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Suguru Kawato

Suguru Kawato

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
9061
World Ranking
5756
National Ranking
183

Suguru Kawato 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 Suguru Kawato sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 299 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Suguru Kawato 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 Suguru Kawato sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Suguru Kawato is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with significant contributions across genetics, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers key topics including estrogen and related hormone effects, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic organic pollutants impact, menopause health impacts and treatments, stress responses and cortisol, and phosphodiesterase function and regulation.

Suguru Kawato has published research in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Suguru Kawato include:

  • Perinatal Exposure of Bisphenol A Differently Affects Dendritic Spines of Male and Female Grown-Up Adult Hippocampal Neurons (2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Rethinking synthesis and function of neuro-estrogen and neuro-androgen in the hippocampus: some methodological problems and possible solutions (2025, bioRxiv)
  • Testosterone replacement therapy ameliorates spatial cognitive function in age-related hypogonadism (LOH) patients: analysis with a virtual three-dimensional maze (2025, bioRxiv)
  • Age-related decline of synaptic plasticity is regulated by neuro-androgen and neuro-estrogen in normal aging of hippocampus (2025, bioRxiv)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Mari Ogiue-Ikeda, Mika Soma, Minoru Saito, Shigeo Horie, and Yasushi Hojo.

Best Publications

  • A theory of fluorescence polarization decay in membranes.

    K. Kinosita;S. Kawato;A. Ikegami

  • Adult male rat hippocampus synthesizes estradiol from pregnenolone by cytochromes P45017α and P450 aromatase localized in neurons

    Yasushi Hojo;Taka-aki Hattori;Taihei Enami;Aizo Furukawa

  • Rapid modulation of long-term depression and spinogenesis via synaptic estrogen receptors in hippocampal principal neurons.

    Hideo Mukai;Tomokazu Tsurugizawa;Gen Murakami;Shiro Kominami

  • Estrogen synthesis in the brain—Role in synaptic plasticity and memory

    Yasushi Hojo;Gen Murakami;Hideo Mukai;Shimpei Higo

  • Neurosteroid Synthesis by Cytochrome P450-Containing Systems Localized in the Rat Brain Hippocampal Neurons: N-Methyl-d-Aspartate and Calcium-Dependent Synthesis

    Tetsuya Kimoto;Tomokazu Tsurugizawa;Yoichiro Ohta;Jun'ya Makino

  • Corticosterone acutely prolonged N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated Ca2+ elevation in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.

    Taiki Takahashi;Tetsuya Kimoto;Nobuaki Tanabe;Taka-aki Hattori

  • Female hippocampal estrogens have a significant correlation with cyclic fluctuation of hippocampal spines

    Asami Kato;Yasushi Hojo;Shimpei Higo;Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki

  • Comparison between Hippocampus-Synthesized and Circulation-Derived Sex Steroids in the Hippocampus

    Yasushi Hojo;Shimpei Higo;Hirotaka Ishii;Yuuki Ooishi

  • Mild exercise increases dihydrotestosterone in hippocampus providing evidence for androgenic mediation of neurogenesis

    Masahiro Okamoto;Yasushi Hojo;Koshiro Inoue;Takashi Matsui

  • Modulation of synaptic plasticity by brain estrogen in the hippocampus

    Hideo Mukai;Tetsuya Kimoto;Yasushi Hojo;Suguru Kawato

  • Hippocampal cytochrome P450s synthesize brain neurosteroids which are paracrine neuromodulators of synaptic signal transduction.

    Keisuke Shibuya;Norio Takata;Yasushi Hojo;Aizo Furukawa

  • Rapid modulation of synaptic plasticity by estrogens as well as endocrine disrupters in hippocampal neurons

    Mari Ogiue-Ikeda;Nobuaki Tanabe;Hideo Mukai;Yasushi Hojo

  • Hippocampal synthesis of estrogens and androgens which are paracrine modulators of synaptic plasticity: synaptocrinology.

    H. Mukai;N. Takata;H.-t. Ishii;N. Tanabe

  • Modulation of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus by hippocampus-derived estrogen and androgen

    Yuuki Ooishi;Suguru Kawato;Yasushi Hojo;Yusuke Hatanaka

  • Local neurosteroid production in the hippocampus: influence on synaptic plasticity of memory.

    Hideo Mukai;Tomokazu Tsurugizawa;Mari Ogiue-Ikeda;Gen Murakami

  • Increase in salivary oxytocin and decrease in salivary cortisol after listening to relaxing slow-tempo and exciting fast-tempo music.

    Yuuki Ooishi;Hideo Mukai;Hideo Mukai;Ken Watanabe;Ken Watanabe;Suguru Kawato

  • The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on long-term potentiation in rat hippocampus depends on stimulus intensity.

    Mari Ogiue-Ikeda;Suguru Kawato;Shoogo Ueno

  • Comparison between basal and apical dendritic spines in estrogen-induced rapid spinogenesis of CA1 principal neurons in the adult hippocampus

    Gen Murakami;Tomokazu Tsurugizawa;Yusuke Hatanaka;Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki;Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki

  • Estradiol rapidly modulates synaptic plasticity of hippocampal neurons: Involvement of kinase networks

    Yoshitaka Hasegawa;Yasushi Hojo;Hiroki Kojima;Muneki Ikeda

  • Rapid spinogenesis of pyramidal neurons induced by activation of glucocorticoid receptors in adult male rat hippocampus.

    Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki;Gen Murakami;Tomokazu Tsurugizawa;Hideo Mukai

  • Hippocampal synthesis of sex steroids and corticosteroids: essential for modulation of synaptic plasticity

    Yasushi Hojo;Shimpei Higo;Suguru Kawato;Yusuke Hatanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Cherry
Richard J. Cherry University of Essex
Nobuhiro Harada
Nobuhiro Harada Fujita Health University
John H. Morrison
John H. Morrison University of California, Davis
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
William G.M. Janssen
William G.M. Janssen Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tetsuo Nagano
Tetsuo Nagano University of Tokyo
Kaspar H. Winterhalter
Kaspar H. Winterhalter École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bon-chu Chung
Bon-chu Chung China Medical University
Erwin Sigel
Erwin Sigel University of Bern
Hideaki Soya
Hideaki Soya University of Tsukuba

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