Kotaro Takasaki

Mice lacking ganglioside GM3 synthase exhibit complete hearing loss due to selective degeneration of the organ of Corti

Misato Yoshikawa, Shinji Go, Kotaro Takasaki et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 137 citations · Full text

Ganglioside Gm3 Synthase, Auditory Science, Functional Maturation +17

Repeated administration of Yokukansan inhibits DOI-induced head-twitch response and decreases expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)2A receptors in the prefrontal cortex

Nobuaki Egashira, Katsunori Iwasaki, Ayumi Ishibashi et al. · Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · 2008 · 106 citations

Neurophysiology, Prefrontal Cortex, Medicine +11

Cannabidiol prevents a post-ischemic injury progressively induced by cerebral ischemia via a high-mobility group box1-inhibiting mechanism

Kazuhide Hayakawa, Kenichi Mishima, Keiichi Irie et al. · Neuropharmacology · 2008 · 99 citations

Cerebral Ischemia, Cerebral Vascular Regulation, Ischemic Stroke +13

Decreased acetylcholine release is correlated to memory impairment in the Tg2576 transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Takuya Watanabe, Norito Yamagata, Kotaro Takasaki et al. · Brain Research · 2008 · 77 citations

Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Physiology +8

Long-Term Culture of Astrocytes Attenuates the Readily Releasable Pool of Synaptic Vesicles

Hiroyuki Kawano, Shutaro Katsurabayashi, Yasuhiro Kakazu et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 69 citations · Full text

Glial Biology, Synapse Formation, Synaptic Transmission +26