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Takahiro Furuta

Takahiro Furuta

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
7510
World Ranking
7813
National Ranking
262

Takahiro Furuta 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 Takahiro Furuta sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 131 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Takahiro Furuta 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 Takahiro Furuta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Takahiro Furuta is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans key subfields including neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biophysics, plant science, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work centers on various topics within neuroscience, with a focus on:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep
  • Vestibular and Auditory Disorders
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Takahiro Furuta has published research in several notable venues, demonstrating a concentration in brain and neurological studies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • The Cerebellum
  • Horticultural Research (Japan)
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • STAR Protocols

Among their recent papers are publications such as:

  • The Cellular and Mechanical Basis for Response Characteristics of Identified Primary Afferents in the Rat Vibrissal System, 2020, Current Biology
  • Multi-scale light microscopy/electron microscopy neuronal imaging from brain to synapse with a tissue clearing method, ScaleSF, 2021, iScience

Frequent collaborators include Hiroyuki Hioki, Yumi Tsutsumi, Yong Chul Bae, Yoshihisa Tachibana, and Kenta Yamauchi, indicating ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Single Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Neurons Form Widely Spread and Highly Dense Axonal Arborizations in the Neostriatum

    Wakoto Matsuda;Takahiro Furuta;Kouichi C. Nakamura;Hiroyuki Hioki

  • Immunocytochemical localization of candidates for vesicular glutamate transporters in the rat cerebral cortex.

    Fumino Fujiyama;Takahiro Furuta;Takeshi Kaneko

  • Dynorphin Acts as a Neuromodulator to Inhibit Itch in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord

    Adam P. Kardon;Erika Polgár;Junichi Hachisuka;Lindsey M. Snyder

  • Hierarchy of orofacial rhythms revealed through whisking and breathing

    Jeffrey D. Moore;Martin Deschênes;Takahiro Furuta;Daniel Huber;Daniel Huber

  • Demonstration of long-range GABAergic connections distributed throughout the mouse neocortex

    Ryohei Tomioka;Keiko Okamoto;Takahiro Furuta;Fumino Fujiyama

  • Two Types of Thalamocortical Projections from the Motor Thalamic Nuclei of the Rat: A Single Neuron-Tracing Study Using Viral Vectors

    Eriko Kuramoto;Takahiro Furuta;Kouichi C. Nakamura;Tomo Unzai

  • Exclusive and common targets of neostriatofugal projections of rat striosome neurons: a single neuron-tracing study using a viral vector

    Fumino Fujiyama;Jaerin Sohn;Takashi Nakano;Takahiro Furuta

  • Ischemia-induced neurogenesis of neocortical layer 1 progenitor cells

    Koji Ohira;Takahiro Furuta;Hiroyuki Hioki;Kouichi C Nakamura;Kouichi C Nakamura

  • Differential distribution of vesicular glutamate transporters in the rat cerebellar cortex.

    H Hioki;F Fujiyama;K Taki;R Tomioka

  • A Morphological Analysis of Thalamocortical Axon Fibers of Rat Posterior Thalamic Nuclei: A Single Neuron Tracing Study with Viral Vectors

    Sachi Ohno;Sachi Ohno;Eriko Kuramoto;Takahiro Furuta;Hiroyuki Hioki

  • Efficient gene transduction of neurons by lentivirus with enhanced neuron-specific promoters

    H Hioki;H Kameda;H Nakamura;T Okunomiya

  • Ventral Medial Nucleus Neurons Send Thalamocortical Afferents More Widely and More Preferentially to Layer 1 than Neurons of the Ventral Anterior–Ventral Lateral Nuclear Complex in the Rat

    Eriko Kuramoto;Sachi Ohno;Takahiro Furuta;Tomo Unzai

  • Chemical organization of projection neurons in the rat accumbens nucleus and olfactory tubercle

    L Zhou;T Furuta;T Kaneko

  • In vivo transduction of central neurons using recombinant Sindbis virus: Golgi-like labeling of dendrites and axons with membrane-targeted fluorescent proteins

    Takahiro Furuta;Ryohei Tomioka;Kousuke Taki;Kouichi Nakamura

  • Neurons in Golgi-stain-like images revealed by GFP-adenovirus infection in vivo.

    Nobuaki Tamamaki;Kouichi Nakamura;Takahiro Furuta;Ken Asamoto

  • Dorsally derived netrin 1 provides an inhibitory cue and elaborates the 'waiting period' for primary sensory axons in the developing spinal cord.

    Keisuke Watanabe;Nobuaki Tamamaki;Nobuaki Tamamaki;Takahiro Furuta;Susan L. Ackerman

  • Presynaptic localization of an AMPA-type glutamate receptor in corticostriatal and thalamostriatal axon terminals.

    Fumino Fujiyama;Eriko Kuramoto;Keiko Okamoto;Hiroyuki Hioki

  • A quantitative study of neurochemically defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal cord.

    Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas;Takahiro Furuta;Masahiko Watanabe;Andrew J Todd

  • Individual mediodorsal thalamic neurons project to multiple areas of the rat prefrontal cortex: A single neuron-tracing study using virus vectors.

    Eriko Kuramoto;Shixiu Pan;Takahiro Furuta;Yasuhiro R. Tanaka

  • Septal neurons in barrel cortex derive their receptive field input from the lemniscal pathway

    Takahiro Furuta;Takeshi Kaneko;Martin Deschenes

  • Dynorphin is expressed primarily by GABAergic neurons that contain galanin in the rat dorsal horn

    Thomas C P Sardella;Erika Polgár;Francesca Garzillo;Takahiro Furuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Hioki
Hiroyuki Hioki Juntendo University
Fumino Fujiyama
Fumino Fujiyama Doshisha University
Martin Deschênes
Martin Deschênes Université Laval
Andrew J. Todd
Andrew J. Todd University of Glasgow
Erika Polgár
Erika Polgár University of Glasgow
Nobuaki Tamamaki
Nobuaki Tamamaki Kumamoto University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego

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