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Kazuhiro Yamakawa

Kazuhiro Yamakawa

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Genetics

D-Index
64
Citations
13795
World Ranking
2803
National Ranking
113

Kazuhiro Yamakawa publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuhiro Yamakawa sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 200 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Kazuhiro Yamakawa D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuhiro Yamakawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 37th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazuhiro Yamakawa is affiliated with Nagoya City University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. Their research spans significant areas such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, RNA regulation and disease, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Ion channel regulation and function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Epilepsy research and treatment.

Kazuhiro Yamakawa has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • CRISPR/dCas9-based Scn1a gene activation in inhibitory neurons ameliorates epileptic and behavioral phenotypes of Dravet syndrome model mice, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24-hydroxylase inhibitor, reduces seizures and premature death in Dravet syndrome mice, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Cross-Disorder Analysis of Genic and Regulatory Copy Number Variations in Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2022, Biological Psychiatry
  • Brain-specific heterozygous loss-of-function of ATP2A2, endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump responsible for Darier's disease, causes behavioral abnormalities and a hyper-dopaminergic state, 2021, Human Molecular Genetics
  • DSCAM regulates delamination of neurons in the developing midbrain, 2020, Science Advances

Their frequent coauthors include Toshimitsu Suzuki, Tetsuya Tatsukawa, Matthieu Raveau, Hiroyuki Miyamoto, and Mikio Hoshino.

The main publication venues for Kazuhiro Yamakawa's work are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Scientific Reports, Epilepsia, and Biological Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Nav1.1 Localizes to Axons of Parvalbumin-Positive Inhibitory Interneurons: A Circuit Basis for Epileptic Seizures in Mice Carrying an Scn1a Gene Mutation

    Ikuo Ogiwara;Hiroyuki Miyamoto;Noriyuki Morita;Nafiseh Atapour

  • A missense mutation of the Na+ channel αII subunit gene Nav1.2 in a patient with febrile and afebrile seizures causes channel dysfunction

    Takashi Sugawara;Yuji Tsurubuchi;Kishan Lal Agarwala;Masatoshi Ito

  • Mutations in EFHC1 cause juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

    Toshimitsu Suzuki;Toshimitsu Suzuki;Antonio V Delgado-Escueta;Kripamoy Aguan;Maria E Alonso

  • Prognostic Significance of p53 Mutations and 3p Deletions in Primary Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Horio Y;Takahashi T;Kuroishi T;Hibi K

  • Mutations of sodium channel alpha subunit type 1 (SCN1A) in intractable childhood epilepsies with frequent generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

    Tateki Fujiwara;Takashi Sugawara;Emi Mazaki-Miyazaki;Yukitoshi Takahashi

  • Three distinct regions involved in 3p deletion in human lung cancer.

    Hibi K;Takahashi T;Yamakawa K;Ueda R

  • DSCAM: A Novel Member of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily Maps in a Down Syndrome Region and is Involved in the Development of the Nervous System

    Kazuhiro Yamakawa;Yong Kang Huo;Melissa A. Haendel;René Hubert

  • Targeted disruption of the Epm2a gene causes formation of Lafora inclusion bodies, neurodegeneration, ataxia, myoclonus epilepsy and impaired behavioral response in mice

    Subramaniam Ganesh;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta;Toshiro Sakamoto;Maria Rosa Avila

  • Frequent mutations of SCN1A in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy

    T. Sugawara;E. Mazaki-Miyazaki;K. Fukushima;J. Shimomura

  • A Nonsense Mutation of the Sodium Channel Gene SCN2A in a Patient with Intractable Epilepsy and Mental Decline

    Kazusaku Kamiya;Makoto Kaneda;Takashi Sugawara;Emi Mazaki

  • Comparative Analyses of Copy-Number Variation in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia Reveal Etiological Overlap and Biological Insights

    Itaru Kushima;Branko Aleksic;Masahiro Nakatochi;Teppei Shimamura

  • De novo mutations of voltage-gated sodium channel αII gene SCN2A in intractable epilepsies

    I. Ogiwara;K. Ito;Y. Sawaishi;H. Osaka

  • Nav1.1 mutations cause febrile seizures associated with afebrile partial seizures

    T. Sugawara;E. Mazaki-Miyazaki;M. Ito;H. Nagafuji

  • Common regions of deletion on chromosomes 5q, 6q, and 10q in renal cell carcinoma.

    Ryoji Morita;Susumu Saito;Jiro Ishikawa;Osamu Ogawa

  • Nav1.1 haploinsufficiency in excitatory neurons ameliorates seizure-associated sudden death in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome

    Ikuo Ogiwara;Takuji Iwasato;Takuji Iwasato;Hiroyuki Miyamoto;Hiroyuki Miyamoto;Ryohei Iwata;Ryohei Iwata

  • Dosage-dependent over-expression of genes in the trisomic region of Ts1Cje mouse model for Down syndrome

    Kenji Amano;Haruhiko Sago;Chiharu Uchikawa;Taishi Suzuki

  • A Detailed Deletion Mapping of the Short Arm of Chromosome 3 in Sporadic Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Kazuhiro Yamakawa;Ryoji Morita;Ei-ichi Takahashi;Tada-aki Hori

  • Laforin, defective in the progressive myoclonus epilepsy of Lafora type, is a dual-specificity phosphatase associated with polyribosomes

    Subramaniam Ganesh;Kishan Lal Agarwala;Kazunori Ueda;Takumi Akagi

  • A Kv4.2 truncation mutation in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Baljinder Singh;Ikuo Ogiwara;Makoto Kaneda;Natsuko Tokonami

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and tau hyperphosphorylation in Ts1Cje, a mouse model for Down syndrome

    Ebrahim Abdul Shukkur;Atsushi Shimohata;Takumi Akagi;Wenxin Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta University of California, Los Angeles
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Yushi Inoue
Yushi Inoue RMIT University
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Shigeyoshi Itohara RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Julie R. Korenberg
Julie R. Korenberg University of Utah
Takao K. Hensch
Takao K. Hensch Harvard University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Johji Inazawa
Johji Inazawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Mauricio Montal
Mauricio Montal University of California, San Diego
Tsutomu Hashikawa
Tsutomu Hashikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science

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