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Masahiko Takada

Masahiko Takada

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Neuroscience

D-Index
72
Citations
18981
World Ranking
2298
National Ranking
56

Overview

Masahiko Takada is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology.

The main areas addressed in Takada's work include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Their recent publications cover diverse topics relevant to neuroscience and primate research. Selected papers include:

  • "Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys" (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics" (2020), published in Neuron
  • "MacaquePose: A Novel 'In the Wild' Macaque Monkey Pose Dataset for Markerless Motion Capture" (2021), published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Claustrum mediates bidirectional and reversible control of stress-induced anxiety responses" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "BBB opening with focused ultrasound in nonhuman primates and Parkinson's disease patients: Targeted AAV vector delivery and PET imaging" (2023), published in Science Advances

Takada has collaborated frequently with several researchers, reflecting a network of co-authorship that includes:

  • Ken-ichi Inoue
  • Takafumi Minamimoto
  • Yuji Nagai
  • Yukiko Hori
  • Koki Mimura

Their research outputs are often published in well-known venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • iScience
  • Cerebral Cortex

Throughout the course of their career, Takada's work has supported key insights into neural mechanisms on both molecular and behavioral levels, featuring studies on neuropharmacological agents, optogenetics, and primate behavior. Their interdisciplinary approach includes both basic and applied neuroscience with a focus on complex brain function and behavioral modulation.

Best Publications

  • Differential presynaptic localization of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes in the rat hippocampus.

    Ryuichi Shigemoto;Ayae Kinoshita;Eiki Wada;Sakashi Nomura

  • Functional significance of the cortico–subthalamo–pallidal ‘hyperdirect’ pathway

    Atsushi Nambu;Hironobu Tokuno;Masahiko Takada

  • Specific deficit of the ON response in visual transmission by targeted disruption of the mGluR6 gene

    Masayuki Masu;Hideki Iwakabe;Yoshiaki Tagawa;Tomomitsu Miyoshi

  • Dual somatotopical representations in the primate subthalamic nucleus: evidence for ordered but reversed body-map transformations from the primary motor cortex and the supplementary motor area.

    Atsushi Nambu;Masahiko Takada;Masahiko Inase;Hironobu Tokuno

  • 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

  • Direct projections from the dorsal column nuclei and the spinal trigeminal nuclei to the cochlear nuclei in the cat

    Kazuo Itoh;Hiroto Kamiya;Akira Mitani;Yukihiko Yasui

  • Corticostriatal projections from the somatic motor areas of the frontal cortex in the macaque monkey: segregation versus overlap of input zones from the primary motor cortex, the supplementary motor area, and the premotor cortex.

    M. Takada;H. Tokuno;A. Nambu;M. Inase

  • Dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area of the rat project, respectively, to the cerebellar cortex and deep cerebellar nuclei

    Y. Ikai;M. Takada;Y. Shinonaga;N. Mizuno

  • Subthalamo-pallidal interactions underlying parkinsonian neuronal oscillations in the primate basal ganglia.

    Yoshihisa Tachibana;Hirokazu Iwamuro;Hitoshi Kita;Masahiko Takada

  • Corticostriatal and corticosubthalamic input zones from the presupplementary motor area in the macaque monkey: comparison with the input zones from the supplementary motor area

    Masahiko Inase;Hironobu Tokuno;Atsushi Nambu;Toshikazu Akazawa

  • Localization of the neuromedin K receptor (NK3) in the central nervous system of the rat

    Yu-Qiang Ding;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Masahiko Takada;Hitoshi Ohishi

  • Corticosubthalamic input zones from forelimb representations of the dorsal and ventral divisions of the premotor cortex in the macaque monkey: comparison with the input zones from the primary motor cortex and the supplementary motor area.

    Atsushi Nambu;Hironobu Tokuno;Masahiko Inase;Masahiko Takada

  • A light and electron microscopic study of premotor neurons for the trigeminal motor nucleus

    Noboru Mizuno;Yukihiko Yasui;Sakashi Nomura;Kazuo Itoh

  • Role of ionotropic glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs on the firing activity of neurons in the external pallidum in awake monkeys.

    Hitoshi Kita;A. Nambu;K. Kaneda;Y. Tachibana

  • Excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus produce contralateral hemiparkinsonism in the monkey

    Jun Kojima;Yoshio Yamaji;Masaru Matsumura;Atsushi Nambu

  • Organization of inputs from cingulate motor areas to basal ganglia in macaque monkey.

    M. Takada;H. Tokuno;I. Hamada;M. Inase

  • Reward-Modulated Motor Information in Identified Striatum Neurons

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Takashi Takekawa;Rie Harukuni;Takashi Handa

  • Topographic organization of collateral projections from the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus to both the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens in the rat.

    Y. Shinonaga;M. Takada;N. Mizuno

  • Premotor neurons for trigeminal motor nucleus neurons innervating the jaw-closing and jaw-opening muscles: differential distribution in the lower brainstem of the rat.

    Yun‐Qing Li;Masahiko Takada;Takeshi Kaneko;Noboru Mizuno

  • Thalamocortical and intracortical connections of monkey cingulate motor areas

    Nobuhiko Hatanaka;Hironobu Tokuno;Ikuma Hamada;Masahiko Inase

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Nambu
Atsushi Nambu The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Masahiko Inase
Masahiko Inase Kindai University
Yoshikazu Isomura
Yoshikazu Isomura Tamagawa University
Kazuo Itoh
Kazuo Itoh Kyoto University
Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Tomoki Fukai
Tomoki Fukai Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Sakashi Nomura
Sakashi Nomura Kyoto University
Jun Tanji
Jun Tanji Tohoku University
Yu-Qiang Ding
Yu-Qiang Ding Fudan University

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