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Makoto Higuchi is affiliated with the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields including Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Higuchi's work covers a range of topics related to brain sciences and neurodegenerative diseases. The main topics include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in various peer-reviewed venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Scientific Reports

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Higuchi are:

  • "Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Microglial gene signature reveals loss of homeostatic microglia associated with neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "High-Contrast In Vivo Imaging of Tau Pathologies in Alzheimer's and Non-Alzheimer's Disease Tauopathies," 2020, Neuron
  • "Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from Alzheimer's disease with PET ligand APN-1607," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Selective Disruption of Inhibitory Synapses Leading to Neuronal Hyperexcitability at an Early Stage of Tau Pathogenesis in a Mouse Model," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors in Higuchi's research include:

  • Ming-Rong Zhang
  • Keisuke Takahata
  • Kenji Tagai
  • Yuhei Takado
  • Chie Seki

Best Publications

  • Synapse Loss and Microglial Activation Precede Tangles in a P301S Tauopathy Mouse Model

    Yasumasa Yoshiyama;Makoto Higuchi;Bin Zhang;Shu-Ming Huang

  • Initiation and synergistic fibrillization of tau and alpha-synuclein.

    Benoit I. Giasson;Mark S. Forman;Mark S. Forman;Makoto Higuchi;Makoto Higuchi;Lawrence I. Golbe;Lawrence I. Golbe

  • Imaging of Tau Pathology in a Tauopathy Mouse Model and in Alzheimer Patients Compared to Normal Controls

    Masahiro Maruyama;Hitoshi Shimada;Tetsuya Suhara;Hitoshi Shinotoh

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

  • Somatostatin regulates brain amyloid beta peptide Abeta42 through modulation of proteolytic degradation.

    Takashi Saito;Nobuhisa Iwata;Satoshi Tsubuki;Yoshie Takaki

  • 19F and 1H MRI detection of amyloid beta plaques in vivo.

    Makoto Higuchi;Nobuhisa Iwata;Yukio Matsuba;Kumi Sato

  • Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys.

    Yuji Nagai;Naohisa Miyakawa;Hiroyuki Takuwa;Yukiko Hori

  • Longitudinal, Quantitative Assessment of Amyloid, Neuroinflammation, and Anti-Amyloid Treatment in a Living Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease Enabled by Positron Emission Tomography

    Jun Maeda;Bin Ji;Toshiaki Irie;Takami Tomiyama

  • Increased Binding of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor in Alzheimer's Disease Measured by Positron Emission Tomography with [11C]DAA1106

    Fumihiko Yasuno;Fumihiko Yasuno;Miho Ota;Miho Ota;Jun Kosaka;Hiroshi Ito

  • Metabolism of amyloid-β peptide and Alzheimer's disease

    Nobuhisa Iwata;Makoto Higuchi;Takaomi C. Saido

  • Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel candidate endophenotype of psychiatric disorders.

    Nobuyuki Yamasaki;Motoko Maekawa;Katsunori Kobayashi;Yasushi Kajii

  • Glucose Hypometabolism and Neuropathological Correlates in Brains of Dementia with Lewy Bodies

    Makoto Higuchi;Manabu Tashiro;Hiroyuki Arai;Nobuyuki Okamura

  • Microglial gene signature reveals loss of homeostatic microglia associated with neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease.

    Akira Sobue;Okiru Komine;Yuichiro Hara;Yuichiro Hara;Fumito Endo

  • Neprilysin-sensitive Synapse-associated Amyloid-β Peptide Oligomers Impair Neuronal Plasticity and Cognitive Function *

    Shu Ming Huang;Akihiro Mouri;Hideko Kokubo;Hideko Kokubo;Ryuichi Nakajima

  • High-Contrast In Vivo Imaging of Tau Pathologies in Alzheimer’s and Non-Alzheimer’s Disease Tauopathies

    Kenji Tagai;Kenji Tagai;Maiko Ono;Manabu Kubota;Manabu Kubota;Soichiro Kitamura;Soichiro Kitamura

  • Calpain Mediates Excitotoxic DNA Fragmentation via Mitochondrial Pathways in Adult Brains EVIDENCE FROM CALPASTATIN MUTANT MICE

    Jiro Takano;Masanori Tomioka;Satoshi Tsubuki;Makoto Higuchi

  • P301S Mutant Human Tau Transgenic Mice Manifest Early Symptoms of Human Tauopathies with Dementia and Altered Sensorimotor Gating

    Hiroki Takeuchi;Michiyo Iba;Haruhisa Inoue;Makoto Higuchi

  • Imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor expression as biomarkers of detrimental versus beneficial glial responses in mouse models of Alzheimer's and other CNS pathologies.

    Bin Ji;Jun Maeda;Makoto Sawada;Maiko Ono

  • Distinct binding of PET ligands PBB3 and AV-1451 to tau fibril strains in neurodegenerative tauopathies

    Maiko Ono;Maiko Ono;Naruhiko Sahara;Katsushi Kumata;Bin Ji

  • Pharmacokinetics and brain uptake of lactoferrin in rats.

    Bin Ji;Jun Maeda;Makoto Higuchi;Kaori Inoue

  • Deficiency of Schnurri-2, an MHC Enhancer Binding Protein, Induces Mild Chronic Inflammation in the Brain and Confers Molecular, Neuronal, and Behavioral Phenotypes Related to Schizophrenia

    Keizo Takao;Katsunori Kobayashi;Hideo Hagihara;Koji Ohira

  • Retarded axonal transport of R406W mutant tau in transgenic mice with a neurodegenerative tauopathy

    Bin Zhang;Makoto Higuchi;Yasumasa Yoshiyama;Takeshi Ishihara

  • Cerebrospinal fluid tau levels in neurodegenerative diseases with distinct tau-related pathology.

    Hiroyuki Arai;Yu ichi Morikawa;Makoto Higuchi;Toshifumi Matsui

  • Age-dependent induction of congophilic neurofibrillary tau inclusions in tau transgenic mice.

    Takeshi Ishihara;Bin Zhang;Makoto Higuchi;Yasumasa Yoshiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Hitoshi Shinotoh
Hitoshi Shinotoh National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Hiroshi Ito
Hiroshi Ito Fukushima Medical University
Nobuyuki Okamura
Nobuyuki Okamura Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Masatoshi Itoh
Masatoshi Itoh Tohoku University
Harumasa Takano
Harumasa Takano National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Agneta Nordberg
Agneta Nordberg Karolinska University Hospital

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