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Hiroaki Niki

Hiroaki Niki

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Neuroscience

D-Index
33
Citations
6746
World Ranking
9411
National Ranking
350

Overview

Hiroaki Niki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their academic profile does not list specific research papers, co-authors, publication venues, or books, which limits detailed information about their research contributions and collaborations.

There is also no available data on their main fields of study, subfields, or topics covered by their work. Similarly, information regarding awards or honors is not present.

Despite the limited data on publications and research focus, the association with the University of Tokyo indicates engagement with an academic environment known for diverse scientific disciplines and research activities. This affiliation suggests involvement in the academic community within Japan, contributing to research or teaching at a major institution.

Best Publications

  • Prefrontal cortical unit activity and delayed alternation performance in monkeys.

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  • Prefrontal and cingulate unit activity during timing behavior in the monkey.

    Hiroaki Niki;Masataka Watanabe

  • Prefrontal unit activity and delayed response: relation to cue location versus direction of response.

    Hiroaki Niki;Masataka Watanabe

  • Ethanol opens G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ channels

    Toru Kobayashi;Kazutaka Ikeda;Hiroshi Kojima;Hiroaki Niki

  • Fyn-kinase as a determinant of ethanol sensitivity: relation to NMDA-receptor function.

    Tsuyoshi Miyakawa;Takeshi Yagi;Hiromasa Kitazawa;Masahiro Yasuda

  • Targeted disruption of the Epm2a gene causes formation of Lafora inclusion bodies, neurodegeneration, ataxia, myoclonus epilepsy and impaired behavioral response in mice

    Subramaniam Ganesh;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta;Toshiro Sakamoto;Maria Rosa Avila

  • Hippocampal unit activity and delayed response in the monkey

    Toshiyuki Watanabe;Hiroaki Niki

  • Hippocampal neurons in the monkey with activity related to the place in which a stimulus is shown

    E. T. Rolls;Y. Miyashita;P. M. B. Cahusac;R. P. Kesner

  • Differential activity of prefrontal units during right and left delayed response trials.

    Hiroaki Niki

  • Prefrontal unit activity during delayed alternation in the monkey. I. Relation to direction of response.

    Hiroaki Niki

  • Encoding of behavioral significance of visual stimuli by primate prefrontal neurons: relation to relevant task conditions

    Masamichi Sakagami;Hiroaki Niki

  • Prefrontal unit activity during delayed alternation in the monkey. II. Relation to absolute versus relative direction of response

    Hiroaki Niki

  • Cingulate unit activity and delayed response.

    Hiroaki Niki;Masataka Watanabe

  • Activity of hippocampal formation neurons in the monkey related to a conditional spatial response task.

    Yasushi Miyashita;Edmund T. Rolls;Peter M. B. Cahusac;Hiroaki Niki

  • Involvement of G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K (GIRK) channels in opioid-induced analgesia.

    Kazutaka Ikeda;Toru Kobayashi;Toshiro Kumanishi;Hiroaki Niki

  • Molecular mechanisms of analgesia induced by opioids and ethanol: is the GIRK channel one of the keys?

    Kazutaka Ikeda;Toru Kobayashi;Toshiro Kumanishi;Ryoji Yano

  • INCREASED FEARFULNESS OF FYN TYROSINE KINASE DEFICIENT MICE

    Tsuyoshi Miyakawa;Takeshi Yagi;Satoshi Watanabe;Hiroaki Niki

  • Modification of the responses of hippocampal neurons in the monkey during the learning of a conditional spatial response task

    Peter M. B. Cahusac;Edmund T. Rolls;Yasushi Miyashita;Hiroaki Niki

  • Radial maze performance, open-field and elevated plus-maze behaviors in Fyn-kinase deficient mice: Further evidence for increased fearfulness

    Tsuyoshi Miyakawa;Takeshi Yagi;Akira Kagiyama;Hiroaki Niki

  • Delayed alternation performance and unit activity of the caudate head and medial orbitofrontal gyrus in the monkey

    Hiroaki Niki;Masaki Sakai;Kisou Kubota

  • RESPONSE PERSEVERATION FOLLOWING THE HIPPOCAMPAL ABLATION IN THE RAT

    Hiroaki Niki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Fujita Health University
Yasushi Miyashita
Yasushi Miyashita Juntendo University
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls University of Warwick
Ichiro Sora
Ichiro Sora Kobe University
Raymond P. Kesner
Raymond P. Kesner University of Utah
Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
George R. Uhl
George R. Uhl University of Maryland, Baltimore
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Shigeyoshi Itohara RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Toshihiko Shiroishi
Toshihiko Shiroishi National Institute of Genetics
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics

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