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Atsushi Nambu

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
13628
World Ranking
3980
National Ranking
111

Atsushi Nambu 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 Atsushi Nambu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 235 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Atsushi Nambu 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 Atsushi Nambu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Atsushi Nambu is affiliated with The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a notable emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist's work also spans molecular biology and genetics.

The key topics covered in their research include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • Functional brain connectivity studies

Their frequent publication venues reflect a strong presence in neuroscience and related fields, including:

  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Movement Disorders
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Atsushi Nambu include:

  • LGI1-ADAM22-MAGUK configures transsynaptic nanoalignment for synaptic transmission and epilepsy prevention, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Forelimb movements evoked by optogenetic stimulation of the macaque motor cortex, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cortical Control of Subthalamic Neuronal Activity through the Hyperdirect and Indirect Pathways in Monkeys, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Subthalamic nucleus stabilizes movements by reducing neural spike variability in monkey basal ganglia, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Retrograde gene transfer into neural pathways mediated by adeno-associated virus (AAV)-AAV receptor interaction, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Atsushi Nambu has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, with multiple joint publications with:

  • Satomi Chiken
  • Hiromi Sano
  • Kenta Kobayashi
  • Nobuhiko Hatanaka
  • Taku Hasegawa

Best Publications

  • Functional significance of the cortico–subthalamo–pallidal ‘hyperdirect’ pathway

    Atsushi Nambu;Hironobu Tokuno;Masahiko Takada

  • Excitatory Cortical Inputs to Pallidal Neurons Via the Subthalamic Nucleus in the Monkey

    Atsushi Nambu;Hironobu Tokuno;Ikuma Hamada;Hitoshi Kita

  • Dual somatotopical representations in the primate subthalamic nucleus: evidence for ordered but reversed body-map transformations from the primary motor cortex and the supplementary motor area.

    Atsushi Nambu;Masahiko Takada;Masahiko Inase;Hironobu Tokuno

  • Mechanism of Deep Brain Stimulation: Inhibition, Excitation, or Disruption?

    Satomi Chiken;Atsushi Nambu

  • Seven problems on the basal ganglia.

    Atsushi Nambu

  • A new dynamic model of the cortico-basal ganglia loop

    Atsushi Nambu

  • Corticostriatal projections from the somatic motor areas of the frontal cortex in the macaque monkey: segregation versus overlap of input zones from the primary motor cortex, the supplementary motor area, and the premotor cortex.

    M. Takada;H. Tokuno;A. Nambu;M. Inase

  • Somatotopic Organization of the Primate Basal Ganglia

    Atsushi Nambu

  • Electrophysiology of globus pallidus neurons in vitro

    A. Nambu;R. Llinas

  • Subthalamo-pallidal interactions underlying parkinsonian neuronal oscillations in the primate basal ganglia.

    Yoshihisa Tachibana;Hirokazu Iwamuro;Hitoshi Kita;Masahiko Takada

  • Corticostriatal and corticosubthalamic input zones from the presupplementary motor area in the macaque monkey: comparison with the input zones from the supplementary motor area

    Masahiko Inase;Hironobu Tokuno;Atsushi Nambu;Toshikazu Akazawa

  • Corticosubthalamic input zones from forelimb representations of the dorsal and ventral divisions of the premotor cortex in the macaque monkey: comparison with the input zones from the primary motor cortex and the supplementary motor area.

    Atsushi Nambu;Hironobu Tokuno;Masahiko Inase;Masahiko Takada

  • Monitoring and Updating of Action Selection for Goal-Directed Behavior through the Striatal Direct and Indirect Pathways.

    Satoshi Nonomura;Kayo Nishizawa;Yutaka Sakai;Yasuo Kawaguchi

  • Role of ionotropic glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs on the firing activity of neurons in the external pallidum in awake monkeys.

    Hitoshi Kita;A. Nambu;K. Kaneda;Y. Tachibana

  • Excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus produce contralateral hemiparkinsonism in the monkey

    Jun Kojima;Yoshio Yamaji;Masaru Matsumura;Atsushi Nambu

  • Balance of monosynaptic excitatory and disynaptic inhibitory responses of the globus pallidus induced after stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in the monkey.

    Hitoshi Kita;Yoshihisa Tachibana;Atsushi Nambu;Satomi Chiken

  • No-go activity in the frontal association cortex of human subjects

    K. Sasaki;H. Gemba;A. Nambu;R. Matsuzaki

  • Organization of inputs from cingulate motor areas to basal ganglia in macaque monkey.

    M. Takada;H. Tokuno;I. Hamada;M. Inase

  • Morphology of globus pallidus neurons: Its correlation with electrophysiology in guinea pig brain slices

    Atsushi Nambu;Atsushi Nambu;Atsushi Nambu;Rodolfo Llinás

  • Organization of Nonprimary Motor Cortical Inputs on Pyramidal and Nonpyramidal Tract Neurons of Primary Motor Cortex: An Electrophysiological Study in the Macaque Monkey

    Hironobu Tokuno;Atsushi Nambu

  • Thalamocortical and intracortical connections of monkey cingulate motor areas

    Nobuhiko Hatanaka;Hironobu Tokuno;Ikuma Hamada;Masahiko Inase

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiko Takada
Masahiko Takada Kyoto University
Masahiko Inase
Masahiko Inase Kindai University
Tadashi Isa
Tadashi Isa Kyoto University
Hitoshi Kita
Hitoshi Kita University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Kazuo Sasaki
Kazuo Sasaki National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Kazuto Kobayashi
Kazuto Kobayashi Fukushima Medical University
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Yoshikazu Isomura
Yoshikazu Isomura Tamagawa University
Jun Tanji
Jun Tanji Tohoku University
Rodolfo R. Llinás
Rodolfo R. Llinás New York University

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