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Ikuko Miyazaki

Ikuko Miyazaki

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
6870
World Ranking
7422
National Ranking
248

Overview

Ikuko Miyazaki is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work extensively focuses on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, as well as related disciplines such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main research topics covered by Miyazaki's work include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Miyazaki has published numerous scientific papers with several frequently appearing publication venues. The most common venues where their work appears include:

  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • NeuroSci
  • Neurotoxicity Research
  • PubMed

Some of their notable recent papers are:

  • "Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions in Parkinson's Disease" (2020) published in Cells
  • "Chronic Systemic Exposure to Low-Dose Rotenone Induced Central and Peripheral Neuropathology and Motor Deficits in Mice: Reproducible Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease" (2020) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "The Rotenone Models Reproducing Central and Peripheral Features of Parkinson's Disease" (2020) published in NeuroSci

Miyazaki collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors who contribute to various aspects of their research. The most frequent collaborators are:

  • Masato Asanuma
  • Ryo Kikuoka
  • Yoshihisa Kitamura
  • Nami Isooka
  • Shinki Murakami

Best Publications

  • Dopamine- or L-DOPA-induced neurotoxicity: the role of dopamine quinone formation and tyrosinase in a model of Parkinson's disease.

    Masato Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Norio Ogawa

  • Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of ropinirole, a dopamine agonist

    Motoyuki Iida;Ikuko Miyazaki;Ken Ichi Tanaka;Hideaki Kabuto

  • Neuroprotective effects of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs by direct scavenging of nitric oxide radicals

    Masato Asanuma;Sakiko Nishibayashi-Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Masahiro Kohno

  • Glial Cells Protect Neurons Against Oxidative Stress via Transcriptional Up-Regulation of the Glutathione Synthesis

    Emi Iwata-Ichikawa;Yoichi Kondo;Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma

  • Dopaminergic neuron-specific oxidative stress caused by dopamine itself.

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma

  • Apoptosis-inducing neurotoxicity of dopamine and its metabolites via reactive quinone generation in neuroblastoma cells.

    M. Emdadul Haque;Masato Asanuma;Youichirou Higashi;Ikuko Miyazaki

  • Direct evidence for expression of dopamine receptors in astrocytes from basal ganglia

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma;Francisco J. Diaz-Corrales;Ko Miyoshi

  • Parkin attenuates manganese‐induced dopaminergic cell death

    Youichirou Higashi;Masato Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Nobutaka Hattori

  • Anti-high mobility group box 1 antibody exerts neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

    Tatsuya Sasaki;Keyue Liu;Takashi Agari;Takao Yasuhara

  • Methamphetamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity is regulated by quinone formation-related molecules

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma;Francisco J. Diaz-Corrales;Masaya Fukuda

  • DISC1 localizes to the centrosome by binding to kendrin.

    Ko Miyoshi;Masato Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Francisco J. Diaz-Corrales

  • Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions in Parkinson's Disease

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma

  • Neuroprotective effects of zonisamide target astrocyte

    Masato Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Francisco J. Diaz-Corrales;Naotaka Kimoto

  • Lithium treatment elongates primary cilia in the mouse brain and in cultured cells.

    Ko Miyoshi;Kyosuke Kasahara;Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma

  • Astrocyte‐derived metallothionein protects dopaminergic neurons from dopamine quinone toxicity

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma;Yuri Kikkawa;Mika Takeshima

  • Doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide treatment produces anxiety-like behavior and spatial cognition impairment in rats: Possible involvement of hippocampal neurogenesis via brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cyclin D1 regulation.

    Yoshihisa Kitamura;Sayo Hattori;Saori Yoneda;Saori Watanabe

  • Effects of HMGB1 on ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat heart.

    Susumu Oozawa;Shuji Mori;Toru Kanke;Hideo Takahashi

  • Quinone formation as dopaminergic neuron-specific oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of sporadic Parkinson's disease and neurotoxin-induced parkinsonism.

    Masato Asanuma;Ikuko Miyazaki;Francisco J Diaz-Corrales;Norio Ogawa

  • Methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in mouse brain is attenuated by ketoprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

    Masato Asanuma;Takeshi Tsuji;Ikuko Miyazaki;Ko Miyoshi

  • Dopamine-induced behavioral changes and oxidative stress in methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity.

    Taizo Kita;Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma;Mika Takeshima

  • Approaches to prevent dopamine quinone-induced neurotoxicity

    Ikuko Miyazaki;Masato Asanuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Masato Asanuma
Masato Asanuma Okayama University
Taiichi Katayama
Taiichi Katayama Osaka University

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