Development and validation of the 25‐item Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ‐25)

Alan R. Teo, Jason I. Chen, Hiroaki Kubo, +8

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Plasma Metabolites Predict Severity of Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatric Patients-A Multicenter Pilot Analysis

Daiki Setoyama, Takahiro A. Kato, Ryota Hashimoto, +15

PLoS ONE

Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Induces Sustained Intracellular Ca2+ Elevation through the Up-regulation of Surface Transient Receptor Potential 3 (TRPC3) Channels in Rodent Microglia

Yoshito Mizoguchi, Takahiro A. Kato, Yoshihiro Seki, +9

Journal of Biological Chemistry

TNF-α from hippocampal microglia induces working memory deficits by acute stress in mice

Masahiro Ohgidani, Takahiro A. Kato, Noriaki Sagata, +4

Brain Behavior and Immunity

InflammationMemory DeficitsPsychoneuroimmunologyMedicineImmunology +7

Pretreatment of aripiprazole and minocycline, but not haloperidol, suppresses oligodendrocyte damage from interferon-γ-stimulated microglia in co-culture model

Yoshihiro Seki, Takahiro A. Kato, Akira Monji, +5

Schizophrenia Research

InflammationAnti-inflammatoryInterferon-γ-stimulated MicrogliaCo-culture ModelMedicine +8

Blood biomarkers of Hikikomori, a severe social withdrawal syndrome

Kohei Hayakawa, Takahiro A. Kato, Motoki Watabe, +13

Scientific Reports

Neuron-related blood inflammatory markers as an objective evaluation tool for major depressive disorder: An exploratory pilot case-control study

Nobuki Kuwano, Takahiro A. Kato, Masato Mitsuhashi, +8

Journal of Affective Disorders

Objective Evaluation ToolPsychiatryMood SymptomMedicineSubcortical Ischemic Depression +11

Tryptophan-kynurenine and lipid related metabolites as blood biomarkers for first-episode drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder: An exploratory pilot case-control study

Nobuki Kuwano, Takahiro A. Kato, Daiki Setoyama, +9

Journal of Affective Disorders

First-episode Drug-naïve PatientsPsychiatryMedicinePsychotropic MedicationPsychopharmacology +7

Aripiprazole inhibits polyI:C-induced microglial activation possibly via TRPM7

Mina Sato‐Kasai, Takahiro A. Kato, Masahiro Ohgidani, +10

Schizophrenia Research

InflammationAnti-inflammatoryMedicineImmunologyNeuropharmacology +6

Development and validation of the 22‐item Tarumi's Modern‐Type Depression Trait Scale: Avoidance of Social Roles, Complaint, and Low Self‐Esteem (TACS‐22)

Takahiro A. Kato, Ryoko Katsuki, Hiroaki Kubo, +12

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Mental HealthClassical Test TheoryPsychologySocial SciencesPersonality Disorder +18