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Michisuke Yuzaki

Michisuke Yuzaki

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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
23894
World Ranking
3206
National Ranking
87

Overview

Michisuke Yuzaki is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans both fundamental molecular biology and applied neuroscience, focusing on areas such as cellular transport, receptor mechanisms, and neuropharmacology.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics in neuroscience and molecular biology. These include:

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors, 2020, Neuron
  • A synthetic synaptic organizer protein restores glutamatergic neuronal circuits, 2020, Science
  • Visualization of AMPA receptors in living human brain with positron emission tomography, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Ligand-directed two-step labeling to quantify neuronal glutamate receptor trafficking, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The autism-associated protein CHD8 is required for cerebellar development and motor function, 2021, Cell Reports

Yuzaki has published frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Neuron

Their frequent co-authors include Wataru Kakegawa, Itaru Hamachi, Shigeki Kiyonaka, Eriko Miura, and Keiko Matsuda.

Yuzaki's research encompasses a number of important fields and subfields:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology
  • Neurology
  • Organic Chemistry

The main research topics covered by Yuzaki include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Targeted disruption of NMDA receptor 1 gene abolishes NMDA response and results in neonatal death

    Douglas Forrest;Michisuke Yuzaki;Holly D. Soares;Lily Ng

  • Therapeutic potential of appropriately evaluated safe-induced pluripotent stem cells for spinal cord injury

    Osahiko Tsuji;Kyoko Miura;Yohei Okada;Kanehiro Fujiyoshi

  • Block of Ca2+ wave and Ca2+ oscillation by antibody to the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in fertilized hamster eggs.

    Shun Ichi Miyazaki;Michisuke Yuzaki;Ken Nakada;Hideki Shirakawa

  • Cbln1 Is a Ligand for an Orphan Glutamate Receptor δ2, a Bidirectional Synapse Organizer

    Keiko Matsuda;Eriko Miura;Taisuke Miyazaki;Wataru Kakegawa

  • Cbln1 is essential for synaptic integrity and plasticity in the cerebellum.

    Hirokazu Hirai;Zhen Pang;Zhen Pang;Dashi Bao;Taisuke Miyazaki

  • Cloning and characterization of a novel NMDA receptor subunit NR3B: a dominant subunit that reduces calcium permeability.

    Keiko Matsuda;Yoshinori Kamiya;Shinji Matsuda;Michisuke Yuzaki

  • Mutation of a glutamate receptor motif reveals its role in gating and delta2 receptor channel properties.

    Kazuhisa Kohda;Ying Wang;Michisuke Yuzaki

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in Drosophila melanogaster.

    S Yoshikawa;T Tanimura;A Miyawaki;M Nakamura

  • D-Serine regulates cerebellar LTD and motor coordination through the δ glutamate receptor

    Wataru Kakegawa;Yurika Miyoshi;Kenji Hamase;Shinji Matsuda

  • Anterograde C1ql1 Signaling Is Required in Order to Determine and Maintain a Single-Winner Climbing Fiber in the Mouse Cerebellum

    Wataru Kakegawa;Nikolaos Mitakidis;Eriko Miura;Manabu Abe

  • Aberrant membranes and double-membrane structures accumulate in the axons of Atg5-null Purkinje cells before neuronal death.

    Jun Nishiyama;Eriko Miura;Noboru Mizushima;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

    Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

  • Transsynaptic Modulation of Kainate Receptor Functions by C1q-like Proteins

    Keiko Matsuda;Timotheus Budisantoso;Nikolaos Mitakidis;Yuki Sugaya

  • Accumulation of AMPA receptors in autophagosomes in neuronal axons lacking adaptor protein AP-4.

    Shinji Matsuda;Eriko Miura;Keiko Matsuda;Wataru Kakegawa

  • Specific Assembly with the NMDA Receptor 3B Subunit Controls Surface Expression and Calcium Permeability of NMDA Receptors

    Keiko Matsuda;Matt Fletcher;Yoshinori Kamiya;Michisuke Yuzaki

  • Impaired Cerebellar Development and Function in Mice Lacking CAPS2, a Protein Involved in Neurotrophin Release

    Tetsushi Sadakata;Wataru Kakegawa;Akira Mizoguchi;Miwa Washida

  • Cbln family proteins promote synapse formation by regulating distinct neurexin signaling pathways in various brain regions.

    Keiko Matsuda;Michisuke Yuzaki

  • Serotonin Mediates Cross-Modal Reorganization of Cortical Circuits

    Susumu Jitsuki;Kiwamu Takemoto;Kiwamu Takemoto;Taisuke Kawasaki;Hirobumi Tada

  • Pharmacological and immunocytochemical characterization of metabotropic glutamate receptors in cultured Purkinje cells

    M Yuzaki;K Mikoshiba

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor in Drosophila melanogaster

    Shingo Yoshikawa;Teiichi Tanimura;Atsushi Miyawaki;Makoto Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Hirokazu Hirai
Hirokazu Hirai Gunma University
Taisuke Miyazaki
Taisuke Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Kenji Sakimura
Kenji Sakimura Niigata University
Alexander Dityatev
Alexander Dityatev German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
John A. Connor
John A. Connor University of New Mexico
Miwako Yamasaki
Miwako Yamasaki Hokkaido University
Manabu Abe
Manabu Abe Niigata University
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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