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5558
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Michio Toru 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 Michio Toru sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michio Toru 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 Michio Toru sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michio Toru is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Building and Construction, Mechanical Engineering, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main topics of Michio Toru's work include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Waste Management and Environmental Impact
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management

Michio Toru has contributed to academic literature through publications in Soil Science & Plant Nutrition. Two notable recent papers published in 2025 are:

  • Soil texture affects the nitrogen fate in the methane fermentation digestate applied to paddy soil (2025, Soil Science & Plant Nutrition)
  • Impact of methane fermentation waste fluid application rates on maize yield and fate of N with special reference to soil textures (2025, Soil Science & Plant Nutrition)

Frequent collaborators in Michio Toru's research include:

  • T. Bui
  • Makoto Shibata
  • Matsubara Keisuke
  • Keitaro Fukushima
  • Shinya Funakawa

Best Publications

  • Decreased prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors in schizophrenia revealed by PET

    Yoshiro Okubo;Yoshiro Okubo;Tetsuya Suhara;Kazutoshi Suzuki;Kaoru Kobayashi

  • A Functional Polymorphism in the Promoter Region of the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene Is Associated with Schizophrenia

    Tadao Arinami;Ming Gao;Hideo Hamaguchi;Michio Toru

  • Increased [3H]kainic acid binding in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia

    Toru Nishikawa;Mizuo Takashima;Michio Toru

  • A genetic polymorphism in the promoter region of DRD4 associated with expression and schizophrenia.

    Yuki Okuyama;Hiroki Ishiguro;Michio Toru;Tadao Arinami

  • Behavioral sensitization and relative hyperresponsiveness of striatal and limbic dopaminergic neurons after repeated methamphetamine treatment.

    Toru Nishikawa;Nobuko Mataga;Mizuo Takashima;Michio Toru

  • Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase variant and schizophrenia/depression

    Tadao Arinami;Naoki Yamada;Kimiko Yamakawa-Kobayashi;Hideo Hamaguchi

  • A structural polymorphism of human dopamine D2 receptor, D2(Ser311→Cys)

    M. Itokawa;T. Arinami;N. Futamura;H. Hamaguchi

  • Neurotransmitters, receptors and neuropeptides in post‐mortem brains of chronic schizophrenic patients

    Unknown

  • Antidepressantlike effects of chronic nicotine on learned helplessness paradigm in rats.

    Jun’ichi Semba;Chikage Mataki;Satoru Yamada;Masahiro Nankai

  • An insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme gene is associated with both brain substance P contents and affective disorders

    Tadao Arinami;Li Liming;Hiroshi Mitsushio;Masanari Itokawa

  • A cross-national EEG study of children with emotional and behavioral problems: A WHO collaborative study in the Western Pacific region

    Masato Matsuura;Yoshiro Okubo;Michio Toru;Takuya Kojima

  • Association between severity of alcoholism and the A1 allele of the dopamine D2 receptor gene TaqI A RFLP in Japanese

    Tadao Arinami;Masanari Itokawa;Tokutaro Komiyama;Hiroshi Mitsushio

  • An association between a missense polymorphism in the close homologue of L1 (CHL1, CALL) gene and schizophrenia.

    K Sakurai;O Migita;M Toru;T Arinami

  • Mutation analysis of the NMDAR2B (GRIN2B) gene in schizophrenia.

    T Ohtsuki;K Sakurai;H Dou;M Toru

  • A microsatellite repeat in the promoter of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2A subunit (GRIN2A) gene suppresses transcriptional activity and correlates with chronic outcome in schizophrenia.

    Masanari Itokawa;Kazuo Yamada;Kiyoshi Yoshitsugu;Tomoko Toyota

  • Sequestration of the short and long isoforms of dopamine D2 receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

    M Itokawa;M Toru;K Ito;H Tsuga

  • Epileptiform EEG Discharges in Healthy Children: Prevalence, Emotional and Behavioral Correlates, and Genetic Influences

    Yoshiro Okubo;Masato Matsuura;Toshio Asai;Kunihiko Asai

  • Association study between the -141C Ins/Del and TaqI A polymorphisms of the dopamine D2 receptor gene and alcoholism.

    Hiroki Ishiguro;Tadao Arinami;Toshikazu Saito;Shigeru Akazawa

  • Association Between Drinking-Related Antisocial Behavior and a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene in a Japanese Population

    H. Ishiguro;T. Saito;S. Akazawa;H. Mitushio

  • Screening for 22q11 deletions in a schizophrenia population

    T. Arinami;T. Ohtsuki;K. Takase;H. Shimizu

  • Behavioural and neurochemical effects of OPC-14597, a novel antipsychotic drug, on dopaminergic mechanisms in rat brain

    J. Semba;A. Watanabe;S. Kito;M. Toru

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadao Arinami
Tadao Arinami University of Tsukuba
Yoshiro Okubo
Yoshiro Okubo Neuroscience Research Australia
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh
Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh National Institutes of Health
Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Mitsuru Kikuchi
Mitsuru Kikuchi Kanazawa University
Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto Hiroshima University
Norbert Kathmann
Norbert Kathmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Tatsuya Haga
Tatsuya Haga Gakushuin University

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