Minoru Narita

Overview

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

  619
  Citations

• Epigenetic mechanisms of chronic pain

  Giannina Descalzi;Daigo Ikegami;Toshikazu Ushijima;Eric J. Nestler

  365
  Citations

• Chronic pain induces anxiety with concomitant changes in opioidergic function in the amygdala.

  Minoru Narita;Chihiro Kaneko;Kan Miyoshi;Yasuyuki Nagumo

  354
  Citations

• Regulations of opioid dependence by opioid receptor types

  Minoru Narita;Masahiko Funada;Tsutomu Suzuki

  278
  Citations

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

  Naoko Kuzumaki;Daigo Ikegami;Rie Tamura;Nana Hareyama

  250
  Citations

• Blockade of morphine reward through the activation of κ-opioid receptors in mice

  Masahiko Funada;Tsutomu Suzuki;Minoru Narita;Miwa Misawa

  237
  Citations

• 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

  234
  Citations

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

  Minoru Narita;Mayumi Miyatake;Michiko Narita;Masahiro Shibasaki

  234
  Citations

• Implication of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the release of dopamine and dopamine-related behaviors induced by methamphetamine.

  M Narita;K Aoki;M Takagi;Y Yajima

  212
  Citations

• Differential antinociceptive effects of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in the mouse.

  Leon F. Tseng;Minoru Narita;Chiaki Suganuma;Hirokazu Mizoguchi

  204
  Citations

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

  Satoshi Imai;Daigo Ikegami;Akira Yamashita;Toshikazu Shimizu

  195
  Citations

• 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

  191
  Citations

• Usefulness of Antidepressants for Improving the Neuropathic Pain-Like State and Pain-Induced Anxiety through Actions at Different Brain Sites

  Kiyomi Matsuzawa-Yanagida;Minoru Narita;Minoru Narita;Mayumi Nakajima;Naoko Kuzumaki

  187
  Citations

• 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

  176
  Citations

• Direct evidence for the involvement of the mesolimbic kappa-opioid system in the morphine-induced rewarding effect under an inflammatory pain-like state.

  Minoru Narita;Yayoi Kishimoto;Yuya Ise;Yuya Ise;Yoshinori Yajima

  169
  Citations

• Role of delta-opioid receptor function in neurogenesis and neuroprotection.

  Minoru Narita;Naoko Kuzumaki;Mayumi Miyatake;Fumiaki Sato

  168
  Citations

• 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

  166
  Citations

• 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

  158
  Citations

• Prenatal and neonatal exposure to bisphenol-A enhances the central dopamine D1 receptor-mediated action in mice: enhancement of the methamphetamine-induced abuse state.

  T Suzuki;K Mizuo;H Nakazawa;Y Funae

  139
  Citations

• Neuropathic and chronic pain stimuli downregulate central μ -opioid and dopaminergic transmission

  Keiichi Niikura;Minoru Narita;Eduardo R. Butelman;Mary Jeanne Kreek

  138
  Citations