Jun Fujinawa

Expression and possible role of creatine transporter in the brain and at the blood‐cerebrospinal fluid barrier as a transporting protein of guanidinoacetate, an endogenous convulsant

Masanori Tachikawa, Jun Fujinawa, M. Takahashi et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2008 · 58 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

The blood–brain barrier transport and cerebral distribution of guanidinoacetate in rats: involvement of creatine and taurine transporters

Masanori Tachikawa, Yasuyuki Kasai, Reiji Yokoyama et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2009 · 50 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Neuroscience +14

The blood‐cerebrospinal fluid barrier is a major pathway of cerebral creatinine clearance: involvement of transporter‐mediated process

Masanori Tachikawa, Yasuyuki Kasai, M. Takahashi et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2008 · 39 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology +17

γ-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter 2 Mediates the Hepatic Uptake of Guanidinoacetate, the Creatine Biosynthetic Precursor, in Rats

Masanori Tachikawa, Saori Ikeda, Jun Fujinawa et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 34 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular Metabolism +13

Involvement of γ-aminobutyric acid transporter 2 in the hepatic uptake of taurine in rats

Saori Ikeda, Masanori Tachikawa, Shin‐ichi Akanuma et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology · 2012 · 18 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +16