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Overview

Masashi Sasa is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Biological Psychiatry. Their work addresses topics including tryptophan and brain disorders.

Their recent publication explores the genetic and behavioral aspects related to neurological function and disorders. The paper titled "Deletion of PHD finger protein 24 (Phf24) causes elevated seizure sensitivity, emotional defects and cognitive impairment in rats." was published in 2020 in the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Masashi Sasa include:

  • Naofumi Kunisawa
  • Tadao Serikawa
  • Masaki Kato
  • Higor A. Iha
  • Hisao Nishikawa

Masashi Sasa's work has been disseminated notably through the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society.

Their research interests are centered on the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders, with a particular emphasis on molecular proteins impacting seizure sensitivity and cognitive and emotional processes. The focus on tryptophan pathways reflects a specialized interest in metabolic factors influencing brain disorders.

Best Publications

  • Excitatory and inhibitory effects of dopamine on neuronal activity of the caudate nucleus neurons in vitro.

    Akinori Akaike;Yukihiro Ohno;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

  • A Three-year Follow-up Study

    M. Sasa;S. Takaori;I. Matsuoka;T. Miyazaki

  • Accumulation of N-acetyl-L-aspartate in the brain of the tremor rat, a mutant exhibiting absence-like seizure and spongiform degeneration in the central nervous system.

    Kazuhiro Kitada;Tomohide Akimitsu;Yosuke Shigematsu;Akira Kondo

  • The dopamine D1 receptor agonist SKF 38393 suppresses detrusor hyperreflexia in the monkey with parkinsonism induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)

    N. Yoshimura;E. Mizuta;S. Kuno;M. Sasa

  • Noradrenaline-mediated inhibition by locus coeruleus of spinal trigeminal neurons

    Masashi Sasa;Katsunori Munekiyo;Hitoshi Ikeda;Shuji Takaori

  • Coexistence of inhibitory dopamine D-1 and excitatory D-2 receptors on the same caudate nucleus neurons.

    Yukihiro Ohno;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

  • Effects of antiepileptic drugs on absence-like and tonic seizures in the spontaneously epileptic rat, a double mutant rat.

    M. Sasa;Y. Ohno;H. Ujihara;Y. Fujita

  • Influence of the locus coeruleus on transmission in the spinal trigeminal nucleus neurons.

    M. Sasa;S. Takaori

  • Attenuation of morphine analgesia in rats with lesions of the locus coeruleus and dorsal raphe nucleus.

    Masashi Sasa;Katsunori Munekiyo;Yoshitsugu Osumi;Shuji Takaori

  • Protective action of dopamine against glutamate neurotoxicity in the retina.

    Satoshi Kashii;Masayo Takahashi;Michiko Mandai;Hisao Shimizu

  • Inhibition by topiramate of seizures in spontaneously epileptic rats and DBA/2 mice

    Joji Nakamura;Sachiko Tamura;Tomoyuki Kanda;Akio Ishii

  • Dopamine D-1 receptor-mediated inhibition of micturition reflex by central dopamine from the substantia nigra

    Naoki Yoshimura;Osamu Yoshida;Masashi Sasa;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

  • Attenuation by PACAP of glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in cultured retinal neurons

    Keisuke Shoge;Hiromu K Mishima;Tomoya Saitoh;Kumatoshi Ishihara

  • Separation of antiepileptogenic and antiseizure effects of levetiracetam in the spontaneously epileptic rat (SER).

    Hai-Dun Yan;Cai Ji-qun;Kumatoshi Ishihara;Takashi Nagayama

  • Contraction of Urinary Bladder by Central Norepinephrine Originating in the Locus Coeruleus

    Naoki Yoshimura;Masashi Sasa;Yukihiro Ohno;Osamu Yoshida

  • A new model of petit mal epilepsy: spontaneous spike and wave discharges in tremor rats

    T. Serikawa;Y. Ohno;M. Sasa;J. Yamada

  • Mechanism Underlying the Therapeutic Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) on Depression

    Kumatoshi Ishihara;Masashi Sasa

  • Mediation of micturition reflex by central norepinephrine from the locus coeruleus in the cat.

    Naoki Yoshimura;Masashi Sasa;Osamu Yoshida;Shuji Takaori

  • Ifenprodil prevents glutamate cytotoxicity via polyamine modulatory sites of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in cultured cortical neurons.

    Y Tamura;Y Sato;T Yokota;A Akaike

  • Locus coeruleus-induced inhibition of dorsal cochlear nucleus neurons in comparison with lateral vestibular nucleus neurons

    Yoshinori Chikamori;Masashi Sasa;Sakae Fujimoto;Shuji Takaori

  • Serotonin-mediated inhibition from dorsal raphe nucleus of neurons in dorsal lateral geniculate and thalamic reticular nuclei.

    Masako Yoshida;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

  • New insight into the therapeutic role of the serotonergic system in Parkinson's disease.

    Yukihiro Ohno;Saki Shimizu;Kentaro Tokudome;Naofumi Kunisawa

  • Commissural and ipsilateral internuclear connection of vestibular nuclear complex of the cat.

    Juichi Ito;Izuru Matsuoka;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

  • Electrophysiological evidence for cholinoceptive neurons in the medial vestibular nucleus: studies on rat brain stem in vitro.

    Hisamitsu Ujihara;Akinori Akaike;Masashi Sasa;Shuji Takaori

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeto Yamawaki
Shigeto Yamawaki Hiroshima University
Yoshimi Misu
Yoshimi Misu Yokohama City University
Edward F. Domino
Edward F. Domino University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Masakuni Kameyama
Masakuni Kameyama Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Nakata
Yoshihiro Nakata Hiroshima University
Christoph Schwarzer
Christoph Schwarzer Innsbruck Medical University
Shuji Kaneko
Shuji Kaneko Kyoto University

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