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Haruhiko Bito

Haruhiko Bito

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
20020
World Ranking
8518
National Ranking
572

Overview

Haruhiko Bito is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan specializing in neuroscience and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple areas within these fields, focusing on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and genetics.

Bito's research topics encompass a range of areas including neuroscience and neuropharmacology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, adenosine and purinergic signaling, neural dynamics and brain function, receptor mechanisms and signaling, retinal development and disorders, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Their publication record shows a strong presence in prominent venues, including:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bito are Hajime Fujii, Eiji Shigetomi, Schuichi Koizumi, Hiroyuki Okuno, and Yukiho Hirayama.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Haruhiko Bito include:

  • Targeting oxytocin receptor (Oxtr)-expressing neurons in the lateral septum to restore social novelty in autism spectrum disorder mouse models, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Comparative Studies of the Fluorescence Properties of Microbial Rhodopsins: Spontaneous Emission Versus Photointermediate Fluorescence, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • A genetically encoded far-red fluorescent calcium ion biosensor derived from a biliverdin-binding protein, 2022, Protein Science
  • Disease-relevant upregulation of P2Y1 receptor in astrocytes enhances neuronal excitability via IGFBP2, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Functional correlates of immediate early gene expression in mouse visual cortex, 2022, Peer Community Journal

Best Publications

  • CREB Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation: A Ca2+- and Stimulus Duration–Dependent Switch for Hippocampal Gene Expression

    Haruhiko Bito;Karl Deisseroth;Richard W Tsien

  • Signaling from Synapse to Nucleus: Postsynaptic CREB Phosphorylation during Multiple Forms of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity

    Karl Deisseroth;Haruhiko Bito;Richard W Tsien

  • Schema-Dependent Gene Activation and Memory Encoding in Neocortex

    Dorothy Tse;Tomonori Takeuchi;Masaki Kakeyama;Yasushi Kajii

  • Molecular Dissection of the Rho-associated Protein Kinase (p160ROCK)-regulated Neurite Remodeling in Neuroblastoma N1E-115 Cells

    Masaya Hirose;Toshimasa Ishizaki;Naoki Watanabe;Masayoshi Uehata

  • Ptf1a, a bHLH transcriptional gene, defines GABAergic neuronal fates in cerebellum.

    Mikio Hoshino;Shoko Nakamura;Kiyoshi Mori;Kiyoshi Mori;Takeshi Kawauchi

  • Suppression of bone formation by osteoclastic expression of semaphorin 4D

    Takako Negishi-Koga;Masahiro Shinohara;Noriko Komatsu;Haruhiko Bito

  • Simultaneous fast measurement of circuit dynamics at multiple sites across the mammalian brain

    Christina K Kim;Samuel J Yang;Nandini Pichamoorthy;Noah P Young

  • Role of citron kinase as a target of the small GTPase Rho in cytokinesis

    Pascal Madaule;Masatoshi Eda;Naoki Watanabe;Kazuko Fujisawa

  • Regulation of osteoclast differentiation and function by the CaMK-CREB pathway.

    Kojiro Sato;Ayako Suematsu;Tomoki Nakashima;Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura

  • A critical role for a Rho-associated kinase, p160ROCK, in determining axon outgrowth in mammalian CNS neurons

    Haruhiko Bito;Tomoyuki Furuyashiki;Hisamitsu Ishihara;Yoshikazu Shibasaki

  • Ca2+-dependent regulation in neuronal gene expression.

    Haruhiko Bito;Karl Deisseroth;Karl Deisseroth;Richard W Tsien;Richard W Tsien

  • Molecular cloning and expression of platelet-activating factor receptor from human leukocytes.

    M. Nakamura;Z. Honda;T. Izumi;C. Sakanaka

  • Inverse Synaptic Tagging of Inactive Synapses via Dynamic Interaction of Arc/Arg3.1 with CaMKIIβ

    Hiroyuki Okuno;Kaori Akashi;Yuichiro Ishii;Nan Yagishita-Kyo

  • Rational design of a high-affinity, fast, red calcium indicator R-CaMP2

    Masatoshi Inoue;Atsuya Takeuchi;Shin Ichiro Horigane;Masamichi Ohkura

  • RIM1 confers sustained activity and neurotransmitter vesicle anchoring to presynaptic Ca2+ channels.

    Shigeki Kiyonaka;Minoru Wakamori;Takafumi Miki;Yoshitsugu Uriu

  • Synaptic activity-responsive element in the Arc/Arg3.1 promoter essential for synapse-to-nucleus signaling in activated neurons

    Takashi Kawashima;Hiroyuki Okuno;Mio Nonaka;Aki Adachi-Morishima

  • Differential Control of Postsynaptic Density Scaffolds via Actin-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

    Toshihiko Kuriu;Akihiro Inoue;Haruhiko Bito;Kenji Sobue

  • Critical dependence of cAMP response element-binding protein phosphorylation on L-type calcium channels supports a selective response to EPSPs in preference to action potentials.

    Paul G. Mermelstein;Haruhiko Bito;Haruhiko Bito;Karl Deisseroth;Richard W. Tsien

  • Control of axon elongation via an SDF-1α/Rho/mDia pathway in cultured cerebellar granule neurons

    Yoshiki Arakawa;Haruhiko Bito;Haruhiko Bito;Haruhiko Bito;Tomoyuki Furuyashiki;Takahiro Tsuji

  • The Rho-mDia1 Pathway Regulates Cell Polarity and Focal Adhesion Turnover in Migrating Cells through Mobilizing Apc and c-Src

    Norikazu Yamana;Yoshiki Arakawa;Yoshiki Arakawa;Tomohiro Nishino;Kazuo Kurokawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Takao Shimizu
Takao Shimizu University of Tokyo
Shuh Narumiya
Shuh Narumiya Kyoto University
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Manabu Abe
Manabu Abe Niigata University
Kenji Sakimura
Kenji Sakimura Niigata University
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University

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