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Kouichi Hashimoto

Kouichi Hashimoto

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Neuroscience

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59
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12864
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National Ranking
112

Overview

Kouichi Hashimoto is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan, focusing primarily on research within the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has contributed to several areas including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and genetics.

The scientist's recent publications span a range of bioscience topics. These include:

  • The two-step neutralization ferrite-formation process for sustainable acid mine drainage treatment: Removal of copper, zinc and arsenic, and the influence of coexisting ions on ferritization (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • An Autism-Associated Neuroligin-3 Mutation Affects Developmental Synapse Elimination in the Cerebellum (2021), published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Cholinergic regulation of object recognition memory (2022), published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Different cholinergic cell groups in the basal forebrain regulate social interaction and social recognition memory (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • High-mobility group box 1-mediated hippocampal microglial activation induces cognitive impairment in mice with neuropathic pain (2022), published in Experimental Neurology

Their frequent co-authors include Takayuki Yoshida, Masahiko Watanabe, Masanobu Kano, Kana Okada, and Hisako Nakayama. The collaboration with these researchers has been evident in multiple publications, indicating active teamwork in their respective fields.

Kouichi Hashimoto's work is commonly published in venues such as Frontiers in Neural Circuits, The Journal of Physiology, Communications Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Best Publications

  • Presynaptic Inhibition Caused by Retrograde Signal from Metabotropic Glutamate to Cannabinoid Receptors

    Takashi Maejima;Kouichi Hashimoto;Takayuki Yoshida;Atsu Aiba

  • Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Keiko Muguruma;Ayaka Nishiyama;Hideshi Kawakami;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • The Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Produced by Diacylglycerol Lipase α Mediates Retrograde Suppression of Synaptic Transmission

    Asami Tanimura;Maya Yamazaki;Yuki Hashimotodani;Motokazu Uchigashima

  • Motor discoordination and increased susceptibility to cerebellar injury in GLAST mutant mice.

    Kei Watase;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano;Keiko Yamada

  • mGluR1 in cerebellar Purkinje cells essential for long-term depression, synapse elimination, and motor coordination.

    Taeko Ichise;Masanobu Kano;Kouichi Hashimoto;Dai Yanagihara

  • Persistent Multiple Climbing Fiber Innervation of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in Mice Lacking mGluR1

    Masanobu Kano;Kouichi Hashimoto;Hideo Kurihara;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Impaired motor coordination correlates with persistent multiple climbing fiber innervation in PKCγ mutant mice

    Chong Chen;Chong Chen;Masanobu Kano;Asa Abeliovich;Asa Abeliovich;Lu Chen

  • Impaired synapse elimination during cerebellar development in PKCγ mutant mice

    Masanobu Kano;Kouichi Hashimoto;Chong Chen;Asa Abeliovich

  • Impaired Parallel Fiber→Purkinje Cell Synapse Stabilization during Cerebellar Development of Mutant Mice Lacking the Glutamate Receptor δ2 Subunit

    Hideo Kurihara;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano;Chitoshi Takayama

  • Impaired motor coordination and persistent multiple climbing fiber innervation of cerebellar Purkinje cells in mice lacking Gαq

    Stefan Offermanns;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masahiko Watanabe;William Sun

  • A Long CAG Repeat in the Mouse Sca1 Locus Replicates SCA1 Features and Reveals the Impact of Protein Solubility on Selective Neurodegeneration

    Kei Watase;Edwin J. Weeber;Bisong Xu;Barbara Antalffy

  • Functional differentiation of multiple climbing fiber inputs during synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum.

    Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano

  • Impairment of AMPA receptor function in cerebellar granule cells of ataxic mutant mouse stargazer.

    Kouichi Hashimoto;Masahiro Fukaya;Xiaoxi Qiao;Kenji Sakimura

  • 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

  • Local Calcium Release in Dendritic Spines Required for Long-Term Synaptic Depression

    Mariko Miyata;Elizabeth A. Finch;Leonard Khiroug;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • Synapse elimination in the central nervous system.

    Masanobu Kano;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • The cannabinoid CB1 receptor mediates retrograde signals for depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition in cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    Takayuki Yoshida;Kouichi Hashimoto;Andreas Zimmer;Takashi Maejima

  • Phospholipase Cβ4 is specifically involved in climbing fiber synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum

    Masanobu Kano;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masahiko Watanabe;Hideo Kurihara

  • Mycalolides A – C, hybrid macrolides of ulapualides and halichondramide, from a sponge of the genus Mycale

    N. Fusetani;K. Yasumuro;S. Matsunaga;K. Hashimoto

  • Cerebellar plasticity and motor learning deficits in a copy-number variation mouse model of autism

    Claire Piochon;Alexander D. Kloth;Giorgio Grasselli;Heather K. Titley

Frequent Co-Authors

Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Kenji Sakimura
Kenji Sakimura Niigata University
Taisuke Miyazaki
Taisuke Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Yoshiro Inoue
Yoshiro Inoue Hokkaido University
Miwako Yamasaki
Miwako Yamasaki Hokkaido University
Manabu Abe
Manabu Abe Niigata University
Masahiro Fukaya
Masahiro Fukaya Kitasato University
Motokazu Uchigashima
Motokazu Uchigashima Niigata University
Hee-Sup Shin
Hee-Sup Shin Institute for Basic Science

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