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Yasuto Itoyama

Yasuto Itoyama

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
37464
World Ranking
7092
National Ranking
169

Yasuto Itoyama publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuto Itoyama sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 633 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Yasuto Itoyama D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuto Itoyama sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yasuto Itoyama is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with subfields including Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Their recent publication record lists the following paper:

  • Staging of astrocytopathy and complement activation in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, 2021, Brain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yasuto Itoyama include:

  • Yoshiki Takai
  • Tatsuro Misu
  • Hiroyoshi Suzuki
  • Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Hiromi Okada

Research by Itoyama has predominantly appeared in the publication venue Brain.

Best Publications

  • Safety and efficacy of edaravone in well defined patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Koji Abe;Masashi Aoki;Shoji Tsuji;Yasuto Itoyama

  • Interleukin-1 as a Pathogenetic Mediator of Ischemic Brain Damage in Rats

    Yasundo Yamasaki;Naosuke Matsuura;Hidetaka Shozuhara;Hiroshi Onodera

  • Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody is involved in the pathogenesis of NMO: a study on antibody titre.

    Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kazuo Fujihara;Ichiro Nakashima;Tatsuro Misu

  • Loss of aquaporin 4 in lesions of neuromyelitis optica: distinction from multiple sclerosis.

    T. Misu;K. Fujihara;A. Kakita;H. Konno

  • Presenilin-1 mutations downregulate the signalling pathway of the unfolded-protein response

    Taiichi Katayama;Kazunori Imaizumi;Naoya Sato;Ko Miyoshi

  • Neuromyelitis optica: pathogenicity of patient immunoglobulin in vivo.

    Monika Bradl;Tatsuro Misu;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Mitsutoshi Watanabe

  • Myelin-associated glycoprotein demonstrated immunocytochemically in myelin and myelin-forming cells of developing rat.

    Nancy H. Sternberger;Richard H. Quarles;Yasuto Itoyama;Henry Def. Webster

  • Reduction of Ischemic Damage by Application of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Rat Brain after Transient Ischemia

    Takeshi Hayashi;Koji Abe;Yasuto Itoyama

  • Rats Expressing Human Cytosolic Copper–Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Transgenes with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Associated Mutations Develop Motor Neuron Disease

    Makiko Nagai;Masashi Aoki;Ichiro Miyoshi;Masaaki Kato

  • Rapid induction of vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.

    T. Hayashi;K. Abe;H. Suzuki;Y. Itoyama

  • Diffusion-weighted MRI abnormalities as an early diagnostic marker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    Y. Shiga;K. Miyazawa;S. Sato;R. Fukushima

  • Silent Cerebral Microbleeds on T2*-Weighted MRI: Correlation with Stroke Subtype, Stroke Recurrence, and Leukoaraiosis

    Hiroyuki Kato;Masahiro Izumiyama;Kimiaki Izumiyama;Akira Takahashi

  • Ischemic Delayed Neuronal Death A Mitochondrial Hypothesis

    K. Abe;M. Aoki;J. Kawagoe;T. Yoshida

  • The pathology of an autoimmune astrocytopathy: lessons learned from neuromyelitis optica.

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Yong Guo;Bogdan F. Gh. Popescu;Bogdan F. Gh. Popescu;Kazuo Fujihara

  • Intractable hiccup and nausea with periaqueductal lesions in neuromyelitis optica

    T. Misu;K. Fujihara;I. Nakashima;S. Sato

  • Confirmatory double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of efficacy and safety of edaravone (MCI-186) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

    Koji Abe;Yasuto Itoyama;Gen Sobue;Shoji Tsuji

  • Induction of nitrotyrosine-like immunoreactivity in the lower motor neuron of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    K. Abe;L.-H. Pan;M. Watanabe;M. Watanabe;T. Kato

  • Therapeutic efficacy of plasma exchange in NMO-IgG-positive patients with neuromyelitis optica:

    S. Watanabe;I. Nakashima;T. Misu;I. Miyazawa

  • Systemic increase of oxidative nucleic acid damage in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy.

    Akio Kikuchi;Atsushi Takeda;Hiroshi Onodera;Teiko Kimpara

  • Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody is involved in the pathogenesis of NMO : a study on antibody titre. Commentary

    Alastair Compston;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kazuo Fujihara;Ichiro Nakashima

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuo Fujihara
Kazuo Fujihara Fukushima Medical University
Ichiro Nakashima
Ichiro Nakashima Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Koji Abe
Koji Abe Okayama University
Tsutomu Araki
Tsutomu Araki Tohoku University
Kyuya Kogure
Kyuya Kogure Tohoku University
Mikio Shoji
Mikio Shoji Hirosaki University
Hiroshi Fukuda
Hiroshi Fukuda Tohoku University
Etsuro Mori
Etsuro Mori Tohoku University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Jun-ichi Kira
Jun-ichi Kira Kyushu University

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