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Michiko Narita is affiliated with Tokyo Medical University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research covers a variety of subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their work frequently appears in notable publication venues such as the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Molecular Brain, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, British Journal of Cancer, and PAIN RESEARCH.

Recent significant papers by Michiko Narita include:

  • Direct evidence that the brain reward system is involved in the control of scratching behaviors induced by acute and chronic itch (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • Relief of neuropathic pain by cell-specific manipulation of nucleus accumbens dopamine D1- and D2-receptor-expressing neurons (2022, Molecular Brain)
  • Histone modification of pain-related gene expression in spinal cord neurons under a persistent postsurgical pain-like state by electrocautery (2021, Molecular Brain)
  • Tumor suppression and improvement in immune systems by specific activation of dopamine D1-receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens (2022, Molecular Brain)
  • Possible mechanism for improving the endogenous immune system through the blockade of peripheral μ-opioid receptors by treatment with naldemedine (2022, British Journal of Cancer)

The main research topics Michiko Narita focuses on include:

  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects

Frequent collaborators in their research comprise Naoko Kuzumaki, Minoru Narita, Yusuke Hamada, Yukari Suda, and Tomohisa Mori, with collaboration counts ranging from 9 to 23 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Direct involvement of orexinergic systems in the activation of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and related behaviors induced by morphine.

    Minoru Narita;Yasuyuki Nagumo;Seiko Hashimoto;Michiko Narita

  • Hippocampal epigenetic modification at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene induced by an enriched environment

    Naoko Kuzumaki;Daigo Ikegami;Rie Tamura;Nana Hareyama

  • Direct evidence for the involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the development of a neuropathic pain-like state in mice.

    Yoshinori Yajima;Minoru Narita;Aiko Usui;Chihiro Kaneko

  • Direct Evidence of Astrocytic Modulation in the Development of Rewarding Effects Induced by Drugs of Abuse

    Minoru Narita;Mayumi Miyatake;Michiko Narita;Masahiro Shibasaki

  • Epigenetic transcriptional activation of monocyte chemotactic protein 3 contributes to long-lasting neuropathic pain.

    Satoshi Imai;Daigo Ikegami;Akira Yamashita;Toshikazu Shimizu

  • Suppression of the morphine-induced rewarding effect in the rat with neuropathic pain: implication of the reduction in mu-opioid receptor functions in the ventral tegmental area.

    Satoru Ozaki;Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Masahiko Iino

  • Direct evidence for spinal cord microglia in the development of a neuropathic pain‐like state in mice

    Minoru Narita;Takuya Yoshida;Mayumi Nakajima;Michiko Narita

  • Inhibition of protein kinase C, but not of protein kinase A, blocks the development of acute antinociceptive tolerance to an intrathecally administered μ-opioid receptor agonist in the mouse

    Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Hirokazu Mizoguchi;Leon F. Tseng

  • Involvement of a spinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor/full-length TrkB pathway in the development of nerve injury-induced thermal hyperalgesia in mice

    Yoshinori Yajima;Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Nozomi Matsumoto

  • Memory impairment associated with a dysfunction of the hippocampal cholinergic system induced by prenatal and neonatal exposures to bisphenol-A.

    Kazuya Miyagawa;Minoru Narita;Michiko Narita;Hisahiko Akama

  • Enhanced IL-1beta production in response to the activation of hippocampal glial cells impairs neurogenesis in aged mice.

    Naoko Kuzumaki;Daigo Ikegami;Satoshi Imai;Michiko Narita

  • Chronic pain-induced emotional dysfunction is associated with astrogliosis due to cortical delta-opioid receptor dysfunction.

    Minoru Narita;Naoko Kuzumaki;Michiko Narita;Chihiro Kaneko

  • Change in MicroRNAs Associated with Neuronal Adaptive Responses in the Nucleus Accumbens under Neuropathic Pain

    S. Imai;M. Saeki;M. Yanase;H. Horiuchi

  • Astrocytic activation in the anterior cingulate cortex is critical for sleep disorder under neuropathic pain.

    Akira Yamashita;Asami Hamada;Yuki Suhara;Rui Kawabe

  • Analysis of sleep disorders under pain using an optogenetic tool: possible involvement of the activation of dorsal raphe nucleus-serotonergic neurons

    Hisakatsu Ito;Hisakatsu Ito;Makoto Yanase;Akira Yamashita;Chigusa Kitabatake

  • Sleep disturbances in a neuropathic pain-like condition in the mouse are associated with altered GABAergic transmission in the cingulate cortex.

    Minoru Narita;Keiichi Niikura;Keiichi Niikura;Kana Nanjo-Niikura;Kana Nanjo-Niikura;Michiko Narita

  • Identification of the G‐protein‐coupled ORL1 receptor in the mouse spinal cord by [35S]‐GTPγS binding and immunohistochemistry

    Minoru Narita;Hirokazu Mizoguchi;David E Oji;Michiko Narita

  • Involvement of Spinal Protein Kinase Cγ in the Attenuation of Opioid μ-Receptor-Mediated G-Protein Activation after Chronic Intrathecal Administration of [d-Ala2,N-MePhe4,Gly-Ol5]Enkephalin

    Minoru Narita;Minoru Narita;Hirokazu Mizoguchi;Michiko Narita;Hiroshi Nagase;Hiroshi Nagase

  • Protease-Activated Receptor-1 and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Neurons Are Implicated in Neuropathic Pain after Nerve Injury

    Minoru Narita;Aiko Usui;Michiko Narita;Keiichi Niikura

  • Implications of the NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptor localized in mouse limbic forebrain in ethanol dependence.

    Minoru Narita;Miho Soma;Michiko Narita;Hirokazu Mizoguchi

  • Long-lasting change in brain dynamics induced by methamphetamine: enhancement of protein kinase C-dependent astrocytic response and behavioral sensitization.

    Minoru Narita;Mayumi Miyatake;Masahiro Shibasaki;Makoto Tsuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshikazu Ushijima
Toshikazu Ushijima National Cancer Centre
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hirotaka James Okano
Hirotaka James Okano Jikei University School of Medicine
Ichiro Sora
Ichiro Sora Kobe University
Shinobu Sakurada
Shinobu Sakurada Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
George R. Uhl
George R. Uhl University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kazuhide Inoue
Kazuhide Inoue Kyushu University
Makoto Tsuda
Makoto Tsuda Kyushu University

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