Kazuo Kunisawa

Chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced behavioral changes are coupled with dopaminergic hyperfunction and serotonergic hypofunction in mouse models of depression

Qiaohui Lu, Akihiro Mouri, Yang Yang et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 2019 · 90 citations

Psychopathology, Stress Hormone, Psychiatry +15

Heat-sterilized Bifidobacterium breve prevents depression-like behavior and interleukin-1β expression in mice exposed to chronic social defeat stress

Aika Kosuge, Kazuo Kunisawa, Satoshi Arai et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 2021 · 77 citations

Inflammation, Psychoneuroimmunology, Stress Hormone +11

Lipopolysaccharide shock reveals the immune function of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 through the regulation of IL-6/stat3 signalling

Yasuko Yamamoto, Wakana Yamasuge, Shinjiro Imai et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 38 citations · Full text

Betaine attenuates memory impairment after water-immersion restraint stress and is regulated by the GABAergic neuronal system in the hippocampus

Kazuo Kunisawa, Kiwamu Kido, Natsuki Nakashima et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 2016 · 37 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Neuropsychology, Memory Impairment +11

Selective and competitive inhibition of kynurenine aminotransferase 2 by glycyrrhizic acid and its analogues

Yukihiro Yoshida, Hidetsugu Fujigaki, Koichi Kato et al. · Scientific Reports · 2019 · 31 citations · Full text