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Shin Nakagawa

Shin Nakagawa

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10012
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7983
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Overview

Shin Nakagawa is a researcher affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan, with a focus on psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research topics cover a range of areas centered on mental health, brain function, and development. These include mental health research topics, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, functional brain connectivity studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, stress responses and cortisol, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and the role of tryptophan in brain disorders.

Among Nakagawa's recent publications are studies on pain, physical activity, cognitive function, mood, and neurobiological mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • Clinically significant changes in pain along the Pain Intensity Numerical Rating Scale in patients with chronic low back pain (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Regular Moderate- to Vigorous-Intensity Physical Activity Rather Than Walking Is Associated with Enhanced Cognitive Functions and Mental Health in Young Adults (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Physical activity for cognitive health promotion: An overview of the underlying neurobiological mechanisms (2023, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • The Mood-Improving Effect of Viewing Images of Nature and Its Neural Substrate (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Recent advances in the study of the neurobiological mechanisms behind the effects of physical activity on mood, resilience and emotional disorders (2023, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine)

Shin Nakagawa collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Chong Chen
  • Kosuke Hagiwara
  • Toshio Matsubara
  • Masako Hirotsu
  • Takahiro Tabuchi

Their work is regularly published in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Best Publications

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Produces Antidepressant Effects in Behavioral Models of Depression

    Yukihiko Shirayama;Andrew C.-H. Chen;Shin Nakagawa;David S. Russell

  • Neuronal plasticity and survival in mood disorders

    Ronald S Duman;Jessica Malberg;Shin Nakagawa;Carrol D’Sa

  • Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis by Antidepressant Treatment

    Ronald S Duman;Shin Nakagawa;Jessica Malberg

  • Regulation of neurogenesis in adult mouse hippocampus by cAMP and the cAMP response element-binding protein.

    Shin Nakagawa;Ji-Eun Kim;Rena Lee;Jessica E. Malberg

  • Neural basis of major depressive disorder: Beyond monoamine hypothesis.

    Shuken Boku;Shin Nakagawa;Hiroyuki Toda;Akitoyo Hishimoto

  • Localization of Phosphorylated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein in Immature Neurons of Adult Hippocampus

    Shin Nakagawa;Ji-Eun Kim;Rena Lee;Jingshan Chen

  • Reinforcement learning in depression: A review of computational research.

    Chong Chen;Taiki Takahashi;Shin Nakagawa;Takeshi Inoue

  • Assessment of the dexamethasone/CRH test as a state-dependent marker for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis abnormalities in major depressive episode: a Multicenter Study.

    Hiroshi Kunugi;Itsuro Ida;Toshimi Owashi;Mahito Kimura

  • The exercise-glucocorticoid paradox: How exercise is beneficial to cognition, mood, and the brain while increasing glucocorticoid levels.

    Chong Chen;Shin Nakagawa;Yan An;Koki Ito

  • Developmental changes in expression and distribution of the glutamate receptor channel δ2 subunit according to the Purkinje cell maturation

    Chitoshi Takayama;Shin Nakagawa;Masahiko Watanabe;Masayoshi Mishina

  • Prenatal exposure to an NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801 reduces density of parvalbumin-immunoreactive GABAergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex and enhances phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion but not behavioral sensitization to methamphetamine in postpubertal rats.

    Tomohiro Abekawa;Koki Ito;Shin Nakagawa;Tsukasa Koyama

  • Clinically significant changes in pain along the Pain Intensity Numerical Rating Scale in patients with chronic low back pain

    Hidenori Suzuki;Shuichi Aono;Shinsuke Inoue;Yasuaki Imajo

  • Sertraline Increases Extracellular Levels Not Only of Serotonin, but Also of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens and Striatum of Rats

    Yuji Kitaichi;Takeshi Inoue;Shin Nakagawa;Shuken Boku

  • Utility and limitations of PHQ-9 in a clinic specializing in psychiatric care

    Takeshi Inoue;Teruaki Tanaka;Shin Nakagawa;Yasuya Nakato

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor reduces conditioned fear through its effect in the amygdala

    Takeshi Inoue;Xiao Bai Li;Tomohiro Abekawa;Yuji Kitaichi

  • Gq protein alpha subunits Galphaq and Galpha11 are localized at postsynaptic extra-junctional membrane of cerebellar Purkinje cells and hippocampal pyramidal cells.

    Jun Tanaka;Shin Nakagawa;Etsuko Kushiya;Miwako Yamasaki

  • Depressive patients are more impulsive and inconsistent in intertemporal choice behavior for monetary gain and loss than healthy subjects--an analysis based on Tsallis' statistics

    Taiki Takahashi;Hiderni Oono;Takeshi Inoue;Shuken Boku

  • Glucocorticoids and lithium reciprocally regulate the proliferation of adult dentate gyrus-derived neural precursor cells through GSK-3beta and beta-catenin/TCF pathway.

    Shuken Boku;Shin Nakagawa;Takahiro Masuda;Takahiro Masuda;Hiroyuki Nishikawa

  • Light- and electron-microscopic localization of the glutamate receptor channel 62 subunit in the mouse Purkinje cell

    Chitoshi Takayama;Shin Nakagawa;Masahiko Watanabe;Masayoshi Mishina

  • 5-HT1A receptor agonist affects fear conditioning through stimulations of the postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors in the hippocampus and amygdala

    XiaoBai Li;Takeshi Inoue;Tomohiro Abekawa;ShiMin Weng

  • Regular Moderate- to Vigorous-Intensity Physical Activity Rather Than Walking Is Associated with Enhanced Cognitive Functions and Mental Health in Young Adults

    Takumi Nakagawa;Ibuki Koan;Chong Chen;Toshio Matsubara

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Yoshiro Inoue
Yoshiro Inoue Hokkaido University
Koji Matsuo
Koji Matsuo Yamaguchi University
Masayoshi Mishina
Masayoshi Mishina Ritsumeikan University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Masahiko Mikuni
Masahiko Mikuni Gunma University
Anabel Martínez-Arán
Anabel Martínez-Arán University of Barcelona
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University
Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University

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