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Matsuo Matsushita

Matsuo Matsushita

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
4334
World Ranking
9067
National Ranking
334

Overview

Matsuo Matsushita is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research contributions predominantly focus on the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with specific attention to neurology, endocrine and autonomic systems, pathology and forensic medicine, as well as public health, environmental, and occupational health. Their body of work comprises publications spanning multiple topics related to vestibular and auditory disorders, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, ophthalmology and eye disorders, and spinal dysraphism and malformations.

Matsushita has published academic papers in several scientific journals. The two recent papers include:

  • Projections from the lowest thoracic and upper lumbar segments to the cerebellar cortex in the rat: An anterograde tracing study (2020) in Neuroscience Research
  • Spinocerebellar neurons projecting to copula pyramidis, studied by retrograde labeling in the rat (2025) in Brain Structure and Function

The main research venues where Matsushita has published are:

  • Neuroscience Research
  • Brain Structure and Function

The research topics Matsushita addresses are represented by the following themes:

  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Ophthalmology and eye disorders
  • Spinal dysraphism and malformations

Their scientific fields of study can be categorized as:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the subfields of research include:

  • Neurology
  • Endocrine and autonomic systems
  • Pathology and forensic medicine
  • Public health, environmental and occupational health

Best Publications

  • Brainstem projections from the lateral hypothalamic area in the rat, as studied with autoradiography

    Yasuhiko Hosoya;Matsuo Matsushita

  • Anatomical organization of the spinocerebellar system in the cat, as studied by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Yasuhiko Hosoya;Michiko Ikeda

  • Identification and distribution of the spinal and hypophyseal projection neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the rat. A light and electron microscopic study with the horseradish peroxidase method.

    Y. Hosoya;M. Matsushita

  • Cells of origin of the spinocerebellar tract in the rat, studied with the method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Yasuhiko Hosoya

  • The location of spinal neurons with long descending axons (long descending propriospinal tract neurons) in the cat: a study with the horseradish peroxidase technique.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Michiko Ikeda;Yasuhiko Hosoya

  • The cells of origin of the trigeminothalamic, trigeminospinal and trigeminocerebellar projections in the cat.

    M. Matsushita;M. Ikeda;N. Okado

  • Spinal projections to the cerebellar nuclei in the cat.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Michiko Ikeda

  • Descending projections from the spinal and mesencephalic nuclei of the trigeminal nerve to the spinal cord in the cat. A study with the horseradish peroxidase technique

    Matsuo Matsushita;Nobuo Okado;Yasuhiko Hosoya;Michiko Ikeda

  • Spinocerebellar projections to lobules I and II of the anterior lobe in the cat, as studied by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Nobuo Okado

  • Afferent projections to the interpeduncular nucleus in the rat, as studied by retrograde and anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin conjugated to horseradish peroxidase.

    Hideshi Shibata;Takashi Suzuki;Matsuo Matsushita

  • A direct hypothalamic projection to the superior salivatory nucleus neurons in the rat. A study using anterograde autoradiographic and retrograde HRP methods.

    Yasuhiko Hosoya;Matsuo Matsushita;Yasuo Sugiura

  • Topographic relationship between sagittal Purkinje cell bands revealed by a monoclonal antibody to zebrin I and spinocerebellar projections arising from the central cervical nucleus in the rat.

    M. Matsushita;B. Ragnarson;G. Grant

  • Spinocerebellar projections to the vermis of the posterior lobe and the paramedian lobule in the cat, as studied by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Michiko Ikeda

  • The location of spinal projection neurons in the cerebellar nuclei (cerebellospinal tract neurons) of the cat. A study with the horseradish peroxidase technique

    Matsuo Matsushita;Yasuhiko Hosoya

  • Spinocerebellar projections from the thoracic cord in the cat, as studied by anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase

    Hiroyuki Yaginuma;Matsuo Matsushita

  • Spinocerebellar projection fields in the horizontal plane of lobules of the cerebellar anterior lobe in the cat: an anterograde wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase study.

    Hiroyuki Yaginuma;Matsuo Matsushita

  • A direct projection from the hypothalamus to the area postrema in the rat, as demonstrated by the HRP and autoradiographic methods.

    Yasuhiko Hosoya;Matsuo Matsushita

  • Projections from the lateral reticular nucleus to the cerebellar cortex and nuclei in the cat

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  • Spinocerebellar projections from the upper lumbar segments in the cat, as studied by anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase

    Matsuo Matsushita;Michiko Ikeda

  • Spinocerebellar projections from the central cervical nucleus in the cat, as studied by anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Toshio Tanami

  • The central cervical nucleus as cell origin of a spinocerebellar tract arising from the cervical cord: a study in the cat using horseradish peroxidase.

    Matsuo Matsushita;Michiko Ikeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuo Okado
Nobuo Okado University of Tsukuba

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