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Masaru Tanaka

Masaru Tanaka

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Ecology and Evolution
Japan
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
9253
World Ranking
4404
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masaru Tanaka is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has made significant contributions in the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with particular emphasis on the intersection of neurobiology and psychiatric disorders. Their work spans several key areas within biological psychiatry, psychiatry and mental health, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's research prominently focuses on the metabolic pathways involving tryptophan and its role in brain disorders. This includes detailed investigation into stress responses, cortisol regulation, bipolar disorder treatments, neuroendocrine regulation of behavior, migraine and headache studies, and broader mental health research topics, particularly treatment approaches for major depression.

Masaru Tanaka's publication record includes a considerable volume of papers appearing in respected venues. Frequent publication platforms include Preprints.org, Biomedicines, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cells, and the Journal of Neural Transmission.

Some of the recent papers authored by Tanaka address diverse aspects of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions as well as their biochemical underpinnings:

  • Exploring the Etiological Links behind Neurodegenerative Diseases: Inflammatory Cytokines and Bioactive Kynurenines (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Immune Influencers in Action: Metabolites and Enzymes of the Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolic Pathway (2021, Biomedicines)
  • Mitochondrial Impairment: A Common Motif in Neuropsychiatric Presentation? The Link to the Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolic System (2022, Cells)

Tanaka frequently collaborates with several coauthors, who have coauthored numerous publications alongside them. Prominent frequent collaborators include László Vécsei, Ágnes Szabó, Lucas Fornari Laurindo, Sandra Maria Barbalho, and Caroline Barbalho Lamas.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of pollution on coastal and marine ecosystems including coastal and marine fisheries and approach for management: a review and synthesis.

    Md. Shahidul Islam;Masaru Tanaka

  • Waste loading in shrimp and fish processing effluents: potential source of hazards to the coastal and nearshore environments.

    Md.Shahidul Islam;Saleha Khan;Masaru Tanaka

  • Temperature influence on larval growth and metamorphosis of the Japanese flounder Palalichthys olivaceus in the laboratory

    Tadahisa Seikai;Jean Beran Tanangonan;Masaru Tanaka

  • Differential isotopic enrichment and half-life among tissues in Japanese temperate bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) juveniles: implications for analyzing migration

    Keita W Suzuki;Akihide Kasai;Kouji Nakayama;Masaru Tanaka

  • Effect of stocking density on growth, digestive enzyme activity and cortisol level in larvae and juveniles of Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

    Sergio Bolasina;Masatomo Tagawa;Yoh Yamashita;Masaru Tanaka

  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE PITUITARY, THYROID AND INTERRENAL GLANDS AND APPLICATIONS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY TO THE IMPROVED REARING OF MARINE FISH LARVAE

    M. Tanaka;J.B. Tanangonan;M. Tagawa;E.G. de Jesus

  • Ecophysiology of juvenile flatfish in nursery grounds

    Yoh Yamashita;Masaru Tanaka;John M Miller

  • Life history cycles in flatfish from the Northwestern Pacific, with particular reference to their early life histories

    T. Minami;M. Tanaka

  • Immigration settlement and mortality of flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) larvae and juveniles in a nursery ground, Shijiki Bay, Japan

    M. Tanaka;T. Goto;M. Tomiyama;H. Sudo

  • Development of the digestive organ system in Japanese flounder in relation to metamorphosis and settlement

    M. Tanaka;S. Kawai;T. Seikai;J. S. Burke

  • Water and sediment quality, partial mass budget and effluent N loading in coastal brackishwater shrimp farms in Bangladesh

    Md. Shahidul Islam;Md. Jahangir Sarker;Tamiji Yamamoto;Md. Abdul Wahab

  • Thyroid hormones in eggs of various freshwater, marine and diadromous teleosts and their changes during egg development

    Masatomo Tagawa;Masaru Tanaka;Shigeki Matsumoto;Tetsuya Hirano

  • Comparative study of the ontogeny of the lymphoid organs in three species of marine fish

    Chaiyuth Chantanachookhin;Tadahisa Seikai;Masaru Tanaka

  • Asymmetrical development of bones and soft tissues during eye migration of metamorphosing Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.

    Nozomi Okada;Yasuaki Takagi;Tadahisa Seikai;Masaru Tanaka

  • Effects of temperature and delayed initial feeding on the survival and growth of Japanese flounder larvae

    S. Z. Dou;R. Masuda;M. Tanaka;K. Tsukamoto

  • Predator–prey interaction between hatchery-reared Japanese flounder juvenile, Paralichthys olivaceus, and sandy shore crab, Matuta lunaris: daily rhythms, anti-predator conditioning and starvation

    Mostafa A.R Hossain;Masaru Tanaka;Reiji Masuda

  • Developmental Changes in Low-Salinity Tolerance and Responses of Prolactin, Cortisol and Thyroid Hormones to Low-Salinity Environment in Larvae and Juveniles of Japanese Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

    Junya Hiroi;Yoshitaka Sakakura;Masatomo Tagawa;Masatomo Tagawa;Tadahisa Seikai

  • Cage culture of sutchi catfish, Pangasius sutchi (Fowler 1937): effects of stocking density on growth, survival, yield and farm profitability

    Mohammed Mokhlesur Rahman;Md. Shahidul Islam;Govinda Chandra Halder;Masaru Tanaka

  • Developmental change in RNA:DNA ratios of fed and starved laboratory-reared Japanese flounder larvae and juveniles, and its application to assessment of nutritional condition for wild fish

    W. S. Gwak;M. Tanaka

  • Distributional Changes in Branchial Chloride Cells during Freshwater Adaptation in Japanese Sea Bass Lateolabrax japonicus

    Narisato Hirai;Masatomo Tagawa;Toyoji Kaneko;Tadahisa Seikai

Frequent Co-Authors

Reiji Masuda
Reiji Masuda Kyoto University
Yoh Yamashita
Yoh Yamashita Kyoto University
Toyoji Kaneko
Toyoji Kaneko University of Tokyo
Katsumi Tsukamoto
Katsumi Tsukamoto University of Tokyo
Ivar Rønnestad
Ivar Rønnestad University of Bergen
Toshio Takeuchi
Toshio Takeuchi Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
David H. Secor
David H. Secor University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Mutsumi Nishida
Mutsumi Nishida University of the Ryukyus
Satoshi Kubota
Satoshi Kubota Okayama University
Henk W. van der Veer
Henk W. van der Veer Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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