Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Predict the Clinical Outcome of Depression Treatment in a Naturalistic Study

Masatake Kurita, Satoshi Nishino, Maiko Kato, +2

PLoS ONE

Efficacy and Tolerability of Risperidone, Yokukansan, and Fluvoxamine for the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Mika Teranishi, Masatake Kurita, Satoshi Nishino, +5

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

PsychopathologyElderly PatientsPsychotropic MedicationNeuropsychiatryAlzheimer's Disease +15

The presence of thromboxane A2 receptors in cultured astrocytes from rabbit brain

Norimichi Nakahata, Hiromi Ishimoto, Masatake Kurita, +3

Brain Research

NeurophysiologyMedicineNeuropharmacologyBrain-immune InteractionVascular Biology +12

Divergent effects of lithium and sodium valproate on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) production in human astrocytoma cells at therapeutic concentrations

Satoshi Nishino, Koji Ohtomo, Yukio Numata, +3

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeurophysiologyMedicineSodium ValproateNeuropharmacology +11

The Noradrenaline Metabolite MHPG Is a Candidate Biomarker from the Manic to the Remission State in Bipolar Disorder I: A Clinical Naturalistic Study

Masatake Kurita, Satoshi Nishino, Yukio Numata, +2

PLoS ONE

PsychopharmacologyBipolar DisorderSocial SciencesPlasma LevelsMood Symptom +16

The noradrenaline metabolite MHPG is a candidate biomarker between the depressive, remission, and manic states in bipolar disorder I: two long-term naturalistic case reports

Masatake Kurita, Satoshi Nishino, Yukio Numata, +2

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Sodium valproate at therapeutic concentrations changes Ca2+response accompanied with its weak inhibition of protein kinase C in human astrocytoma cells

Masatake Kurita, Satoshi Nishino, Kouji Ohtomo, +5

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Signal TransductionMolecular PhysiologyGliomaProtein Kinase CMedicine +9

Entrainment of the Circadian Clock in Neural Stem Cells by Epidermal Growth Factor is Closely Associated with ERK1/2-mediated Induction of Multiple Clock-related Genes

Asuka Mogi, Ryo Yomoda, Syunya Kimura, +10

Neuroscience

Cell LineageEpidermal Growth FactorDevelopmental BiologyCell DivisionMedicine +9

Yokukansan improves behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia by suppressing dopaminergic function

Masatake Kurita, Kenji Takeyoshi, Satoshi Nishino, +4

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

NeuropsychologyPsychopharmacologyNeuropsychiatrySocial SciencesAlzheimer's Disease +16