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Ichiro Sora

Ichiro Sora

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Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
15076
World Ranking
2549
National Ranking
61

Overview

Ichiro Sora is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields mainly within Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. The scientist has contributed to studies in related subfields including Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics covered by Ichiro Sora include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Frequent high-profile publication venues for Ichiro Sora include Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, Nature Genetics, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Translational Psychiatry, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Ichiro Sora are:

  • Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • Decelerated epigenetic aging associated with mood stabilizers in the blood of patients with bipolar disorder (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • A reciprocal inhibition model of alternations between under-/overemotional modulatory states in patients with PTSD (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Epigenetic Clock Analysis in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (2020), published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Searching for biomarkers in schizophrenia and psychosis: Case-control study using capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry and systematic review for biofluid metabolites (2021), published in Neuropsychopharmacology Reports

Ichiro Sora collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Akitoyo Hishimoto, Ikuo Otsuka, Kenji Okazaki, Tadasu Horai, and Kazutaka Ikeda. These coauthors have appeared consistently in joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Dopaminergic role in stimulant-induced wakefulness.

    Jonathan P. Wisor;Seiji Nishino;Ichiro Sora;George H. Uhl

  • Opiate receptor knockout mice define μ receptor roles in endogenous nociceptive responses and morphine-induced analgesia

    Ichiro Sora;Nobuyuki Takahashi;Masahiko Funada;Hiroshi Ujike

  • Cocaine reward models: Conditioned place preference can be established in dopamine- and in serotonin-transporter knockout mice

    Ichiro Sora;Christine Wichems;Nobuyuki Takahashi;Xiao Fei Li

  • Molecular mechanisms of cocaine reward: Combined dopamine and serotonin transporter knockouts eliminate cocaine place preference

    Ichiro Sora;F. Scott Hall;Anne M. Andrews;Masanari Itokawa

  • VMAT2 knockout mice: Heterozygotes display reduced amphetamine-conditioned reward, enhanced amphetamine locomotion, and enhanced MPTP toxicity

    Nobuyuki Takahashi;Lucinda L. Miner;Ichiro Sora;Hiroshi Ujike

  • The μ opiate receptor as a candidate gene for pain: Polymorphisms, variations in expression, nociception, and opiate responses

    George R. Uhl;Ichiro Sora;Zaijie Wang

  • Cocaine, reward, movement and monoamine transporters.

    G R Uhl;F S Hall;I Sora

  • Ethanol consumption and reward are decreased in mu-opiate receptor knockout mice.

    F.S. Hall;I. Sora;G.R. Uhl

  • Animal models of depression in dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine transporter knockout mice: prominent effects of dopamine transporter deletions.

    Maria T G Perona;Shonna Waters;Frank Scott Hall;Ichiro Sora

  • Regional Differences in Extracellular Dopamine and Serotonin Assessed by In Vivo Microdialysis in Mice Lacking Dopamine and/or Serotonin Transporters

    Hao-Wei Shen;Yoko Hagino;Hideaki Kobayashi;Keiko Shinohara-Tanaka

  • Barrel pattern formation requires serotonin uptake by thalamocortical afferents, and not vesicular monoamine release

    Antonio M. Persico;Elisa Mengual;Rainald Moessner;Scott F. Hall

  • How individual sensitivity to opiates can be predicted by gene analyses

    Kazutaka Ikeda;Soichiro Ide;Wenhua Han;Masakazu Hayashida

  • Enhanced Carbonyl Stress in a Subpopulation of Schizophrenia

    Makoto Arai;Hiroko Yuzawa;Izumi Nohara;Tetsuo Ohnishi

  • Analgesic requirements after major abdominal surgery are associated with OPRM1 gene polymorphism genotype and haplotype.

    Masakazu Hayashida;Makoto Nagashima;Yasuo Satoh;Ryoji Katoh

  • Association between OPRM1 gene polymorphisms and fentanyl sensitivity in patients undergoing painful cosmetic surgery

    Kenichi Fukuda;Masakazu Hayashida;Soichiro Ide;Naoko Saita

  • The Cloning and Expression of a Human Creatine Transporter

    Ichiro Sora;Jeremy Richman;Giovanna Santoro;Hongbing Wei

  • The μ-opioid receptor is necessary for [d-Pen2,d-Pen5]enkephalin-induced analgesia

    Ichiro Sora;Masahiko Funada;George R Uhl;George R Uhl

  • Association between polymorphisms in the promoter region of the sialyltransferase 8B (SIAT8B) gene and schizophrenia.

    Makoto Arai;Kazuo Yamada;Tomoko Toyota;Nanako Obata

  • μ Opiate receptor gene dose effects on different morphine actions : Evidence for differential in vivo μ receptor reserve

    Ichiro Sora;Greg Elmer;Masahiko Funada;Jeanne Pieper

  • Genome-wide association for methamphetamine dependence: convergent results from 2 samples.

    George R. Uhl;Tomas Drgon;Qing Rong Liu;Catherine Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University
George R. Uhl
George R. Uhl University of Maryland, Baltimore
Masashi Ikeda
Masashi Ikeda Nagoya University
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Shinobu Sakurada
Shinobu Sakurada Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Yoshio Minabe
Yoshio Minabe Kanazawa University
Hiroaki Niki
Hiroaki Niki University of Tokyo
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University

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