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Kazuto Kobayashi is affiliated with Fukushima Medical University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a significant emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies in the following main topics:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Kobayashi's recent notable publications include:

  • "Macaques Exhibit Implicit Gaze Bias Anticipating Others' False-Belief-Driven Actions via Medial Prefrontal Cortex," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Dopaminergic Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Modulates Stress-Coping Strategies during Inescapable Stress," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Combi-CRISPR: combination of NHEJ and HDR provides efficient and precise plasmid-based knock-ins in mice and rats," 2020, Human Genetics
  • "Dissecting the Tectal Output Channels for Orienting and Defense Responses," 2020, eNeuro
  • "Reinstating olfactory bulb-derived limbic gamma oscillations alleviates depression-like behavioral deficits in rodents," 2023, Neuron

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kobayashi include Shigeki Kato, Yoshio Iguchi, Yilong Cui, Kayo Nishizawa, and Sachiko Yoshida.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Communications Biology, Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy, and Molecular Brain.

Best Publications

  • Essential Bacillus subtilis genes

    K. Kobayashi;S.D. Ehrlich;A. Albertini;G. Amati

  • Interplay between Cytosolic Dopamine, Calcium, and α-Synuclein Causes Selective Death of Substantia Nigra Neurons

    Eugene V. Mosharov;Kristin E. Larsen;Ellen Kanter;Kester A. Phillips

  • Chemical Landscape for Tissue Clearing Based on Hydrophilic Reagents.

    Kazuki Tainaka;Tatsuya C. Murakami;Etsuo A. Susaki;Chika Shimizu

  • Unexpected expression of α- and β-globin in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons and glial cells

    Marta Biagioli;Milena Pinto;Daniela Cesselli;Marta Zaninello

  • Genetic Engineering of Glomerular Sclerosis in the Mouse via Control of Onset and Severity of Podocyte-Specific Injury

    Taiji Matsusaka;Jing Xin;Suguri Niwa;Kazuto Kobayashi

  • Targeted Disruption of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Locus Results in Severe Catecholamine Depletion and Perinatal Lethality in Mice

    Kazuto Kobayashi;Shinji Morita;Hirohide Sawada;Tomoko Mizuguchi

  • Ablation of Cerebellar Golgi Cells Disrupts Synaptic Integration Involving GABA Inhibition and NMDA Receptor Activation in Motor Coordination

    Dai Watanabe;Hitoshi Inokawa;Kouichi Hashimoto;Norimitsu Suzuki

  • Dynamics of tyrosine hydroxylase promoter activity during midbrain dopaminergic neuron development.

    Natsuki Matsushita;Hideki Okada;Yasunobu Yasoshima;Kazuaki Takahashi

  • Genetic dissection of the circuit for hand dexterity in primates

    Masaharu Kinoshita;Ryosuke Matsui;Shigeki Kato;Taku Hasegawa

  • Genetic manipulation of autonomic nerve fiber innervation and activity and its effect on breast cancer progression.

    Atsunori Kamiya;Atsunori Kamiya;Yohsuke Hayama;Shigeki Kato;Akihiko Shimomura

  • Visualization, direct isolation, and transplantation of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

    Kazunobu Sawamoto;Naoyuki Nakao;Kazuto Kobayashi;Natsuki Matsushita

  • Molecular identity of periglomerular and short axon cells

    Emi Kiyokage;Yu Zhen Pan;Zuoyi Shao;Kazuto Kobayashi

  • The up-regulation of microRNA-335 is associated with lipid metabolism in liver and white adipose tissue of genetically obese mice

    Noriko Nakanishi;Yoshimi Nakagawa;Naoko Tokushige;Naohito Aoki

  • Palmitate Impairs and Eicosapentaenoate Restores Insulin Secretion Through Regulation of SREBP-1c in Pancreatic Islets

    Toyonori Kato;Hitoshi Shimano;Takashi Yamamoto;Mayumi Ishikawa

  • Human dopamine β-hydroxylase gene: two mRNA types having different 3'terminal regions are produced through alternative polyadenylation

    Kazuto Kobayashi;Yoshikazu Kurosawa;Keisuke Fujita;Toshiharu Nagatsu

  • Isolation of a novel cDNA clone for human tyrosine hydroxylase: alternative RNA splicing produces four kinds of mRNA from a single gene.

    Norio Kaneda;Kazuto Kobayashi;Hiroshi Ichinose;Fumio Kishi

  • Selective loss of nigral dopamine neurons induced by overexpression of truncated human alpha-synuclein in mice.

    Masaki Wakamatsu;Aiko Ishii;Shingo Iwata;Junko Sakagami

  • Structure of the human tyrosine hydroxylase gene: alternative splicing from a single gene accounts for generation of four mRNA types.

    Kazuto Kobayashi;Norio Kaneda;Hiroshi Ichinose;Fumio Kishi

  • Elovl6 promotes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Takashi Matsuzaka;Ayaka Atsumi;Rie Matsumori;Tang Nie

  • Dopamine β-hydroxylase: two polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium at the structural gene DBH associate with biochemical phenotypic variation

    J F Cubells;D P van Kammen;M E Kelley;G M Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshiharu Nagatsu
Toshiharu Nagatsu Fujita Health University
Hitoshi Shimano
Hitoshi Shimano University of Tsukuba
Naoya Yahagi
Naoya Yahagi University of Tsukuba
Nobuhiro Yamada
Nobuhiro Yamada University of Tsukuba
Masahiko Takada
Masahiko Takada Kyoto University
Hirohito Sone
Hirohito Sone Niigata University
Ikuko Nagatsu
Ikuko Nagatsu Fujita Health University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Tadashi Isa
Tadashi Isa Kyoto University
Hideyuki Okano
Hideyuki Okano Keio University

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