Masato Tokuhara

The activation of P2Y6 receptor in cultured spinal microglia induces the production of CCL2 through the MAP kinases-NF-κB pathway

Norimitsu Morioka, Masato Tokuhara, Sakura Harano et al. · Neuropharmacology · 2013 · 47 citations

Inflammation, Cultured Spinal Microglia, Signal Transduction +14

Primary cultures of rat cortical microglia treated with nicotine increases in the expression of excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (GLAST) via the activation of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Norimitsu Morioka, Masato Tokuhara, Yoki Nakamura et al. · Neuroscience · 2013 · 37 citations

Glial Biology, Cellular Neuroscience, Synaptic Transmission +14

Noradrenaline Induces Clock Gene Per1 mRNA Expression in C6 Glioma Cells Through β2-Adrenergic Receptor Coupled With Protein Kinase A – cAMP Response Element Binding Protein (PKA–CREB) and Src-Tyrosine Kinase – Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β (Src–GSK-3β)

Norimitsu Morioka, Tatsuhiko Sugimoto, Masato Tokuhara et al. · Journal of Pharmacological Sciences · 2010 · 37 citations · Full text

Spinal astrocytes contribute to the circadian oscillation of glutamine synthase, cyclooxygenase-1 and clock genes in the lumbar spinal cord of mice

Norimitsu Morioka, Tatsuhiko Sugimoto, Masato Tokuhara et al. · Neurochemistry International · 2012 · 29 citations

Lumbar Spinal Cord, Neurochemistry, Circadian Rhythm +16

Stimulation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor regulates glutamate transporter GLAST via basic fibroblast growth factor production in cultured cortical microglia

Norimitsu Morioka, Sakura Harano, Masato Tokuhara et al. · Brain Research · 2015 · 23 citations

Cultured Cortical Microglia, Synaptic Signaling, Neurophysiology +12