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Fujio Murakami

Fujio Murakami

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
8037
World Ranking
5794
National Ranking
184

Fujio Murakami 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 Fujio Murakami sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 189 publications — 59th percentile

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

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

Fujio Murakami 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 Fujio Murakami sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fujio Murakami is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and focuses primarily on neuroscience. Their research spans several interconnected fields, notably cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, molecular biology, and oncology. This multidisciplinary reach reflects the broad scope of their scientific investigations.

The main topics addressed in Murakami's work include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Axon guidance and neuronal signaling
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling

Murakami has contributed to the understanding of neural development and migration, especially through studies on cortical interneurons and pontine neuronal formation. Notable recent publications include:

  • "PAK3 controls the tangential to radial migration switch of cortical interneurons by coordinating changes in cell shape and polarity," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "PAK3 activation promotes the tangential to radial migration switch of cortical interneurons by increasing leading process dynamics and disrupting cell polarity," 2024, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Chemokine receptor CXCR7 non-cell-autonomously controls pontine neuronal migration and nucleus formation," 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators with Murakami include Lucie Viou, Pierre Launay, Véronique Rousseau, Justine Masson, and Clarisse Pace, each having co-authored multiple studies. This network of coauthors highlights a consistent collaborative approach within their research projects.

The publications are distributed across respected venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports

Murakami's scholarly output reveals a focus on molecular processes underlying neuronal migration dynamics, cell polarity, and receptor signaling pathways involved in brain development. The combination of developmental neuroscience and molecular techniques underscores their contribution to understanding the cellular basis of neural circuit formation and function.

Best Publications

  • Conserved roles for Slit and Robo proteins in midline commissural axon guidance.

    Hua Long;Christelle Sabatier;Christelle Sabatier;Le Ma;Le Ma;Andrew Plump

  • The Divergent Robo Family Protein Rig-1/Robo3 Is a Negative Regulator of Slit Responsiveness Required for Midline Crossing by Commissural Axons

    Christelle Sabatier;Christelle Sabatier;Andrew S Plump;Le Ma;Le Ma;Katja Brose

  • Generation of neural crest-derived peripheral neurons and floor plate cells from mouse and primate embryonic stem cells

    Kenji Mizuseki;Tatsunori Sakamoto;Kiichi Watanabe;Keiko Muguruma

  • Robo1 regulates the development of major axon tracts and interneuron migration in the forebrain.

    William Andrews;Anastasia Liapi;Céline Plachez;Laura Camurri

  • Visualization, direct isolation, and transplantation of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

    Kazunobu Sawamoto;Naoyuki Nakao;Kazuto Kobayashi;Natsuki Matsushita

  • Change in chemoattractant responsiveness of developing axons at an intermediate target.

    Ryuichi Shirasaki;Ryuta Katsumata;Fujio Murakami

  • Electrophysiological study of formation of new synapses and collateral sprouting in red nucleus neurons after partial denervation.

    N. Tsukahara;H. Hultborn;F. Murakami;Y. Fujito

  • Multimodal tangential migration of neocortical GABAergic neurons independent of GPI-anchored proteins

    Daisuke Tanaka;Yohei Nakaya;Yuchio Yanagawa;Kunihiko Obata

  • Filamin A-interacting protein (FILIP) regulates cortical cell migration out of the ventricular zone

    Takashi Nagano;Takunari Yoneda;Takunari Yoneda;Yumiko Hatanaka;Chikara Kubota

  • Guidance of Circumferentially Growing Axons by Netrin-Dependent and -Independent Floor Plate Chemotropism in the Vertebrate Brain

    Ryuichi Shirasaki;Christine Mirzayan;Marc Tessier-Lavigne;Fujio Murakami

  • The role of Slit-Robo signaling in the generation, migration and morphological differentiation of cortical interneurons.

    William Andrews;Melissa Barber;Luis R Hernadez-Miranda;Jian Xian

  • In vitro analysis of the origin, migratory behavior, and maturation of cortical pyramidal cells.

    Yumiko Hatanaka;Fujio Murakami;Fujio Murakami

  • Distinct migratory behavior of early- and late-born neurons derived from the cortical ventricular zone.

    Yumiko Hatanaka;Shin-Ichi Hisanaga;Claus W. Heizmann;Fujio Murakami;Fujio Murakami

  • Multidirectional and multizonal tangential migration of GABAergic interneurons in the developing cerebral cortex.

    Daisuke H. Tanaka;Kazunori Maekawa;Yuchio Yanagawa;Kunihiko Obata

  • Random walk behavior of migrating cortical interneurons in the marginal zone: time-lapse analysis in flat-mount cortex.

    Daisuke H. Tanaka;Mitsutoshi Yanagida;Yan Zhu;Sakae Mikami

  • Guidance of cerebellofugal axons in the rat embryo: Directed growth toward the floor plate and subsequent elongation along the longitudinal axis

    Ryuichi Shirasaki;Atsushi Tamada;Ryuta Katsumata;Fujio Murakami

  • Autonomous right-screw rotation of growth cone filopodia drives neurite turning

    Atsushi Tamada;Atsushi Tamada;Satoshi Kawase;Fujio Murakami;Fujio Murakami;Hiroyuki Kamiguchi

  • Direct visualization of nucleogenesis by precerebellar neurons : involvement of ventricle-directed, radial fibre-associated migration

    Daisuke Kawauchi;Hiroki Taniguchi;Haruyasu Watanabe;Tetsuichiro Saito

  • Floor plate chemoattracts crossed axons and chemorepels uncrossed axons in the vertebrate brain.

    Atsushi Tamada;Ryuichi Shirasaki;Fujio Murakami

  • SDF1/CXCR4 signalling regulates two distinct processes of precerebellar neuronal migration and its depletion leads to abnormal pontine nuclei formation

    Yan Zhu;Tomoko Matsumoto;Sakae Mikami;Takashi Nagasawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Claus W. Heizmann
Claus W. Heizmann University of Zurich
Takashi Nagasawa
Takashi Nagasawa Osaka University
Kunihiko Obata
Kunihiko Obata The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
John G. Parnavelas
John G. Parnavelas University College London
René-Marc Mège
René-Marc Mège Université Paris Cité
Linda J. Richards
Linda J. Richards Washington University in St. Louis
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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