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Shigetada Nakanishi

Shigetada Nakanishi

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026
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Neuroscience
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
135
Citations
73479
World Ranking
232
National Ranking
2

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
135
Citations
73585
World Ranking
349
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2007 - Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Shigetada Nakanishi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their scholarly activity spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Spectroscopy, Molecular Medicine, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their scientific contributions address multiple topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study. Additional areas of work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Ion channel regulation and function.

Shigetada Nakanishi's frequent co-authors include Bernhard Bettler, Graham L. Collingridge, Raymond Dingledine, Stephen F. Heinemann, and Michael Hollmann. This collaboration network reflects a shared focus on receptor biology and neuroscience topics.

Their publications appear regularly in journals such as the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, with multiple contributions, and Neuro-Oncology Advances. Selected recent papers include:

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Ionotropic glutamate receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3, 2021, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Ionotropic glutamate receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3, 2021, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • 10296- CBMS-8 CURCUMIN, AN INHIBITOR OF P300-HAT ACTIVITY, SUPPRESSED GLIOBLASTOMA CELL PROLIFERATION IN A STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP STUDY, 2024, Neuro-Oncology Advances

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of the rat NMDA receptor

    Koki Moriyoshi;Masayuki Masu;Takahiro Ishii;Ryuichi Shigemoto

  • Molecular diversity of glutamate receptors and implications for brain function.

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  • Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for bovine corticotropin-beta-lipotropin precursor.

    Shigetada Nakanishi;Akira Inoue;Toru Kita;Masahiro Nakamura

  • Induction of midbrain dopaminergic neurons from ES cells by stromal cell-derived inducing activity.

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Kenji Mizuseki;Satomi Nishikawa;Satoshi Kaneko

  • Differential presynaptic localization of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes in the rat hippocampus.

    Ryuichi Shigemoto;Ayae Kinoshita;Eiki Wada;Sakashi Nomura

  • A Family of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

    Yasuto Tanabe;Masayuki Masu;Takahiro Ishii;Ryuichi Shigemoto

  • Structural basis of glutamate recognition by a dimeric metabotropic glutamate receptor

    Naoki Kunishima;Yoshimi Shimada;Yuji Tsuji;Toshihiro Sato

  • Sequence and expression of a metabotropic glutamate receptor

    Masayuki Masu;Yasuto Tanabe;Kunihiro Tsuchida;Ryuichi Shigemoto

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for bovine adrenal preproenkephalin

    Masaharu Noda;Yasuji Furutani;Hideo Takahashi;Mitsuyoshi Toyosato

  • Molecular characterization of a novel metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 coupled to inositol phosphate/Ca2+ signal transduction.

    T Abe;H Sugihara;H Nawa;R Shigemoto

  • cDNA cloning of bovine substance-K receptor through oocyte expression system.

    Yasuo Masu;Kazuhisa Nakayama;Hiromi Tamaki;Yoshio Harada

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for porcine beta-neo-endorphin/dynorphin precursor

    Hitoshi Kakidani;Yasuji Furutani;Hideo Takahashi;Masaharu Noda

  • Hes1 and Hes5 as notch effectors in mammalian neuronal differentiation.

    Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Makoto Ishibashi;Makoto Ishibashi;Gérald Gradwohl;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Nucleotide sequences of cloned cDNAs for two types of bovine brain substance P precursor.

    Hiroyuki Nawa;Tadaaki Hirose;Hideaki Takashima;Seiichi Inayama

  • Distribution of the mRNA for a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) in the central nervous system: an in situ hybridization study in adult and developing rat.

    Ryuichi Shigemoto;Shigetada Nakanishi;Noboru Mizuno

  • Cloning and expression of cDNA for a human thromboxane A2 receptor

    Masakazu Hirata;Yasunori Hayashi;Fumitaka Ushikubi;Yoshifumi Yokota

  • Molecular characterization of a novel retinal metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR6 with a high agonist selectivity for L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate.

    Y Nakajima;H Iwakabe;C Akazawa;H Nawa

  • Refinement of odor molecule tuning by dendrodendritic synaptic inhibition in the olfactory bulb.

    Mineto Yokoi;Kensaku Mori;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Signal transduction and pharmacological characteristics of a metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGluRl, in transfected CHO cells

    Ichiro Aramori;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • NSF Binding to GluR2 Regulates Synaptic Transmission

    Atsushi Nishimune;John T.R Isaac;Elek Molnar;Jacques Noel

  • Structures and properties of seven isoforms of the NMDA receptor generated by alternative splicing.

    Hidemitsu Sugihara;Koki Moriyoshi;Takahiro Ishii;Masayuki Masu

  • Immunohistochemical localization of a metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGluR5, in the rat brain.

    Ryuichi Shigemoto;Sakashi Nomura;Hitoshi Ohishi;Hidemitsu Sugihara

  • Tissue-specific generation of two preprotachykinin mRNAs from one gene by alternative RNA splicing.

    Hiroyuki Nawa;Hirokazu Kotani;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Distribution of the mRNA for a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR3) in the rat brain: An in situ hybridization study

    Hitoshi Ohishi;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Shigetada Nakanishi;Noboru Mizuno

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Noboru Mizuno
Noboru Mizuno Kyoto University
Shosaku Numa
Shosaku Numa Kyoto University
Kazuhisa Nakayama
Kazuhisa Nakayama Kyoto University
Ryoichiro Kageyama
Ryoichiro Kageyama Kyoto University
Jeremy M. Henley
Jeremy M. Henley University of Bristol
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Hiroo Imura
Hiroo Imura Kyoto University
Toru Takumi
Toru Takumi Kobe University
Hiroyuki Nawa
Hiroyuki Nawa Wakayama Medical University

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