# Akira Sawa

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/akira-sawa/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 31,570 |
| Field | Phosphodiesterase function and regulation |
| h-index | 90 |
| i10-index | 309 |
| Last Known Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5069018183 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-3008 |
| Works | 562 |

## Researcher papers

- [Schizophrenia](https://scholariq.org/papers/schizophrenia/)
- [Increased Levels of Glutamate in Brains from Patients with Mood Disorders](https://scholariq.org/papers/increased-levels-of-glutamate-in-brains-from-patients-with-mood-disorders/)
- [Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA](https://scholariq.org/papers/increased-power-by-harmonizing-structural-mri-site-differences-with-the-combat/)
- [Impact of the DISC1 Ser704Cys polymorphism on risk for major depression, brain morphology and ERK signaling](https://scholariq.org/papers/impact-of-the-disc1-ser704cys-polymorphism-on-risk-for-major-depression-brain/)

## Researcher topics

- [Phosphodiesterase function and regulation](https://scholariq.org/topics/phosphodiesterase-function-and-regulation/)
- [Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling](https://scholariq.org/topics/receptor-mechanisms-and-signaling/)
- [Tryptophan and brain disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/tryptophan-and-brain-disorders-2/)
- [Functional Brain Connectivity Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/functional-brain-connectivity-studies/)
- [Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neuropharmacology-research/)

## Researcher university

- [Johns Hopkins University](https://scholariq.org/institutions/johns-hopkins-university/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.