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Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8260
World Ranking
8013
National Ranking
273

Overview

Mitsuyuki Matsumoto is affiliated with Astellas Pharma in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. Within these broad areas, their work focuses specifically on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The main topics Mitsuyuki Matsumoto has explored include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Their publication record includes several recent papers across notable journals:

  • Profiling gene expression in the human dentate gyrus granule cell layer reveals insights into schizophrenia and its genetic risk (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Analysis of the caudate nucleus transcriptome in individuals with schizophrenia highlights effects of antipsychotics and new risk genes (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Gamma power abnormalities in a Fmr1-targeted transgenic rat model of fragile X syndrome (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Nuclear factor kappa B activation appears weaker in schizophrenia patients with high brain cytokines than in non-schizophrenic controls with high brain cytokines (2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation)
  • Regional, cellular and species difference of two key neuroinflammatory genes implicated in schizophrenia (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Matsumoto include Katsunori Tajinda, Takuma Mihara, Shanni Yamaki, Roghiye Kazimi, and Mathew Mitchell.

Their works have appeared regularly in journals such as:

  • Neurology
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Best Publications

  • Functional Analysis of Genetic Variation in Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT): Effects on mRNA, Protein, and Enzyme Activity in Postmortem Human Brain

    Jingshan Chen;Barbara K. Lipska;Nader Halim;Quang D. Ma

  • Lysophosphatidylcholine enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion via an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor.

    Takatoshi Soga;Takahide Ohishi;Tetsuo Matsui;Tetsu Saito

  • Catechol O-methyltransferase mRNA expression in human and rat brain: evidence for a role in cortical neuronal function.

    M. Matsumoto;C.Shannon Weickert;M. Akil;B.K. Lipska

  • Human dysbindin (DTNBP1) gene expression in normal brain and in schizophrenic prefrontal cortex and midbrain.

    Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Richard E. Straub;Benjamin W. McClintock;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

  • Abnormal development of the olfactory bulb and reproductive system in mice lacking prokineticin receptor PKR2

    Shun-ichiro Matsumoto;Chihiro Yamazaki;Koh-hei Masumoto;Mamoru Nagano

  • The Molecular Characterization and Tissue Distribution of the Human Cysteinyl Leukotriene CysLT2 Receptor

    Jun Takasaki;Masazumi Kamohara;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Tetsu Saito

  • Deficiency of Schnurri-2, an MHC Enhancer Binding Protein, Induces Mild Chronic Inflammation in the Brain and Confers Molecular, Neuronal, and Behavioral Phenotypes Related to Schizophrenia

    Keizo Takao;Katsunori Kobayashi;Hideo Hagihara;Koji Ohira

  • Expression of DISC1 binding partners is reduced in schizophrenia and associated with DISC1 SNPs

    Barbara K. Lipska;Tricia Peters;Thomas M. Hyde;Nader Halim

  • Inactivation of a Novel Neuropeptide Y/Peptide YY Receptor Gene in Primate Species

    Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Tamako Nomura;Kazuhiro Momose;Yasushi Ikeda

  • Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) mRNA expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia.

    Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Senda Beltaifa;Bhaskar Kolachana

  • Full-length cDNA cloning and distribution of human dopamine D4 receptor.

    Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Kazuyuki Hidaka;Shoko Tada;Yoshikazu Tasaki

  • Molecular cloning of the platelet P2T(AC) ADP receptor: pharmacological comparison with another ADP receptor, the P2Y(1) receptor.

    Jun Takasaki;Masazumi Kamohara;Tetsu Saito;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of another leukotriene B4 receptor.

    Masazumi Kamohara;Jun Takasaki;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Tetsu Saito

  • Immature dentate gyrus: an endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Hideo Hagihara;Keizo Takao;Noah M. Walton;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

  • Detection of an immature dentate gyrus feature in human schizophrenia/bipolar patients.

    N M Walton;Y Zhou;J H Kogan;R Shin

  • Adult Neurogenesis Transiently Generates Oxidative Stress

    Noah M. Walton;Rick Shin;Katsunori Tajinda;Carrie L. Heusner

  • An evolutionarily conserved G-protein coupled receptor family, SREB, expressed in the central nervous system.

    Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Tetsu Saito;Jun Takasaki;Masazumi Kamohara

  • BrainSeq: Neurogenomics to Drive Novel Target Discovery for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

    Christian R. Schubert;Patricio O’Donnell;Jie Quan;Jens R. Wendland

  • Identification of MrgX2 as a human G-protein-coupled receptor for proadrenomedullin N-terminal peptides.

    Masazumi Kamohara;Ayako Matsuo;Jun Takasaki;Masanobu Kohda

  • Low Levels of mRNA for Dopamine D4 Receptor in Human Cerebral Cortex and Striatum

    Mitsuyuki Matsumoto;Kazuyuki Hidaka;Shoko Tada;Yoshikazu Tasaki

  • Profiling gene expression in the human dentate gyrus granule cell layer reveals insights into schizophrenia and its genetic risk.

    Andrew E. Jaffe;Daniel J. Hoeppner;Daniel J. Hoeppner;Takeshi Saito;Lou Blanpain

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel E. Kleinman
Joel E. Kleinman Johns Hopkins University
Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Fujita Health University
Mary M. Herman
Mary M. Herman National Institutes of Health
Steven J. Siegel
Steven J. Siegel University of Southern California
Keizo Takao
Keizo Takao University of Toyama
Barbara K. Lipska
Barbara K. Lipska National Institutes of Health
Tim Karl
Tim Karl Western Sydney University
Theo G.M. van Erp
Theo G.M. van Erp University of California, Irvine
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi Kindai University

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