2026 Tetsuya Suhara: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	93	986	882	13	12	623	32630
Medicine	93	10869	10210	309	292	626	32646

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Tetsuya Suhara is affiliated with the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within neuroscience and medicine, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist has also contributed to studies in neurology, physiology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The main fields studied by Suhara include:

Neuroscience
Medicine

Within these fields, key subfields of study are:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Neurology
Physiology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Neural dynamics and brain function

Tetsuya Suhara has published multiple papers, some of which include:

"Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys" (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
"High-Contrast In Vivo Imaging of Tau Pathologies in Alzheimer's and Non-Alzheimer's Disease Tauopathies" (2020), published in Neuron
"Selective Disruption of Inhibitory Synapses Leading to Neuronal Hyperexcitability at an Early Stage of Tau Pathogenesis in a Mouse Model" (2020), published in Journal of Neuroscience
"Distinct microglial response against Alzheimer's amyloid and tau pathologies characterized by P2Y12 receptor" (2021), published in Brain Communications
"Primary functional brain connections associated with melancholic major depressive disorder and modulation by antidepressants" (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Suhara has frequently published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
Neuron
Scientific Reports
Journal of Neuroscience

The scientist has collaborated regularly with coauthors including:

Makoto Higuchi
Ming-Rong Zhang
Yuji Nagai
Takafumi Minamimoto
Chie Seki

Best Publications

Synapse Loss and Microglial Activation Precede Tangles in a P301S Tauopathy Mouse Model

Yasumasa Yoshiyama;Makoto Higuchi;Bin Zhang;Shu-Ming Huang

2436
Citations
Consensus nomenclature for in vivo imaging of reversibly binding radioligands

Robert B. Innis;Vincent Joseph Cunningham;Jacques Delforge;Masahiro Fujita

2220
Citations
Decreased prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors in schizophrenia revealed by PET

Yoshiro Okubo;Yoshiro Okubo;Tetsuya Suhara;Kazutoshi Suzuki;Kaoru Kobayashi

1026
Citations
Linearized Reference Tissue Parametric Imaging Methods: Application to [11C]DASB Positron Emission Tomography Studies of the Serotonin Transporter in Human Brain:

Masanori Ichise;Jeih-San Liow;Jian-Qiang Lu;Akihiro Takano

941
Citations
Imaging of Tau Pathology in a Tauopathy Mouse Model and in Alzheimer Patients Compared to Normal Controls

Masahiro Maruyama;Hitoshi Shimada;Tetsuya Suhara;Hitoshi Shinotoh

849
Citations
When Your Gain Is My Pain and Your Pain Is My Gain: Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude

Hidehiko Takahashi;Motoichiro Kato;Masato Matsuura;Dean Mobbs

699
Citations
Mapping of brain acetylcholinesterase alterations in Lewy body disease by PET

H. Shimada;S. Hirano;H. Shinotoh;A. Aotsuka

419
Citations
Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys.

Yuji Nagai;Naohisa Miyakawa;Hiroyuki Takuwa;Yukiko Hori

413
Citations
Longitudinal, Quantitative Assessment of Amyloid, Neuroinflammation, and Anti-Amyloid Treatment in a Living Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease Enabled by Positron Emission Tomography

Jun Maeda;Bin Ji;Toshiaki Irie;Takami Tomiyama

410
Citations
Measurement of acetylcholinesterase by positron emission tomography in the brains of healthy controls and patients with Alzheimer's disease

Masaomi Iyo;Hiroki Namba;Kiyoshi Fukushi;Hitoshi Shinotoh;Hitoshi Shinotoh

367
Citations
Carbon-11-FLB 457: a radioligand for extrastriatal D2 dopamine receptors

Christer Halldin;Lars Farde;Thomas Högberg;Nina Mohell

324
Citations
Increased Binding of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor in Alzheimer's Disease Measured by Positron Emission Tomography with [11C]DAA1106

Fumihiko Yasuno;Fumihiko Yasuno;Miho Ota;Miho Ota;Jun Kosaka;Hiroshi Ito

303
Citations
Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel candidate endophenotype of psychiatric disorders.

Nobuyuki Yamasaki;Motoko Maekawa;Katsunori Kobayashi;Yasushi Kajii

300
Citations
Age-related changes in human D1 dopamine receptors measured by positron emission tomography

T. Suhara;H. Fukuda;O. Inoue;T. Itoh

300
Citations
Decreased Dopamine D2 Receptor Binding in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Schizophrenia

Tetsuya Suhara;Yoshiro Okubo;Fumihiko Yasuno;Yasuhiko Sudo

270
Citations
PET study of [11C]beta-CIT binding to monoamine transporters in the monkey and human brain.

Lars Farde;Christer Halldin;Lars Müller;Tetsuya Suhara

263
Citations
Dopamine D2 receptors in the insular cortex and the personality trait of novelty seeking.

Tetsuya Suhara;Fumihiko Yasuno;Yasuhiko Sudo;Masahiro Yamamoto;Masahiro Yamamoto

258
Citations
Age-related degeneration of corpus callosum measured with diffusion tensor imaging

Miho Ota;Takayuki Obata;Yoshihide Akine;Hiroshi Ito

251
Citations
High-Contrast In Vivo Imaging of Tau Pathologies in Alzheimer’s and Non-Alzheimer’s Disease Tauopathies

Kenji Tagai;Kenji Tagai;Maiko Ono;Manabu Kubota;Manabu Kubota;Soichiro Kitamura;Soichiro Kitamura

249
Citations
P301S Mutant Human Tau Transgenic Mice Manifest Early Symptoms of Human Tauopathies with Dementia and Altered Sensorimotor Gating

Hiroki Takeuchi;Michiyo Iba;Haruhisa Inoue;Makoto Higuchi

246
Citations
No association between genotype of the promoter region of serotonin transporter gene and serotonin transporter binding in human brain measured by PET.

Kunihiko Shioe;Tetsuya Ichimiya;Tetsuya Suhara;Akihiro Takano

244
Citations
Functional brain mapping of monkey tool use.

Shigeru Obayashi;Shigeru Obayashi;Shigeru Obayashi;Tetsuya Suhara;Koichi Kawabe;Takashi Okauchi

243
Citations