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Minoru Narita

Minoru Narita

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
76
Citations
16583
World Ranking
18931
National Ranking
607

Minoru Narita publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Minoru Narita sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 454 publications — 50th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Minoru Narita D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Minoru Narita sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Minoru Narita is affiliated with Hoshi University in Japan and has a significant body of research spanning medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their primary research focuses on molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with additional contributions to physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and neurology.

The main topics of Minoru Narita's work include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology

The scientist has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Molecular Brain
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • PAIN RESEARCH

Some recent papers authored by Minoru Narita include:

  • Direct evidence that the brain reward system is involved in the control of scratching behaviors induced by acute and chronic itch, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Normal aging induces PD-1-enriched exhausted microglia and A1-like reactive astrocytes in the hypothalamus, 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Relief of neuropathic pain by cell-specific manipulation of nucleus accumbens dopamine D1- and D2-receptor-expressing neurons, 2022, Molecular Brain
  • Cellular senescence induction leads to progressive cell death via the INK4a-RB pathway in naked mole-rats, 2023, The EMBO Journal
  • Histone modification of pain-related gene expression in spinal cord neurons under a persistent postsurgical pain-like state by electrocautery, 2021, Molecular Brain

Frequent co-authors associated with Minoru Narita's research include:

  • Naoko Kuzumaki
  • Michiko Narita
  • Yukari Suda
  • Yusuke Hamada
  • Tomohisa Mori

Best Publications

  • Direct involvement of orexinergic systems in the activation of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and related behaviors induced by morphine.

    Minoru Narita;Yasuyuki Nagumo;Seiko Hashimoto;Michiko Narita

  • Epigenetic mechanisms of chronic pain

    Giannina Descalzi;Daigo Ikegami;Toshikazu Ushijima;Eric J. Nestler

  • Chronic pain induces anxiety with concomitant changes in opioidergic function in the amygdala.

    Minoru Narita;Chihiro Kaneko;Kan Miyoshi;Yasuyuki Nagumo

  • Regulations of opioid dependence by opioid receptor types

    Minoru Narita;Masahiko Funada;Tsutomu Suzuki

  • Hippocampal epigenetic modification at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene induced by an enriched environment

    Naoko Kuzumaki;Daigo Ikegami;Rie Tamura;Nana Hareyama

  • Blockade of morphine reward through the activation of κ-opioid receptors in mice

    Masahiko Funada;Tsutomu Suzuki;Minoru Narita;Miwa Misawa

  • Direct evidence for the involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the development of a neuropathic pain-like state in mice.

    Yoshinori Yajima;Minoru Narita;Aiko Usui;Chihiro Kaneko

  • Direct Evidence of Astrocytic Modulation in the Development of Rewarding Effects Induced by Drugs of Abuse

    Minoru Narita;Mayumi Miyatake;Michiko Narita;Masahiro Shibasaki

  • Implication of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the release of dopamine and dopamine-related behaviors induced by methamphetamine.

    M Narita;K Aoki;M Takagi;Y Yajima

  • Differential antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in the mouse.

    Leon F. Tseng;Minoru Narita;Chiaki Suganuma;Hirokazu Mizoguchi

  • Epigenetic transcriptional activation of monocyte chemotactic protein 3 contributes to long-lasting neuropathic pain.

    Satoshi Imai;Daigo Ikegami;Akira Yamashita;Toshikazu Shimizu

  • Suppression of the morphine-induced rewarding effect in the rat with neuropathic pain: implication of the reduction in mu-opioid receptor functions in the ventral tegmental area.

    Satoru Ozaki;Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Masahiko Iino

  • Usefulness of Antidepressants for Improving the Neuropathic Pain-Like State and Pain-Induced Anxiety through Actions at Different Brain Sites

    Kiyomi Matsuzawa-Yanagida;Minoru Narita;Minoru Narita;Mayumi Nakajima;Naoko Kuzumaki

  • Direct evidence for spinal cord microglia in the development of a neuropathic pain‐like state in mice

    Minoru Narita;Takuya Yoshida;Mayumi Nakajima;Michiko Narita

  • Direct evidence for the involvement of the mesolimbic kappa-opioid system in the morphine-induced rewarding effect under an inflammatory pain-like state.

    Minoru Narita;Yayoi Kishimoto;Yuya Ise;Yuya Ise;Yoshinori Yajima

  • Role of delta-opioid receptor function in neurogenesis and neuroprotection.

    Minoru Narita;Naoko Kuzumaki;Mayumi Miyatake;Fumiaki Sato

  • Inhibition of protein kinase C, but not of protein kinase A, blocks the development of acute antinociceptive tolerance to an intrathecally administered μ-opioid receptor agonist in the mouse

    Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Hirokazu Mizoguchi;Leon F. Tseng

  • Involvement of a spinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor/full-length TrkB pathway in the development of nerve injury-induced thermal hyperalgesia in mice

    Yoshinori Yajima;Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Nozomi Matsumoto

  • Prenatal and neonatal exposure to bisphenol-A enhances the central dopamine D1 receptor-mediated action in mice: enhancement of the methamphetamine-induced abuse state.

    T Suzuki;K Mizuo;H Nakazawa;Y Funae

  • Neuropathic and chronic pain stimuli downregulate central μ -opioid and dopaminergic transmission

    Keiichi Niikura;Minoru Narita;Eduardo R. Butelman;Mary Jeanne Kreek

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo
Michiko Narita
Michiko Narita Tokyo Medical University
Hiroshi Nagase
Hiroshi Nagase University of Tsukuba
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University
Toshikazu Ushijima
Toshikazu Ushijima National Cancer Centre
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ichiro Sora
Ichiro Sora Kobe University
Jun K. Yamashita
Jun K. Yamashita Kyoto University
Hirotaka James Okano
Hirotaka James Okano Jikei University School of Medicine
Nobutaka Hattori
Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University

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