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Animal Science and Veterinary
Japan
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
77
Citations
19246
World Ranking
97
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroshi Matsuda is affiliated with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medical and neuroscience fields, with significant contributions to radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The scientist's work spans psychiatry and mental health, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

The main topics explored by Matsuda include dementia and cognitive impairment research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI techniques, medical imaging techniques, and epilepsy research and treatment.

Matsuda has contributed to several notable publications, including the following recent papers:

  • T1-weighted MRI-driven Brain Age Estimation in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease (2020, Aging and Disease)
  • Relationships Between the Deposition of Amyloid-β and Tau Protein and Glymphatic System Activity in Alzheimer's Disease: Diffusion Tensor Image Study (2022, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease)
  • Quantitative Evaluation of 18F-Flutemetamol PET in Patients With Cognitive Impairment and Suspected Alzheimer's Disease: A Multicenter Study (2021, Frontiers in Neurology)
  • Software development for quantitative analysis of brain amyloid PET (2022, Brain and Behavior)
  • Free water derived by multi-shell diffusion MRI reflects tau/neuroinflammatory pathology in Alzheimer's disease (2022, Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions)

Matsuda often publishes in the following venues:

  • Annals of Nuclear Medicine
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Epilepsy Research
  • Journal of Natural Language Processing

Frequent collaborators include Noriko Sato, Yoko Shigemoto, Yukio Kimura, Norihide Maikusa, and Daichi Sone. These coauthors have contributed to numerous joint studies alongside Matsuda.

Best Publications

  • Development of atopic dermatitis-like skin lesion with IgE hyperproduction in NC/Nga mice.

    H Matsuda;N Watanabe;G P Geba;J Sperl

  • A cathelicidin family of human antibacterial peptide LL-37 induces mast cell chemotaxis.

    François Niyonsaba;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Akimasa Someya;Michimasa Hirata

  • NC/Nga mice: a mouse model for atopic dermatitis.

    Hajime Suto;Hiroshi Matsuda;Koichi Mitsuishi;Kayako Hira

  • Nerve growth factor induces development of connective tissue-type mast cells in vitro from murine bone marrow cells.

    H Matsuda;Y Kannan;H Ushio;Y Kiso

  • Epithelial cell-derived human β-defensin-2 acts as a chemotaxin for mast cells through a pertussis toxin-sensitive and phospholipase C-dependent pathway

    François Niyonsaba;Kazuhisa Iwabuchi;Hiroshi Matsuda;Hideoki Ogawa

  • Nerve growth factor promotes human hemopoietic colony growth and differentiation.

    Hiroshi Matsuda;Michael D. Coughlin;John Bienenstock;Judah A. Denburg

  • Spleen colony-forming cell as common precursor for tissue mast cells and granulocytes

    Y Kitamura;M Yokoyama;H Matsuda;T Ohno

  • Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Cutaneous Wound Healing: Accelerating Effects in Normal and Healing-impaired Diabetic Mice

    Hiroshi Matsuda;Hiromi Koyama;Hiroaki Sato;Junko Sawada

  • Substance P induces granulocyte infiltration through degranulation of mast cells.

    H Matsuda;K Kawakita;Y Kiso;T Nakano

  • The role of mast cells in inflammatory processes: evidence for nerve/mast cell interactions.

    Bienenstock J;Tomioka M;Matsuda H;Stead Rh

  • Classification of Alzheimer's disease and prediction of mild cognitive impairment-to-Alzheimer's conversion from structural magnetic resource imaging using feature ranking and a genetic algorithm

    Iman Beheshti;Hasan Demirel;Hiroshi Matsuda

  • A novel NF-κB inhibitor, IMD-0354, suppresses neoplastic proliferation of human mast cells with constitutively activated c-kit receptors

    Akane Tanaka;Masayo Konno;Susumu Muto;Naotomo Kambe

  • IgE Hyperproduction Through Enhanced Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Janus Kinase 3 in NC/Nga Mice, a Model for Human Atopic Dermatitis

    Masahiro Matsumoto;Chisei Ra;Keiko Kawamoto;Hiroaki Sato

  • Necessity of IgE antibodies and mast cells for manifestation of resistance against larval Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks in mice.

    H Matsuda;N Watanabe;Y Kiso;S Hirota

  • Human mast cells produce matrix metalloproteinase 9.

    Naotomo Kanbe;Akane Tanaka;Michiyo Kanbe;Atsuko Itakura

  • Nerve growth factor prevents apoptosis of rat peritoneal mast cells through the trk proto-oncogene receptor

    Keiko Kawamoto;Toshiya Okada;Yukiko Kannan;Hiroko Ushio

  • Nerve growth factor functions as a chemoattractant for mast cells through both mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathways.

    Junko Sawada;Atsuko Itakura;Atsuko Itakura;Akane Tanaka;Akane Tanaka;Tohru Furusaka;Tohru Furusaka

  • Acceleration of Wound Healing by Gelatin Film Dressings with Epidermal Growth Factor

    Akane Tanaka;Toshiaki Nagate;Hiroshi Matsuda

  • Marked increase in CC chemokine gene expression in both human and mouse mast cell transcriptomes following Fcε receptor I cross-linking: an interspecies comparison

    Toshiharu Nakajima;Naoki Inagaki;Hiroyuki Tanaka;Akane Tanaka

  • Impairment of skin barrier function in NC/Nga Tnd mice as a possible model for atopic dermatitis

    Aioi A;Tonogaito H;Suto H;Hamada K

  • Oral Administration of Dihomo-γ-Linolenic Acid Prevents Development of Atopic Dermatitis in NC/Nga Mice

    H. Kawashima;N. Tateishi;A. Shiraishi;N. Teraoka

  • Donepezil Hydrochloride Preserves Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

    Seigo Nakano;Takashi Asada;Hiroshi Matsuda;Masatake Uno

  • Distribution of mast-cell precursors in hematopoeitic and lymphopoietic tissues of mice.

    Y Kitamura;M Shimada;S Go;H Matsuda

  • Functional Properties of Murine Macrophages Promoted by Nerve Growth Factor

    Yasuhiko Susaki;Shinya Shimizu;Ken Katakura;Naohiro Watanabe

  • Nerve growth factor activates mast cells through the collaborative interaction with lysophosphatidylserine expressed on the membrane surface of activated platelets.

    Keiko Kawamoto;Junken Aoki;Akane Tanaka;Atsuko Itakura

  • 2.5S nerve growth factor enhances survival, phagocytosis, and superoxide production of murine neutrophils

    Yukiko Kannan;Hiroko Ushio;Hiromi Koyama;Mitsuhiro Okada

  • Effect of tacrolimus hydrate (FK506) ointment on spontaneous dermatitis in NC/Nga mice.

    Jun Hiroi;Takanori Sengoku;Kyoko Morita;Shinichi Kishi

  • A Study to Compare Oral Sumatriptan with Oral Aspirin plus Oral Metoclopramide in the Acute Treatment of Migraine

    Klaus Hornung;Wilfred A. Nix;G. Lanzi;U. Balottin

Frequent Co-Authors

Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yukihiko Kitamura
Yukihiko Kitamura Osaka University
Harumasa Takano
Harumasa Takano National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Johji Yamahara
Johji Yamahara Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Masayuki Yoshikawa
Masayuki Yoshikawa Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Toshiyuki Murakami
Toshiyuki Murakami Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Takeshi Iwatsubo
Takeshi Iwatsubo University of Tokyo
Yoshiki Sawa
Yoshiki Sawa Osaka University
Akio Baba
Akio Baba Osaka University
Kenji Ishii
Kenji Ishii Nippon Medical School

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