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Kazuhiro Nakamura

Kazuhiro Nakamura

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
11117
World Ranking
6603
National Ranking
220

Kazuhiro Nakamura 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 Kazuhiro Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 137 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazuhiro Nakamura 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 Kazuhiro Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kazuhiro Nakamura is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has an extensive publication record focused primarily on medicine and neuroscience. Their research encompasses subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, physiology, plant science, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their work addresses main topics including circadian rhythm and melatonin, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, adipose tissue and metabolism, mitochondrial function and pathology, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and regulation of appetite and obesity.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nakamura include the following:

  • A central master driver of psychosocial stress responses in the rat, 2020, Science
  • A hypothalamomedullary network for physiological responses to environmental stresses, 2021, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • microRNA-33 maintains adaptive thermogenesis via enhanced sympathetic nerve activity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Combi-CRISPR: combination of NHEJ and HDR provides efficient and precise plasmid-based knock-ins in mice and rats, 2020, Human Genetics
  • Prostaglandin EP3 receptor-expressing preoptic neurons bidirectionally control body temperature via tonic GABAergic signaling, 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors in Nakamura's research network include:

  • Naoya Kataoka
  • Goro Ishikawa
  • Takaki Yahiro
  • Yoshiko Nakamura
  • Nobuyuki Mizuno

Key publication venues where Nakamura has contributed multiple times comprise:

  • Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Scientific Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist's body of work integrates diverse aspects of physiological and molecular biology studies, focusing on mechanisms underlying stress responses, thermoregulation, and neuroendocrine functions. Their involvement in studies related to genome editing technologies such as Combi-CRISPR illustrates an interest in methodological advancements applicable to neuroscience and genetics research.

Best Publications

  • REDOX REGULATION OF CELLULAR ACTIVATION

    Hajime Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Junji Yodoi

  • Central neural pathways for thermoregulation.

    Shaun F Morrison;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • Central circuitries for body temperature regulation and fever

    Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • A thermosensory pathway that controls body temperature

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F Morrison

  • Central control of thermogenesis in mammals.

    Shaun F. Morrison;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Christopher J. Madden

  • Central Mechanisms for Thermoregulation

    S F Morrison;K Nakamura

  • Thiol-mediated redox regulation of apoptosis. Possible roles of cellular thiols other than glutathione in T cell apoptosis.

    N Sato;S Iwata;K Nakamura;T Hori

  • Identification of sympathetic premotor neurons in medullary raphe regions mediating fever and other thermoregulatory functions.

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kiyoshi Matsumura;Thomas Hübschle;Yoshiko Nakamura

  • The Rostral Raphe Pallidus Nucleus Mediates Pyrogenic Transmission from the Preoptic Area

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kiyoshi Matsumura;Takeshi Kaneko;Shigeo Kobayashi

  • The Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 Channel in Thermoregulation: A Thermosensor It Is Not

    Andrej A. Romanovsky;Maria C. Almeida;Andras Garami;Alexandre A. Steiner;Alexandre A. Steiner

  • A thermosensory pathway mediating heat-defense responses.

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central efferent pathways mediating skin cooling-evoked sympathetic thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Psychological stress activates a dorsomedial hypothalamus-medullary raphe circuit driving brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and hyperthermia.

    Naoya Kataoka;Hiroyuki Hioki;Takeshi Kaneko;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • Central efferent pathways for cold-defensive and febrile shivering

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Redox control of resistance to cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP): protective effect of human thioredoxin against CDDP-induced cytotoxicity.

    T Sasada;S Iwata;N Sato;Y Kitaoka

  • Immunohistochemical localization of prostaglandin EP3 receptor in the rat nervous system.

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Takeshi Kaneko;Yoko Yamashita;Hiroshi Hasegawa

  • Pyramidal neurons of upper cortical layers generated by NEX-positive progenitor cells in the subventricular zone

    Sheng Xi Wu;Sandra Goebbels;Kouichi Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • Selective eosinophil adhesion to fibroblast via IFN-gamma-induced galectin-9.

    Hirofumi Asakura;Yumiko Kashio;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Masako Seki

  • Direct pyrogenic input from prostaglandin EP3 receptor‐expressing preoptic neurons to the dorsomedial hypothalamus

    Yoshiko Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kiyoshi Matsumura;Shigeo Kobayashi

  • A central master driver of psychosocial stress responses in the rat

    Naoya Kataoka;Yuta Shima;Keisuke Nakajima;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • Preoptic mechanism for cold-defensive responses to skin cooling.

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaun F. Morrison
Shaun F. Morrison Oregon Health & Science University
Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
Manabu Negishi
Manabu Negishi Kyoto University
Hironori Katoh
Hironori Katoh Kyoto University
Junji Yodoi
Junji Yodoi Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Hioki
Hiroyuki Hioki Juntendo University
Atsushi Ichikawa
Atsushi Ichikawa Mukogawa Women's University
Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Hiroshi Hasegawa Kanazawa University
Sheng-Xi Wu
Sheng-Xi Wu Air Force Medical University

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