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Kiyofumi Yamada

Kiyofumi Yamada

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D-Index
86
Citations
25292
World Ranking
14207
National Ranking
433

Overview

Kiyofumi Yamada is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. Their research spans several intersecting fields including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work is notably concentrated along the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Oncology, Genetics, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The primary topics explored by Yamada include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Tryptophan and Brain Disorders.

Yamada has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed publications with notable recent papers such as:

  • ARHGAP10, which encodes Rho GTPase-activating protein 10, is a novel gene for schizophrenia risk (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • AUTS2 Regulation of Synapses for Proper Synaptic Inputs and Social Communication (2020), published in iScience
  • Comprehensive analysis of a novel mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a model with the most common 3.0-Mb deletion at the human 22q11.2 locus (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Alzheimer's Disease Animal Models: Elucidation of Biomarkers and Therapeutic Approaches for Cognitive Impairment (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Reelin Supplementation Into the Hippocampus Rescues Abnormal Behavior in a Mouse Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2020), published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Yamada frequently collaborates with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Taku Nagai
  • Hiroyuki Mizoguchi
  • Norio Ozaki
  • Toshitaka Nabeshima
  • Kozo Kaibuchi

Their research outputs are regularly published in journals and conference proceedings such as:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor/TrkB signaling in memory processes.

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Toshitaka Nabeshima

  • CD38 is critical for social behaviour by regulating oxytocin secretion

    Duo Jin;Hong Xiang Liu;Hirokazu Hirai;Takashi Torashima

  • Involvement of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Spatial Memory Formation and Maintenance in a Radial Arm Maze Test in Rats

    Makoto Mizuno;Kiyofumi Yamada;Ana Olariu;Hiroyuki Nawa

  • Estrogen increases endothelial nitric oxide by a receptor-mediated system.

    T Hayashi;K Yamada;T Esaki;M Kuzuya

  • Role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in learning and memory.

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Makoto Mizuno;Toshitaka Nabeshima

  • Cognition impairment in the genetic model of aging klotho gene mutant mice: a role of oxidative stress

    Taku Nagai;Kiyofumi Yamada;Kiyofumi Yamada;Hyoung Chun Kim;Yong Sun Kim

  • RAGE-mediated signaling contributes to intraneuronal transport of amyloid-β and neuronal dysfunction

    Kazuhiro Takuma;Fang Fang;Wensheng Zhang;Wensheng Zhang;Shiqiang Yan;Shiqiang Yan

  • Protective effects of idebenone and alpha-tocopherol on beta-amyloid-(1-42)-induced learning and memory deficits in rats: implication of oxidative stress in beta-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in vivo.

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Tomoko Tanaka;Daiken Han;Kouji Senzaki

  • Production and functions of IL-17 in microglia

    Jun Kawanokuchi;Kouki Shimizu;Atsumi Nitta;Kiyofumi Yamada

  • CREB phosphorylation as a molecular marker of memory processing in the hippocampus for spatial learning.

    Makoto Mizuno;Kiyofumi Yamada;Naoya Maekawa;Kuniaki Saito

  • Enhancement of immobility in a forced swimming test by subacute or repeated treatment with phencyclidine: a new model of schizophrenia

    Y. Noda;K. Yamada;H. Furukawa;H. Furukawa;T. Nabeshima

  • Social isolation rearing-induced impairment of the hippocampal neurogenesis is associated with deficits in spatial memory and emotion-related behaviors in juvenile mice

    Daisuke Ibi;Kazuhiro Takuma;Hiroyuki Koike;Hiroyuki Mizoguchi

  • Behavioral abnormality and pharmacologic response in social isolation-reared mice

    Hiroyuki Koike;Daisuke Ibi;Hiroyuki Mizoguchi;Taku Nagai

  • Hyperfunction of Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Neuronal Systems in Mice Lacking the NMDA Receptor ε1 Subunit

    Yoshiaki Miyamoto;Kiyofumi Yamada;Yukihiro Noda;Hisashi Mori

  • β-Amyloid (1–42)-induced learning and memory deficits in mice: involvement of oxidative burdens in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex

    Jin Hyeong Jhoo;Hyoung Chun Kim;Toshitaka Nabeshima;Kiyofumi Yamada

  • Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and evaluation of anti-dementia drugs.

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Toshitaka Nabeshima

  • Simultaneous measurement of nitrite and nitrate levels as indices of nitric oxide release in the cerebellum of conscious rats.

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Toshitaka Nabeshima

  • Role of nitric oxide in learning and memory and in monoamine metabolism in the rat brain

    Kiyofumi Yamada;Yukihiro Noda;Shinobu Nakayama;Yumiko Komori

  • Involvement of BDNF receptor TrkB in spatial memory formation.

    Makoto Mizuno;Kiyofumi Yamada;Jue He;Akira Nakajima

  • Repeated methamphetamine treatment impairs recognition memory through a failure of novelty-induced ERK1/2 activation in the prefrontal cortex of mice.

    Hiroyuki Kamei;Taku Nagai;Taku Nagai;Hiroko Nakano;Yuriko Togan

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshitaka Nabeshima
Toshitaka Nabeshima Meijo University
Taku Nagai
Taku Nagai Nagoya University
Yukihiro Noda
Yukihiro Noda Meijo University
Atsumi Nitta
Atsumi Nitta University of Toyama
Kazuhiro Takuma
Kazuhiro Takuma Osaka University
Norio Ozaki
Norio Ozaki Nagoya University
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
Eun-Joo Shin
Eun-Joo Shin Kangwon National University
Yukio Yoneda
Yukio Yoneda Kanazawa University
Yoshinori Hasegawa
Yoshinori Hasegawa Nagoya University

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