| Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport N Hirokawa, Y Noda, Y Tanaka, S Niwa Nature reviews Molecular cell biology 10 (10), 682-696, 2009 | 1978 | 2009 |
| Molecular motors in neurons: transport mechanisms and roles in brain function, development, and disease N Hirokawa, S Niwa, Y Tanaka Neuron 68 (4), 610-638, 2010 | 1257 | 2010 |
| KIF1Bβ-and KIF1A-mediated axonal transport of presynaptic regulator Rab3 occurs in a GTP-dependent manner through DENN/MADD S Niwa, Y Tanaka, N Hirokawa Nature cell biology 10 (11), 1269-1279, 2008 | 234 | 2008 |
| Preferential binding of a kinesin-1 motor to GTP-tubulin–rich microtubules underlies polarized vesicle transport T Nakata, S Niwa, Y Okada, F Perez, N Hirokawa Journal of Cell Biology 194 (2), 245-255, 2011 | 168 | 2011 |
| KIF19A is a microtubule-depolymerizing kinesin for ciliary length control S Niwa, K Nakajima, H Miki, Y Minato, D Wang, N Hirokawa Developmental cell 23 (6), 1167-1175, 2012 | 164 | 2012 |
| A combinatorial MAP code dictates polarized microtubule transport BY Monroy, TC Tan, JM Oclaman, JS Han, S Simó, S Niwa, ... Developmental cell 53 (1), 60-72. e4, 2020 | 130 | 2020 |
| KIF26A is an unconventional kinesin and regulates GDNF-Ret signaling in enteric neuronal development R Zhou, S Niwa, N Homma, Y Takei, N Hirokawa Cell 139 (4), 802-813, 2009 | 120 | 2009 |
| Autoinhibition of a neuronal kinesin UNC-104/KIF1A regulates the size and density of synapses S Niwa, DM Lipton, M Morikawa, C Zhao, N Hirokawa, H Lu, K Shen Cell reports 16 (8), 2129-2141, 2016 | 112 | 2016 |
| β‐Tubulin mutations that cause severe neuropathies disrupt axonal transport S Niwa, H Takahashi, N Hirokawa The EMBO journal 32 (10), 1352-1364, 2013 | 104 | 2013 |
| Disease-associated mutations hyperactivate KIF1A motility and anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors K Chiba, H Takahashi, M Chen, H Obinata, S Arai, K Hashimoto, T Oda, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (37), 18429-18434, 2019 | 100 | 2019 |
| The molecular motor KIF1A transports the TrkA neurotrophin receptor and is essential for sensory neuron survival and function Y Tanaka, S Niwa, M Dong, A Farkhondeh, L Wang, R Zhou, N Hirokawa Neuron 90 (6), 1215-1229, 2016 | 86 | 2016 |
| BORC regulates the axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors by activating ARL-8 S Niwa, L Tao, SY Lu, GM Liew, W Feng, MV Nachury, K Shen Current Biology 27 (17), 2569-2578. e4, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
| A homozygous loss-of-function CAMK2A mutation causes growth delay, frequent seizures and severe intellectual disability PH Chia, FL Zhong, S Niwa, C Bonnard, KH Utami, R Zeng, H Lee, ... Elife 7, e32451, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
| Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase alpha (PIPKα) regulates neuronal microtubule depolymerase kinesin, KIF2A and suppresses elongation of axon branches Y Noda, S Niwa, N Homma, H Fukuda, S Imajo-Ohmi, N Hirokawa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (5), 1725-1730, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |
| Kinesin superfamily proteins and the regulation of microtubule dynamics in morphogenesis S Niwa Anatomical science international 90, 1-6, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
| Structural basis for CRMP2-induced axonal microtubule formation S Niwa, F Nakamura, Y Tomabechi, M Aoki, H Shigematsu, T Matsumoto, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 10681, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |
| Going Too Far Is the Same as Falling Short†: Kinesin-3 Family Members in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia DR Gabrych, VZ Lau, S Niwa, MA Silverman Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 13, 419, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
| A molecular motor, KIF13A, controls anxiety by transporting the serotonin type 1A receptor R Zhou, S Niwa, L Guillaud, Y Tong, N Hirokawa Cell reports 3 (2), 509-519, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Characterizing KIF16B in neurons reveals a novel intramolecular “stalk inhibition” mechanism that regulates its capacity to potentiate the selective somatodendritic … A Farkhondeh, S Niwa, Y Takei, N Hirokawa Journal of Neuroscience 35 (12), 5067-5086, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| KIF1Bβ mutations detected in hereditary neuropathy impair IGF1R transport and axon growth F Xu, H Takahashi, Y Tanaka, S Ichinose, S Niwa, MP Wicklund, ... Journal of Cell Biology 217 (10), 3480-3496, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
