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109
Citations
46888
World Ranking
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National Ranking
316

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 2015 - Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Okihide Hikosaka is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Additional subfields of study include neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work spans several core topics, such as:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior

Okihide Hikosaka's publication record includes papers in a range of journals, with notable frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • iScience
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent publications provide insight into their ongoing research interests. Some of these include:

  • "An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics," 2020, Neuron
  • "Optogenetic manipulation of a value-coding pathway from the primate caudate tail facilitates saccadic gaze shift," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Primate Amygdalo-Nigral Pathway for Boosting Oculomotor Action in Motivating Situations," 2020, iScience
  • "Common coding of expected value and value uncertainty memories in the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia output," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Brain Networks Sensitive to Object Novelty, Value, and Their Combination," 2020, Cerebral Cortex Communications

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Atsushi Yoshida
  • Masahiko Takada
  • Hyunchan Lee
  • Lindsey Drayton
  • Rolf Van Der Sanden

Okihide Hikosaka has received several awards recognizing contributions to the field of neuroscience, including:

  • Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, 2018
  • Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011

Best Publications

  • Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting

    Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin;Masayuki Matsumoto;Masayuki Matsumoto;Okihide Hikosaka

  • The Role of the Dorsal Striatum in Reward and Decision-Making

    Bernard W. Balleine;Mauricio R. Delgado;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals

    Masayuki Matsumoto;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Lateral habenula as a source of negative reward signals in dopamine neurons

    Masayuki Matsumoto;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Role of the basal ganglia in the control of purposive saccadic eye movements.

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  • Central mechanisms of motor skill learning

    Okihide Hikosaka;Kae Nakamura;Katsuyuki Sakai;Hiroyuki Nakahara

  • The habenula: from stress evasion to value-based decision-making

    Okihide Hikosaka

  • Visual and oculomotor functions of monkey substantia nigra pars reticulata. III. Memory-contingent visual and saccade responses

    O. Hikosaka;R. H. Wurtz

  • Parallel neural networks for learning sequential procedures

    Okihide Hikosaka;Hiroyuki Nakahara;Miya K. Rand;Katsuyuki Sakai

  • Visual and oculomotor functions of monkey substantia nigra pars reticulata. IV. Relation of substantia nigra to superior colliculus

    Okihide Hikosaka;Robert H. Wurtz

  • Expectation of reward modulates cognitive signals in the basal ganglia.

    Reiko Kawagoe;Yoriko Takikawa;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Modification of saccadic eye movements by GABA-related substances. I. Effect of muscimol and bicuculline in monkey superior colliculus

    O. Hikosaka;R. H. Wurtz

  • Visual and oculomotor functions of monkey substantia nigra pars reticulata. I. Relation of visual and auditory responses to saccades

    O. Hikosaka;R. H. Wurtz

  • Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Signal Preference for Advance Information about Upcoming Rewards

    Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Transition of Brain Activation from Frontal to Parietal Areas in Visuomotor Sequence Learning

    Katsuyuki Sakai;Okihide Hikosaka;Satoru Miyauchi;Ryousuke Takino

  • Modification of saccadic eye movements by GABA-related substances. II. Effects of muscimol in monkey substantia nigra pars reticulata.

    O. Hikosaka;R. H. Wurtz

  • Functional properties of monkey caudate neurons. III. Activities related to expectation of target and reward.

    Okihide Hikosaka;Masahiro Sakamoto;Sadanari Usui

  • Representation of negative motivational value in the primate lateral habenula

    Masayuki Matsumoto;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Switching from automatic to controlled action by monkey medial frontal cortex

    Masaki Isoda;Okihide Hikosaka

  • Functional properties of monkey caudate neurons. I. Activities related to saccadic eye movements

    O. Hikosaka;M. Sakamoto;S. Usui

  • A neural correlate of response bias in monkey caudate nucleus

    Johan Lauwereyns;Katsumi Watanabe;Brian Coe;Okihide Hikosaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsuyuki Sakai
Katsuyuki Sakai University of Tokyo
Robert H. Wurtz
Robert H. Wurtz National Institutes of Health
Katsumi Watanabe
Katsumi Watanabe Waseda University
Yuka Sasaki
Yuka Sasaki Brown University
David A. Leopold
David A. Leopold National Institutes of Health
Yasuo Terao
Yasuo Terao Kyorin University
Shinsuke Shimojo
Shinsuke Shimojo California Institute of Technology
Yoshikazu Ugawa
Yoshikazu Ugawa Fukushima Medical University
Ritsuko Hanajima
Ritsuko Hanajima Tottori University
Kenji Doya
Kenji Doya Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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