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Kazunori Nakajima

Kazunori Nakajima

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
17667
World Ranking
8573
National Ranking
576

Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
17707
World Ranking
2985
National Ranking
75

Kazunori Nakajima 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 Kazunori Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 221 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazunori Nakajima 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 Kazunori Nakajima sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kazunori Nakajima is affiliated with Keio University in Japan. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions to several related subfields and topics.

Their work is notably concentrated in the following areas:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies

Nakajima's publications often appear in specialized journals and influential venues, with repeated contributions in:

  • Bone
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Vox Sanguinis
  • iScience

Some recent papers by Nakajima include:

  • "Erratic and blood vessel-guided migration of astrocyte progenitors in the cerebral cortex," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Comprehensive characterization of migration profiles of murine cerebral cortical neurons during development using FlashTag labeling," 2021, iScience
  • "Two-Photon Voltage Imaging of Spontaneous Activity from Multiple Neurons Reveals Network Activity in Brain Tissue," 2020, iScience
  • "Reelin-Nrp1 Interaction Regulates Neocortical Dendrite Development in a Context-Specific Manner," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Dynamic polarization shifting from M1 to M2 macrophages in reduced osteonecrosis of the jaw-like lesions by cessation of anti-RANKL antibody in mice," 2020, Bone

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following coauthors:

  • Satoshi Yoshinaga
  • Ken-ichiro Kubo
  • Yuki Hirota
  • Ayako Kitazawa
  • Shinichiro Kuroshima

Best Publications

  • The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway directs neuronal differentiation of cortical neural precursor cells.

    Yusuke Hirabayashi;Yasuhiro Itoh;Hidenori Tabata;Kazunori Nakajima;Kazunori Nakajima

  • EFFICIENT IN UTERO GENE TRANSFER SYSTEM TO THE DEVELOPING MOUSE BRAIN USING ELECTROPORATION: VISUALIZATION OF NEURONAL MIGRATION IN THE DEVELOPING CORTEX

    H. Tabata;K. Nakajima;K. Nakajima

  • Scrambler and yotari disrupt the disabled gene and produce a reeler -like phenotype in mice

    Michael Sheldon;Dennis S. Rice;Gabriella D'Arcangelo;Hiroyuki Yoneshima

  • Primary structure, synthesis, and biological activity of rat endothelin, an endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide.

    M Yanagisawa;A Inoue;T Ishikawa;Y Kasuya

  • Mouse-Musashi-1, a neural RNA-binding protein highly enriched in the mammalian CNS stem cell.

    Shin Ichi Sakakibara;Shin Ichi Sakakibara;Takao Imai;Takao Imai;Kayoko Hamaguchi;Masataka Okabe;Masataka Okabe

  • A schizophrenia-associated mutation of DISC1 perturbs cerebral cortex development.

    Atsushi Kamiya;Atsushi Kamiya;Ken Ichiro Kubo;Toshifumi Tomoda;Toshifumi Tomoda;Manabu Takaki

  • Reelin Is a Secreted Glycoprotein Recognized by the CR-50 Monoclonal Antibody

    Gabriella D’Arcangelo;Kazunori Nakajima;Takaki Miyata;Masaharu Ogawa

  • Multipolar Migration: The Third Mode of Radial Neuronal Migration in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

    Hidenori Tabata;Kazunori Nakajima

  • A role for Cajal–Retzius cells and reelin in the development of hippocampal connections

    José A. Del Río;Bernd Heimrich;Víctor Borrell;Eckart Förster

  • Cellular mechanism of action by a novel vasoconstrictor endothelin in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Y. Hirata;H. Yoshimi;S. Takata;T.X. Watanabe

  • Disabled-1 acts downstream of Reelin in a signaling pathway that controls laminar organization in the mammalian brain

    Dennis S. Rice;Michael Sheldon;Gabriella D'Arcangelo;Kazunori Nakajima

  • Rab GTPases-Dependent Endocytic Pathways Regulate Neuronal Migration and Maturation through N-Cadherin Trafficking

    Takeshi Kawauchi;Takeshi Kawauchi;Takeshi Kawauchi;Katsutoshi Sekine;Mima Shikanai;Kaori Chihama

  • Knockdown of DISC1 by In Utero Gene Transfer Disturbs Postnatal Dopaminergic Maturation in the Frontal Cortex and Leads to Adult Behavioral Deficits

    Minae Niwa;Atsushi Kamiya;Rina Murai;Rina Murai;Ken ichiro Kubo

  • Defective corticogenesis and reduction in Reelin immunoreactivity in cortex and hippocampus of prenatally infected neonatal mice.

    S H Fatemi;E S Emamian;D Kist;R W Sidwell

  • Glial cell degeneration and hypomyelination caused by overexpression of myelin proteolipid protein gene.

    Tetsushi Kagawa;Kazuhiro Ikenaka;Yoshiro Inoue;Shigeki Kuriyama

  • DISC1-dependent switch from progenitor proliferation to migration in the developing cortex

    Koko Ishizuka;Atsushi Kamiya;Edwin C. Oh;Hiroaki Kanki

  • Cdk5 is required for multipolar-to-bipolar transition during radial neuronal migration and proper dendrite development of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex.

    Toshio Ohshima;Motoyuki Hirasawa;Hidenori Tabata;Tetsuji Mutoh

  • COUP-TFII is preferentially expressed in the caudal ganglionic eminence and is involved in the caudal migratory stream.

    Shigeaki Kanatani;Masato Yozu;Hidenori Tabata;Kazunori Nakajima

  • Reelin Regulates the Development and Synaptogenesis of the Layer-Specific Entorhino-Hippocampal Connections

    Vı́ctor Borrell;José A. Del Rı́o;Soledad Alcántara;Michèle Derer

  • Thyroid hormone regulates reelin and dab1 expression during brain development

    Manuel Alvarez-Dolado;Manuel Alvarez-Dolado;Mónica Ruiz;José A. Del Rı́o;Soledad Alcántara

  • Regulation of Purkinje Cell Alignment by Reelin as Revealed with CR-50 Antibody

    Takaki Miyata;Kazunori Nakajima;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba;Masaharu Ogawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Takaki Miyata
Takaki Miyata Nagoya University
Chiharu Tohyama
Chiharu Tohyama University of Tokyo
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Mitsuharu Hattori
Mitsuharu Hattori Nagoya City University
Yo-ichi Nabeshima
Yo-ichi Nabeshima Foundation for Biomedical Research
Akira Sawa
Akira Sawa Johns Hopkins University
Koichi Hirai
Koichi Hirai University of Tokyo

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