Masahiro Fukaya

Masahiro Fukaya 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 Masahiro Fukaya sits on this spectrum.

Masahiro Fukaya 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 Masahiro Fukaya sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Oligodendrocyte progenitors balance growth with self-repulsion to achieve homeostasis in the adult brain.

  Ethan G Hughes;Shin H Kang;Shin H Kang;Masahiro Fukaya;Masahiro Fukaya;Dwight E Bergles

  893
  Citations

• NG2+ CNS Glial Progenitors Remain Committed to the Oligodendrocyte Lineage in Postnatal Life and following Neurodegeneration

  Shin H. Kang;Masahiro Fukaya;Jason K. Yang;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  869
  Citations

• The dynamin-related GTPase Drp1 is required for embryonic and brain development in mice

  Junko Wakabayashi;Zhongyan Zhang;Nobunao Wakabayashi;Yasushi Tamura

  745
  Citations

• Degeneration and impaired regeneration of gray matter oligodendrocytes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Shin H Kang;Ying Li;Masahiro Fukaya;Ileana Lorenzini

  643
  Citations

• 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

  592
  Citations

• Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter

  Jennifer L Ziskin;Akiko Nishiyama;Maria Rubio;Masahiro Fukaya

  540
  Citations

• Transient Opening of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Induces Microdomain Calcium Transients in Astrocyte Processes

  Amit Agarwal;Pei Hsun Wu;Ethan G. Hughes;Masahiro Fukaya

  478
  Citations

• 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

  461
  Citations

• 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

  442
  Citations

• Selective scarcity of NMDA receptor channel subunits in the stratum lucidum (mossy fibre‐recipient layer) of the mouse hippocampal CA3 subfield

  Masahiko Watanabe;Masahiro Fukaya;Kenji Sakimura;Toshiya Manabe

  392
  Citations

• Two distinct classes of muscarinic action on hippocampal inhibitory synapses: M2-mediated direct suppression and M1/M3-mediated indirect suppression through endocannabinoid signalling.

  Yuko Fukudome;Takako Ohno-Shosaku;Minoru Matsui;Yuko Omori

  356
  Citations

• Subtype switching of vesicular glutamate transporters at parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapses in developing mouse cerebellum.

  Taisuke Miyazaki;Masahiro Fukaya;Hidemi Shimizu;Masahiko Watanabe

  347
  Citations

• Impairment of AMPA receptor function in cerebellar granule cells of ataxic mutant mouse stargazer.

  Kouichi Hashimoto;Masahiro Fukaya;Xiaoxi Qiao;Kenji Sakimura

  324
  Citations

• GABAergic basket cells expressing cholecystokinin contain vesicular glutamate transporter type 3 (VGLUT3) in their synaptic terminals in hippocampus and isocortex of the rat.

  Jozsef Somogyi;Jozsef Somogyi;Agnès Baude;Agnès Baude;Yuko Omori;Hidemi Shimizu

  263
  Citations

• Mitochondrial division ensures the survival of postmitotic neurons by suppressing oxidative damage

  Yusuke Kageyama;Zhongyan Zhang;Ricardo Roda;Masahiro Fukaya

  262
  Citations

• Retention of NMDA receptor NR2 subunits in the lumen of endoplasmic reticulum in targeted NR1 knockout mice

  Masahiro Fukaya;Akira Kato;Chanel Lovett;Susumu Tonegawa

  253
  Citations

• Signaling complex formation of phospholipase Cbeta4 with metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1alpha and 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor at the perisynapse and endoplasmic reticulum in the mouse brain.

  Michiko Nakamura;Kazunori Sato;Masahiro Fukaya;Kenji Araishi;Kenji Araishi

  244
  Citations

• Improved immunohistochemical detection of postsynaptically located PSD-95/SAP90 protein family by protease section pretreatment: a study in the adult mouse brain.

  Masahiro Fukaya;Masahiko Watanabe

  227
  Citations

• Dynamic transformation of Bergmann glial fibers proceeds in correlation with dendritic outgrowth and synapse formation of cerebellar Purkinje cells.

  Keiko Yamada;Masahiro Fukaya;Takashi Shibata;Hideo Kurihara

  221
  Citations

• Synaptic distribution of the NR1, NR2A and NR2B subunits of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in the rat lumbar spinal cord revealed with an antigen-unmasking technique

  Gergely G. Nagy;Masahiko Watanabe;Masahiro Fukaya;Andrew J. Todd

  203
  Citations