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Makoto Tsuda

Makoto Tsuda

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Neuroscience

D-Index
75
Citations
22564
World Ranking
1999
National Ranking
45

Makoto Tsuda 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 Makoto Tsuda sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 288 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Makoto Tsuda 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 Makoto Tsuda sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Makoto Tsuda is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on subfields such as Physiology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Makoto Tsuda has contributed to numerous publications, publishing frequently in venues such as the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Cells, Molecular Brain, Nature, and the Journal of Pharmacological Sciences.

Some of the recent papers associated with the research network of Makoto Tsuda include:

  • Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches (2022), published in Nature
  • The liver-brain-gut neural arc maintains the Treg cell niche in the gut (2020), published in Nature
  • A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain (2022), published in Science
  • Astrocytic phagocytosis is a compensatory mechanism for microglial dysfunction (2020), published in The EMBO Journal
  • Spinal astrocytes in superficial laminae gate brainstem descending control of mechanosensory hypersensitivity (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Tsuda's research include Keita Kohno, K. Koga, Takahiro Masuda, Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh, and Kohei Yoshihara. The frequency of coauthorship reflects ongoing scientific collaboration within related domains.

Best Publications

  • BDNF from microglia causes the shift in neuronal anion gradient underlying neuropathic pain

    Jeffrey A. M. Coull;Simon Beggs;Dominic Boudreau;Dominick Boivin

  • P2x4 receptors induced in spinal microglia gate tactile allodynia after nerve injury

    Makoto Tsuda;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi;Akito Mizokoshi

  • Neuropathic pain and spinal microglia: a big problem from molecules in "small" glia.

    Makoto Tsuda;Kazuhide Inoue;Michael W. Salter

  • UDP acting at P2Y6 receptors is a mediator of microglial phagocytosis

    Schuichi Koizumi;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Kaoru Nasu-Tada;Yoichi Shinozaki

  • Microglia in neuropathic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

    Kazuhide Inoue;Makoto Tsuda

  • Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in spinal hyperactive microglia contributes to pain hypersensitivity following peripheral nerve injury.

    Makoto Tsuda;Akito Mizokoshi;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi

  • Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches

    Unknown

  • IRF8 Is a Critical Transcription Factor for Transforming Microglia into a Reactive Phenotype

    Takahiro Masuda;Makoto Tsuda;Ryohei Yoshinaga;Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh

  • Microglia and neuropathic pain.

    Kazuhide Inoue;Makoto Tsuda

  • JAK-STAT3 pathway regulates spinal astrocyte proliferation and neuropathic pain maintenance in rats

    Makoto Tsuda;Yuta Kohro;Takayuki Yano;Tomoko Tsujikawa

  • P2Y12 Receptors in Spinal Microglia Are Required for Neuropathic Pain after Peripheral Nerve Injury

    Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh;Makoto Tsuda;Hiroyuki Miyata;Kazuaki Ueda

  • IFN-γ receptor signaling mediates spinal microglia activation driving neuropathic pain

    Makoto Tsuda;Takahiro Masuda;Junko Kitano;Hiroshi Shimoyama

  • Dynamic inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission by astrocyte-derived ATP in hippocampal cultures.

    Schuichi Koizumi;Kayoko Fujishita;Makoto Tsuda;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami

  • A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain

    Unknown

  • Mechanical Allodynia Caused by Intraplantar Injection of P2X Receptor Agonist in Rats: Involvement of Heteromeric P2X2/3 Receptor Signaling in Capsaicin-Insensitive Primary Afferent Neurons

    Makoto Tsuda;Schuichi Koizumi;Aya Kita;Yukari Shigemoto

  • Microglia in the spinal cord and neuropathic pain

    Makoto Tsuda

  • Ca2+ waves in keratinocytes are transmitted to sensory neurons: the involvement of extracellular ATP and P2Y2 receptor activation.

    Schuichi Koizumi;Kayoko Fujishita;Kaori Inoue;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami

  • The liver-brain-gut neural arc maintains the Treg cell niche in the gut.

    Toshiaki Teratani;Yohei Mikami;Nobuhiro Nakamoto;Takahiro Suzuki

  • STAT3-dependent reactive astrogliosis in the spinal dorsal horn underlies chronic itch

    Miho Shiratori-Hayashi;Keisuke Koga;Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh;Yuta Kohro

  • Transcription factor IRF5 drives P2X4R+-reactive microglia gating neuropathic pain.

    Takahiro Masuda;Shosuke Iwamoto;Ryohei Yoshinaga;Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh

  • Behavioral phenotypes of mice lacking purinergic P2X4 receptors in acute and chronic pain assays

    Makoto Tsuda;Kazuya Kuboyama;Tomoyuki Inoue;Kenichiro Nagata

  • Cell type‐specific ATP‐activated responses in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

    Shinya Ueno;Makoto Tsuda;Toshihiko Iwanaga;Kazuhide Inoue

  • Mechanisms underlying extracellular ATP-evoked interleukin-6 release in mouse microglial cell line, MG-5

    Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Schuichi Koizumi;Makoto Tsuda;Keiko Ohsawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhide Inoue
Kazuhide Inoue Kyushu University
Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh
Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh Kyushu University
Schuichi Koizumi
Schuichi Koizumi University of Yamanashi
Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo
Tomohiko Tamura
Tomohiko Tamura Yokohama City University
Motohiro Nishida
Motohiro Nishida Kyushu University
Hidemasa Furue
Hidemasa Furue Hyogo College of Medicine
Michael W. Salter
Michael W. Salter University of Toronto
Shinichi Kohsaka
Shinichi Kohsaka Keio University
Tao Chen
Tao Chen Air Force Medical University

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