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Masunori Matsuzaki

Masunori Matsuzaki

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D-Index
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Citations
32634
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Overview

Masunori Matsuzaki is a researcher affiliated with Yamaguchi University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research covers several subfields, including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Cell Biology

Main topics in their work address:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Matsuzaki include:

  • Antihypertensive treatment and risk of cancer: an individual participant data meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Blood pressure-lowering treatment for prevention of major cardiovascular diseases in people with and without type 2 diabetes: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis, 2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Neuronal representations of reward-predicting cues and outcome history with movement in the frontal cortex, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Transition of distinct context-dependent ensembles from secondary to primary motor cortex in skilled motor performance, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Structural dynamics and stability of corticocortical and thalamocortical axon terminals during motor learning, 2020, PLoS ONE

Matsuzaki has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Masashi Kondo
  • Shin-Ichiro Terada
  • Teppei Ebina
  • Kenta Kobayashi
  • Yoshito Masamizu

Their publications are often featured in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • The Lancet Oncology

Best Publications

  • Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on major coronary events in hypercholesterolaemic patients (JELIS): a randomised open-label, blinded endpoint analysis

    Mitsuhiro Yokoyama;Hideki Origasa;Masunori Matsuzaki;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • Mutations in the cardiac troponin I gene associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Akinori Kimura;Haruhito Harada;Jeong-Euy Park;Hirofumi Nishi

  • Pharmacological blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease across different levels of blood pressure: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis

    Kazem Rahimi;Zeinab Bidel;Milad Nazarzadeh;Emma Copland

  • Local implantation of autologous bone marrow cells for therapeutic angiogenesis in patients with ischemic heart disease: clinical trial and preliminary results.

    Kimikazu Hamano;Masahiko Nishida;Ken Hirata;Akihito Mikamo

  • Direct Activation of Mitochondrial Apoptosis Machinery by c-Jun N-terminal Kinase in Adult Cardiac Myocytes

    Hiroki Aoki;Hiroki Aoki;Peter M. Kang;James Hampe;Koichi Yoshimura

  • Regression of abdominal aortic aneurysm by inhibition of c-Jun N-terminal kinase

    Koichi Yoshimura;Hiroki Aoki;Yasuhiro Ikeda;Kozo Fujii

  • Effects of EPA on coronary artery disease in hypercholesterolemic patients with multiple risk factors: Sub-analysis of primary prevention cases from the Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS)

    Yasushi Saito;Mitsuhiro Yokoyama;Hideki Origasa;Masunori Matsuzaki

  • Effect of Intensive Statin Therapy on Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome : A Multicenter Randomized Trial Evaluated by Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Using Pitavastatin Versus Atorvastatin (JAPAN-ACS [Japan Assessment of Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin in Acute Coronary Syndrome] Study)

    Takafumi Hiro;Takeshi Kimura;Takeshi Morimoto;Katsumi Miyauchi

  • Importance of left atrial function in patients with myocardial infarction.

    Y Matsuda;Y Toma;H Ogawa;M Matsuzaki

  • Cytokines produced by bone marrow cells can contribute to functional improvement of the infarcted heart by protecting cardiomyocytes from ischemic injury

    Masaya Takahashi;Tao-Sheng Li;Ryo Suzuki;Toshiro Kobayashi

  • FKBP12.6-Mediated Stabilization of Calcium-Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy Against Heart Failure

    Masafumi Yano;Shigeki Kobayashi;Masateru Kohno;Masahiro Doi

  • Tcap gene mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Takeharu Hayashi;Takuro Arimura;Manatsu Itoh-Satoh;Kazuo Ueda

  • Large scale cohort study of the relationship between serum cholesterol concentration and coronary events with low-dose simvastatin therapy in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia.

    Masunori Matsuzaki;Toru Kita;Hiroshi Mabuchi;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • Localized elevation of shear stress is related to coronary plaque rupture: a 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study with in-vivo color mapping of shear stress distribution.

    Yusaku Fukumoto;Takafumi Hiro;Takashi Fujii;Genta Hashimoto

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension

    Toshio Ogihara;Kenjiro Kikuchi;Toshiro Fujita;Jitsuo Higaki

  • Reduction in the Recurrence of Stroke by Eicosapentaenoic Acid for Hypercholesterolemic Patients: Subanalysis of the JELIS Trial

    Kortaro Tanaka;Yuichi Ishikawa;Mitsuhiro Yokoyama;Hideki Origasa

  • Altered Stoichiometry of FKBP12.6 Versus Ryanodine Receptor as a Cause of Abnormal Ca2+ Leak Through Ryanodine Receptor in Heart Failure

    Masafumi Yano;Kaoru Ono;Tomoko Ohkusa;Masae Suetsugu

  • Regional myocardial perfusion and wall thickening during ischemia in conscious dogs.

    K. P. Gallagher;M. Matsuzaki;J. A. Koziol;W. S. Kemper

  • Altered intracellular Ca2+ handling in heart failure

    Masafumi Yano;Yasuhiro Ikeda;Masunori Matsuzaki

  • Relationships between plasma fatty acid composition and coronary artery disease.

    Hiroshige Itakura;Mitsuhiro Yokoyama;Masunori Matsuzaki;Yasushi Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Toru Kita
Toru Kita Kyoto University
Yasushi Saito
Yasushi Saito Chiba University
Yuji Matsuzawa
Yuji Matsuzawa Sumitomo Hospital
Kazuaki Shimamoto
Kazuaki Shimamoto Sapporo Medical University
Takeshi Kimura
Takeshi Kimura Kyoto University
Masakazu Yamagishi
Masakazu Yamagishi Osaka University of Human Sciences
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Kobe University
Kazuyuki Shimada
Kazuyuki Shimada Nagoya University
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Yasuo Ohashi
Yasuo Ohashi Chuo University

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