2026 Yuji Ikegaya: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	68	2764	2528	68	64	488	15619

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Neuroscience

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15619

Overview

Yuji Ikegaya is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a substantial body of work totaling 356 publications in this main field of study. Within neuroscience, their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, and social psychology.

The main topics that characterize their research include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Memory and neural mechanisms
Sleep and wakefulness research
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Neuroscience and neural engineering

Yuji Ikegaya's recent papers include:

The effects of microglia- and astrocyte-derived factors on neurogenesis in health and disease, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
Visualization and molecular characterization of whole-brain vascular networks with capillary resolution, 2020, Nature Communications
Astrocytic cAMP modulates memory via synaptic plasticity, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Prioritized experience replays on a hippocampal predictive map for learning, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Deep neural network-based classification of cardiotocograms outperformed conventional algorithms, 2021, Scientific Reports

The affiliations with frequent co-authors suggest collaborations with the following researchers:

Nobuyoshi Matsumoto
Takuya Sasaki
Ryuta Koyama
Kotaro Yamashiro
Shota Morikawa

The distribution of publications reflects a concentration in certain publication venues, which include:

Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Nature Communications
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Best Publications

Synfire Chains and Cortical Songs: Temporal Modules of Cortical Activity

Yuji Ikegaya;Gloster Aaron;Rosa Cossart;Dmitriy Aronov

1064
Citations
Locally synchronized synaptic inputs.

Naoya Takahashi;Kazuo Kitamura;Naoki Matsuo;Mark Mayford

390
Citations
Large-Scale Calcium Waves Traveling through Astrocytic Networks In Vivo

Nahoko Kuga;Takuya Sasaki;Yuji Takahara;Norio Matsuki

313
Citations
Mossy fiber Zn2+ spillover modulates heterosynaptic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activity in hippocampal CA3 circuits

Sayaka Ueno;Masako Tsukamoto;Tomoya Hirano;Kazuya Kikuchi

282
Citations
Genetically Encoded Green Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicators with Improved Detectability for Neuronal Ca2+ Signals

Masamichi Ohkura;Takuya Sasaki;Junko Sadakari;Keiko Gengyo-Ando

277
Citations
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Promotes the Maturation of GABAergic Mechanisms in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

Maki K. Yamada;Kohsuke Nakanishi;Shizu Ohba;Takeshi Nakamura

261
Citations
Action-potential modulation during axonal conduction.

Takuya Sasaki;Norio Matsuki;Yuji Ikegaya

260
Citations
Hippocampal ripples down-regulate synapses.

Hiroaki Norimoto;Hiroaki Norimoto;Kenichi Makino;Mengxuan Gao;Yu Shikano

252
Citations
Periodic and non-periodic responses of a periodically forced Hodgkin-Huxley oscillator

Kazuyuki Aihara;Gen Matsumoto;Yuhji Ikegaya

237
Citations
Development of a Far-Red to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probe for Calcium Ion and its Application to Multicolor Neuronal Imaging

Takahiro Egawa;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Yuichiro Koide;Sakiko Ujita

217
Citations
Metastability of Active CA3 Networks

Takuya Sasaki;Norio Matsuki;Yuji Ikegaya

212
Citations
Activity-Evoked Capacitative Ca2+ Entry: Implications in Synaptic Plasticity

Atsushi Baba;Takuya Yasui;Shigeyoshi Fujisawa;Ryuji X. Yamada

206
Citations
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induces Hyperexcitable Reentrant Circuits in the Dentate Gyrus

Ryuta Koyama;Maki K. Yamada;Shigeyoshi Fujisawa;Ritsuko Katoh-Semba

196
Citations
Attenuated hippocampal long-term potentiation in basolateral amygdala-lesioned rats

Yuji Ikegaya;Hiroshi Saito;Kazuho Abe

183
Citations
GABAergic excitation after febrile seizures induces ectopic granule cells and adult epilepsy

Ryuta Koyama;Kentaro Tao;Takuya Sasaki;Junya Ichikawa

176
Citations
Fast and accurate detection of action potentials from somatic calcium fluctuations.

Takuya Sasaki;Naoya Takahashi;Norio Matsuki;Yuji Ikegaya

174
Citations
The effects of microglia- and astrocyte-derived factors on neurogenesis in health and disease.

Tasuku Araki;Yuji Ikegaya;Ryuta Koyama

173
Citations
Deterioration of spatial learning performances in lipopolysaccharide-treated mice.

Ken Arai;Norio Matsuki;Yuji Ikegaya;Nobuyoshi Nishiyama

166
Citations
Large-scale imaging of cortical network activity with calcium indicators.

Yuji Ikegaya;Morgane Le Bon-Jego;Rafael Yuste

162
Citations
HIGH-FREQUENCY STIMULATION OF THE BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA FACILITATES THE INDUCTION OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE DENTATE GYRUS IN VIVO

Yuji Ikegaya;Hiroshi Saito;Kazuho Abe

157
Citations
An Improved Genetically Encoded Red Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicator for Detecting Optically Evoked Action Potentials

Masamichi Ohkura;Takuya Sasaki;Chiaki Kobayashi;Yuji Ikegaya

147
Citations
Circuit topology for synchronizing neurons in spontaneously active networks.

Naoya Takahashi;Takuya Sasaki;Wataru Matsumoto;Norio Matsuki

146
Citations
Interpyramid Spike Transmission Stabilizes the Sparseness of Recurrent Network Activity

Yuji Ikegaya;Takuya Sasaki;Daisuke Ishikawa;Naoko Honma

144
Citations