Masaaki Iwata

mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists

Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee, Rongjian Liu et al. · Science · 2010 · 2.8K citations · Full text

Psychological Stress Activates the Inflammasome via Release of Adenosine Triphosphate and Stimulation of the Purinergic Type 2X7 Receptor

Masaaki Iwata, Kristie T. Ota, Xiaoyuan Li et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2015 · 380 citations

Inflammation, Purinergic Type 2X7, Stress Psychology +12

Stress increases dynorphin immunoreactivity in limbic brain regions and dynorphin antagonism produces antidepressant‐like effects

Yukihiko Shirayama, Hisahito Ishida, Masaaki Iwata et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2004 · 300 citations · Full text

Psychopharmacology, Immobilization Stress, Social Sciences +28

REDD1 is essential for stress-induced synaptic loss and depressive behavior

Kristie T. Ota, Rong-Jian Liu, Bhavya Voleti et al. · Nature Medicine · 2014 · 265 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience +7

Beta-hydroxybutyrate, an endogenic NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor, attenuates stress-induced behavioral and inflammatory responses

Takehiko Yamanashi, Masaaki Iwata, Naho Kamiya et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 192 citations · Full text