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Junichi Nabekura is affiliated with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with substantial contributions in cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, sensory systems, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers several core topics including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, ion channels and receptors, olfactory and sensory function studies, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Nabekura has published extensively, with a significant number of papers appearing in high-profile journals such as Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Experimental Medicine, eLife, and Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society.

  • Reactive astrocyte-driven epileptogenesis is induced by microglia initially activated following status epilepticus, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Photoactivatable CaMKII induces synaptic plasticity in single synapses, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Synaptic pruning of murine adult-born neurons by microglia depends on phosphatidylserine, 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Controlled activation of cortical astrocytes modulates neuropathic pain-like behaviour, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Thermosensitive TRPV4 channels mediate temperature-dependent microglia movement, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Masakazu Agetsuma, Dennis Lawrence Cheung, Kei Eto, Hiroshi Horiuchi, and Schuichi Koizumi, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Resting Microglia Directly Monitor the Functional State of Synapses In Vivo and Determine the Fate of Ischemic Terminals

    Hiroaki Wake;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Shozo Jinno;Shinichi Kohsaka

  • Dual microglia effects on blood brain barrier permeability induced by systemic inflammation.

    Koichiro Haruwaka;Koichiro Haruwaka;Ako Ikegami;Yoshihisa Tachibana;Nobuhiko Ohno

  • Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex.

    Akiko Miyamoto;Hiroaki Wake;Ayako Wendy Ishikawa;Kei Eto;Kei Eto

  • Microglia: actively surveying and shaping neuronal circuit structure and function

    Hiroaki Wake;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Akiko Miyamoto;Junichi Nabekura

  • Reactive astrocytes function as phagocytes after brain ischemia via ABCA1-mediated pathway

    Yosuke M. Morizawa;Yosuke M. Morizawa;Yuri Hirayama;Noubuhiko Ohno;Shinsuke Shibata

  • AMPA-Kainate Subtypes of Glutamate Receptor in Rat Cerebral Microglia

    Mami Noda;Hiroshi Nakanishi;Junichi Nabekura;Norio Akaike

  • Complete pulp regeneration after pulpectomy by transplantation of CD105+ stem cells with stromal cell-derived factor-1.

    Koichiro Iohara;Kiyomi Imabayashi;Ryo Ishizaka;Atsushi Watanabe

  • Regulation of Intracellular Chloride by Cotransporters in Developing Lateral Superior Olive Neurons

    Yasuhiro Kakazu;Norio Akaike;Soutaro Komiyama;Junichi Nabekura

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

    Junichi Nabekura;Yutaka Oomura;Taketsugu Minami;Yuji Mizuno

  • Developmental switch from GABA to glycine release in single central synaptic terminals

    Junichi Nabekura;Shutaro Katsurabayashi;Yasuhiro Kakazu;Shumei Shibata

  • A Novel Stem Cell Source for Vasculogenesis in Ischemia: Subfraction of Side Population Cells from Dental Pulp

    Koichiro Iohara;Li Zheng;Hiroaki Wake;Masataka Ito

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

    Junichi Nabekura;Tsuyoshi Ueno;Akihiko Okabe;Akiko Furuta

  • Early Changes in KCC2 Phosphorylation in Response to Neuronal Stress Result in Functional Downregulation

    Hiroaki Wake;Miho Watanabe;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Takashi Kanematsu

  • Cortical astrocytes rewire somatosensory cortical circuits for peripheral neuropathic pain

    Sun Kwang Kim;Sun Kwang Kim;Hideaki Hayashi;Tatsuya Ishikawa;Keisuke Shibata

  • Functions of microglia in the central nervous system--beyond the immune response.

    Hiroaki Wake;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Junichi Nabekura

  • Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization.

    Ryohei Akiyoshi;Hiroaki Wake;Daisuke Kato;Daisuke Kato;Hiroshi Horiuchi

  • Neuronal Circuit Remodeling in the Contralateral Cortical Hemisphere during Functional Recovery from Cerebral Infarction

    Yusuke Takatsuru;Dai Fukumoto;Miki Yoshitomo;Tomomi Nemoto

  • In vivo imaging of axonal transport of mitochondria in the diseased and aged mammalian CNS

    Yuji Takihara;Masaru Inatani;Masaru Inatani;Kei Eto;Toshihiro Inoue

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

    Taketsugu Minami;Yutaka Oomura;Junichi Nabekura;Atsuo Fukuda

  • Inter-regional Contribution of Enhanced Activity of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex to the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Accelerates Chronic Pain Behavior

    Kei Eto;Hiroaki Wake;Miho Watanabe;Hitoshi Ishibashi

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

    Miho Watanabe;Atsuo Fukuda;Junichi Nabekura

  • Microglia and synapse interactions: fine tuning neural circuits and candidate molecules

    Akiko Miyamoto;Hiroaki Wake;Andrew J Moorhouse;Junichi Nabekura

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroaki Wake
Hiroaki Wake Kobe University
Atsuo Fukuda
Atsuo Fukuda Hamamatsu University
Yutaka Oomura
Yutaka Oomura Kyushu University
Mami Noda
Mami Noda Kyushu University
Noriyuki Koibuchi
Noriyuki Koibuchi Gunma University
Stephen J. Moss
Stephen J. Moss Tufts University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Shinichi Kohsaka
Shinichi Kohsaka Keio University
Hiroshi Nakanishi
Hiroshi Nakanishi Yasuda Women's University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

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