Masaaki Iwata

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

Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee, Rongjian Liu et al. · Science · 2010 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

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 · 389 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +16

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 · 304 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

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

Kristie T. Ota, Rong-Jian Liu, Bhavya Voleti et al. · Nature Medicine · 2014 · 272 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12

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 · 205 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17