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Atsuo Fukuda is affiliated with Hamamatsu University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's main research topics cover Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Ion channel regulation and function, Aldose Reductase and Taurine, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation.

Recent publications by Atsuo Fukuda include:

  • ATP6V0A1 encoding the a1-subunit of the V0 domain of vacuolar H+-ATPases is essential for brain development in humans and mice, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Intracellular Cl− dysregulation causing and caused by pathogenic neuronal activity, 2020, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • OUP accepted manuscript, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • Astrocytic NKCC1 inhibits seizures by buffering Cl and antagonizing neuronal NKCC1 at GABAergic synapses, 2023, Epilepsia
  • Can we understand human brain development from experimental studies in rodents?, 2020, Pediatrics International

Atsuo Fukuda often collaborates with several researchers, including Miho Watanabe, Tenpei Akita, Masaru Ishibashi, Adya Saran Sinha, and Kiyoshi Egawa.

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), PubMed, Nature Communications, and Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology.

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations in the gene encoding STXBP1 (MUNC18-1) cause early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

    Hirotomo Saitsu;Mitsuhiro Kato;Takeshi Mizuguchi;Keisuke Hamada

  • Cl− uptake promoting depolarizing GABA actions in immature rat neocortical neurones is mediated by NKCC1

    Junko Yamada;Akihito Okabe;Hiroki Toyoda;Werner Kilb

  • Mechanism of the rapid effect of 17 beta-estradiol on medial amygdala neurons.

    Junichi Nabekura;Yutaka Oomura;Taketsugu Minami;Yuji Mizuno

  • The differential expression patterns of messenger RNAs encoding K-Cl cotransporters (KCC1,2) and Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC1) in the rat nervous system.

    C Kanaka;K Ohno;A Okabe;K Kuriyama

  • Reduction of KCC2 expression and GABAA receptor-mediated excitation after in vivo axonal injury.

    Junichi Nabekura;Tsuyoshi Ueno;Akihiko Okabe;Akiko Furuta

  • De Novo Mutations in GNAO1, Encoding a Gαo Subunit of Heterotrimeric G Proteins, Cause Epileptic Encephalopathy

    Kazuyuki Nakamura;Kazuyuki Nakamura;Hirofumi Kodera;Tenpei Akita;Masaaki Shiina

  • Development and regulation of chloride homeostasis in the central nervous system

    Miho Watanabe;Atsuo Fukuda

  • Developmental changes in KCC1, KCC2, and NKCC1 mRNA expressions in the rat brain.

    Cong Wang;Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe;Kazuo Watanabe;Akihito Okabe

  • Transgenic expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein enables direct visualization for physiological studies of vasopressin neurons and isolated nerve terminals of the rat

    Yoichi Ueta;Hiroaki Fujihara;Ryota Serino;Govindan Dayanithi

  • Kinetic Properties of Cl− Uptake Mediated by Na+-Dependent K+-2Cl− Cotransport in Immature Rat Neocortical Neurons

    Katharina Achilles;Akihito Okabe;Masahiko Ikeda;Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe

  • CD59 blocks not only the insertion of C9 into MAC but inhibits ion channel formation by homologous C5b-8 as well as C5b-9

    Imre Farkas;Imre Farkas;Lajos Baranyi;Yasushige Ishikawa;Noriko Okada

  • Dominant-Negative Mutations in α-II Spectrin Cause West Syndrome with Severe Cerebral Hypomyelination, Spastic Quadriplegia, and Developmental Delay

    Hirotomo Saitsu;Jun Tohyama;Tatsuro Kumada;Kiyoshi Egawa

  • Refuting the challenges of the developmental shift of polarity of GABA actions: GABA more exciting than ever!

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Melanie A. Woodin;Evelyne Sernagor;Laura Cancedda

  • 17β-Estradiol depolarization of hypothalamic neurons is mediated by cyclic AMP

    Taketsugu Minami;Yutaka Oomura;Junichi Nabekura;Atsuo Fukuda

  • Control of cortical neuronal migration by glutamate and GABA.

    Heiko J. Luhmann;A. Fukuda;W. Kilb

  • The role of GABA in the regulation of GnRH neurons.

    Miho Watanabe;Atsuo Fukuda;Junichi Nabekura

  • GABA-A Receptors Regulate Neocortical Neuronal Migration In Vitro and In Vivo

    Nicolas Heck;Werner Kilb;Petra Reiprich;Hisahiko Kubota

  • Developmental changes in KCC1, KCC2 and NKCC1 mRNAs in the rat cerebellum.

    Sumiko Mikawa;Cong Wang;Fang Shu;Tao Wang

  • Induction of NMDA and GABAA Receptor-Mediated Ca2+ Oscillations With KCC2 mRNA Downregulation in Injured Facial Motoneurons

    Hiroki Toyoda;Koji Ohno;Junko Yamada;Masahiko Ikeda

  • Vulnerability to Cerebral Hypoxic-Ischemic Insult in Neonatal but Not in Adult Rats Is in Parallel With Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier

    Kanji Muramatsu;Atsuo Fukuda;Hajime Togari;Yoshiro Wada

Frequent Co-Authors

Hitoo Nishino
Hitoo Nishino Nagoya City University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Kohji Sato
Kohji Sato Hamamatsu University
Junichi Nabekura
Junichi Nabekura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Yutaka Oomura
Yutaka Oomura Kyushu University
Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Werner Kilb
Werner Kilb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Mitsuhiro Kato
Mitsuhiro Kato Showa University
Hirotomo Saitsu
Hirotomo Saitsu Hamamatsu University
Naomichi Matsumoto
Naomichi Matsumoto Yokohama City University

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