Background: Aging is considered to be associated with progressive changes in the brain and its associated sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. A large number of studies comparing young and aged animals have reported differences in various beha...
Md. G. Abbas   Hirotaka Shoji   Shingo Soya   Mari Hondo   Tsuyoshi Miyakawa   Takeshi Sakurai   
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 9 324 2015年12月 [査読有り]
Neuropeptides orexin A and orexin B, which are exclusively produced by neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area, play an important role in the regulation of a wide range of behaviors and homeostatic processes, including regulation of sleep/wakeful...
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 9 1-18 2015年6月 [査読有り]
Calcium (Ca2+) influx through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) induces numerous intracellular events such as neuronal excitability, neurotransmitter release, synaptic plasticity, and gene regulation. It has been shown that genes related to Ca2+...
Kawaai K   Mizutani A   Shoji H   Ogawa N   Ebisui E   Kuroda Y   Wakana S   Miyakawa T   Hisatsune C   Mikoshiba K   
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(17) 5515-5520 2015年4月 [査読有り]
昌子浩孝   萩原英雄   高雄啓三   Noah M. WALTON   松本光之   宮川 剛   
基礎心理学研究 32(1) 101-119 2013年9月
Maturation and integration of neurons and grial cells in the hippocampus is considered to be essential for regulating endocrine, affective, and congnitive functions, and the disruption of such process may cause mental illness. Previously, we have ...