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 · 106 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +11

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 · 61 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

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 · 61 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +16

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 · 53 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +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

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17