Takao Hirai

Parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related protein receptor signaling is required for maintenance of the growth plate in postnatal life

Takao Hirai, Andrei S. Chagin, Tatsuya Kobayashi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 104 citations · Full text

Hormone-related Protein Receptor, Human Growth, Parathyroid Disease +23

Contribution of the peripheral 5-HT2A receptor to mechanical hyperalgesia in a rat model of neuropathic pain

Aya Nitanda, Naho Yasunami, Kohji Tokumo et al. · Neurochemistry International · 2005 · 60 citations

Pain Syndrome, Health Sciences, Pain Medicine +12

Chondrocytes in the resting zone of the growth plate are maintained in a Wnt-inhibitory environment

Shawn A. Hallett, Yuki Matsushita, Wanida Ono et al. · eLife · 2021 · 56 citations · Full text

G-protein stimulatory subunit alpha and Gq/11α G-proteins are both required to maintain quiescent stem-like chondrocytes

Andrei S. Chagin, Karuna K Vuppalapati, Tatsuya Kobayashi et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 52 citations · Full text

Quiescent Stem-like Chondrocytes, Musculoskeletal Research, Bone Morphogenic Protein +11

Blockade by ferrous iron of Ca²⁺ influx through <i>N</i>‐methyl‐<scp>d</scp>‐aspartate receptor channels in immature cultured rat cortical neurons

Noritaka Nakamichi, Hiroshi Ohno, Yoichi Nakamura et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2002 · 50 citations · Full text

Iron Metabolism, Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmission +22