo Itoh;Akira Mitani;Masahiko Takada

  • Gerbil hippocampal extracellular glutamate and neuronal activity after transient ischemia

    Akira Mitani;Hitoshi Imon;Kouzou Iga;Hirohiko Kubo

  • Efflux of glutamate into the perilymph of the cochlea following transient ischemia in the gerbil

    Nobuhiro Hakuba;Kiyofumi Gyo;Naoaki Yanagihara;Akira Mitani

  • Distrubution and size of thalamic neurons projecting to layer I of the auditory cortical fields of the cat compared to those projecting to layer IV

    Akira Mitani;Kazuo Itoh;Noboru Mizuno

  • Ischemic neuronal damage. How does mild hypothermia modulate it

    K Kataoka;A Mitani;H Yanase;L Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yukio Yoneda
Yukio Yoneda Kanazawa University
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Masahiro Sakanaka
Masahiro Sakanaka Ehime University
Bruce H. Wainer
Bruce H. Wainer Emory University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University

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