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Masahiko Watanabe

Masahiko Watanabe

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Neuroscience
Japan
2026

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Medicine

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Citations
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139
Citations
76483
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Masahiko Watanabe 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 Masahiko Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,161 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masahiko Watanabe 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 Masahiko Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 139 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masahiko Watanabe is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their research spans major fields including Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have focused extensively on several subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Watanabe's publication record includes collaborations with frequent co-authors such as Kohtarou Konno, Miwako Yamasaki, Kenji Sakimura, Manabu Abe, and Andrew J. Todd. The scientist has contributed papers to a variety of journals, with multiple works appearing in venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Journal of Neuroscience, eLife, and Nature Communications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Watanabe illustrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A synthetic synaptic organizer protein restores glutamatergic neuronal circuits," 2020, Science
  • "Glyoxal fixation: An approach to solve immunohistochemical problem in neuroscience research," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Expression patterns of NKCC1 in neurons and non-neuronal cells during cortico-hippocampal development," 2022, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Lysophosphatidic Acid Increases Maturation of Brush Borders and SGLT1 Activity in MYO5B-deficient Mice, a Model of Microvillus Inclusion Disease," 2020, Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

    Kohichi Tanaka;Kei Watase;Toshiya Manabe;Keiko Yamada

  • Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Synaptic Transmission

    Masanobu Kano;Takako Ohno-Shosaku;Yuki Hashimotodani;Motokazu Uchigashima

  • Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall

    Kazu Nakazawa;Michael C. Quirk;Raymond A. Chitwood;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Developmental changes in distribution of NMDA receptor channel subunit mRNAs.

    Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiro Inoue;Kenji Sakimura;Masayoshi Mishina

  • Locus coeruleus and dopaminergic consolidation of everyday memory

    Tomonori Takeuchi;Adrian Duszkiewicz;Alex Sonneborn;Patrick A. Spooner

  • JGES guidelines for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection

    Shinji Tanaka;Hiroshi Kashida;Yutaka Saito;Naohisa Yahagi

  • Impairment of suckling response, trigeminal neuronal pattern formation, and hippocampal LTD in NMDA receptor ε2 subunit mutant mice

    Tatsuya Kutsuwada;Kenji Sakimura;Toshiya Manabe;Chitoshi Takayama

  • The CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Is the Major Cannabinoid Receptor at Excitatory Presynaptic Sites in the Hippocampus and Cerebellum

    Yoshinobu Kawamura;Masahiro Fukaya;Takashi Maejima;Takayuki Yoshida

  • The Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Produced by Diacylglycerol Lipase α Mediates Retrograde Suppression of Synaptic Transmission

    Asami Tanimura;Maya Yamazaki;Yuki Hashimotodani;Motokazu Uchigashima

  • Ptf1a, a bHLH transcriptional gene, defines GABAergic neuronal fates in cerebellum.

    Mikio Hoshino;Shoko Nakamura;Kiyoshi Mori;Kiyoshi Mori;Takeshi Kawauchi

  • Complementary Roles of Cholecystokinin- and Parvalbumin-Expressing GABAergic Neurons in Hippocampal Network Oscillations

    Thomas Klausberger;Laszlo F. Marton;Joseph O'Neill;Jojanneke H. J. Huck

  • Diversity Revealed by a Novel Family of Cadherins Expressed in Neurons at a Synaptic Complex

    Naohiro Kohmura;Kouji Senzaki;Shun Hamada;Nobuyuki Kai

  • Glutamate Transporter GLAST Is Expressed in the Radial Glia–Astrocyte Lineage of Developing Mouse Spinal Cord

    Takashi Shibata;Keiko Yamada;Masahiko Watanabe;Kazuhiro Ikenaka

  • Distinct distributions of five N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor channel subunit mRNAs in the forebrain

    Masahiko Watanabe;Y. Inoue;K. Sakimura;M. Mishina

  • Motor discoordination and increased susceptibility to cerebellar injury in GLAST mutant mice.

    Kei Watase;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano;Keiko Yamada

  • Release probability of hippocampal glutamatergic terminals scales with the size of the active zone

    Noemi Holderith;Andrea Lorincz;Gergely Katona;Balázs Rózsa

  • Localization of diacylglycerol lipase-alpha around postsynaptic spine suggests close proximity between production site of an endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol, and presynaptic cannabinoid CB1 receptor.

    Takayuki Yoshida;Masahiro Fukaya;Motokazu Uchigashima;Eriko Miura

  • ADC Mapping of Benign and Malignant Breast Tumors

    Reiko Woodhams;Keiji Matsunaga;Shinichi Kan;Hirofumi Hata

  • The cellular and synaptic architecture of the mechanosensory dorsal horn

    Victoria E. Abraira;Emily D. Kuehn;Emily D. Kuehn;Anda M. Chirila;Mark W. Springel

  • Subcellular arrangement of molecules for 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol-mediated retrograde signaling and its physiological contribution to synaptic modulation in the striatum

    Motokazu Uchigashima;Madoka Narushima;Masahiro Fukaya;Istvan Katona

  • Cloning and expression of the ε4 subunit of the NMDA receptor channel

    Kazutaka Ikeda;Michiaki Nagasawa;Hisashi Mori;Kazuaki Araki

Frequent Co-Authors

Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Kenji Sakimura
Kenji Sakimura Niigata University
Masahiro Fukaya
Masahiro Fukaya Kitasato University
Miwako Yamasaki
Miwako Yamasaki Hokkaido University
Yoshiro Inoue
Yoshiro Inoue Hokkaido University
Kouichi Hashimoto
Kouichi Hashimoto Hiroshima University
Taisuke Miyazaki
Taisuke Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
Motokazu Uchigashima
Motokazu Uchigashima Niigata University
Manabu Abe
Manabu Abe Niigata University

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