What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Gene
- Internal medicine
- DNA
His scientific interests lie mostly in Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Dopamine, Methamphetamine and Schizophrenia.
His Pharmacology research includes elements of NMDA receptor, Neurotoxicity and Moro reflex, Acoustic Startle Reflex.
The Dopamine study combines topics in areas such as Agonist and Aggression.
His Methamphetamine research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Haloperidol, Clozapine, GABAB receptor and Baclofen.
His work carried out in the field of Schizophrenia brings together such families of science as Innate immune system, Immunology and Phencyclidine.
Taku Nagai is doing genetic studies as part of his Internal medicine and Endocrinology and Hippocampus investigations.
His most cited work include:
- CD38 is critical for social behaviour by regulating oxytocin secretion (487 citations)
- Cognition impairment in the genetic model of aging klotho gene mutant mice: a role of oxidative stress (218 citations)
- RAGE-mediated signaling contributes to intraneuronal transport of amyloid-β and neuronal dysfunction (211 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Taku Nagai focuses on Neuroscience, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Dopamine and Pharmacology.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Neuroscience, Immunology is strongly linked to Schizophrenia.
His Internal medicine study typically links adjacent topics like Pregnancy.
His Endocrinology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Morphine, Neuroactive steroid, Clozapine and Antagonist.
His work in the fields of Nucleus accumbens and Dopaminergic overlaps with other areas such as Meth-.
His Nucleus accumbens research incorporates themes from Striatum, Medium spiny neuron, Conditioned place preference, Methamphetamine and Dopamine receptor D1.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (38.21%)
- Internal medicine (41.04%)
- Endocrinology (39.15%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Neuroscience (38.21%)
- Cell biology (12.26%)
- Schizophrenia (12.26%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Cell biology, Schizophrenia, Dopamine and Reelin.
His Cell biology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Medium spiny neuron and Neuron.
His study in the field of Antipsychotic is also linked to topics like Rho kinase inhibitor.
Taku Nagai focuses mostly in the field of Dopamine, narrowing it down to topics relating to Adenosine and, in certain cases, Adenosine A2A receptor.
His Nucleus accumbens study is concerned with the larger field of Internal medicine.
His Endocrinology study combines topics in areas such as Neuroprotection and In vivo.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Astroglial major histocompatibility complex class I following immune activation leads to behavioral and neuropathological changes (24 citations)
- Genetic and animal model analyses reveal the pathogenic role of a novel deletion of RELN in schizophrenia. (19 citations)
- Administration of molecular hydrogen during pregnancy improves behavioral abnormalities of offspring in a maternal immune activation model. (11 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Gene
- Internal medicine
- DNA
His main research concerns Neuroscience, Cell biology, Medium spiny neuron, Dopamine and Dopamine receptor D1.
His Neuroscience study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Glutamate receptor.
His work in the fields of Cell biology, such as RHOA, Signal transduction and Small GTPase, overlaps with other areas such as RhoGAP domain.
His study on Medium spiny neuron also encompasses disciplines like
- MAPK/ERK pathway that connect with fields like Nucleus accumbens, Mitogen-activated protein kinase and Long-term potentiation,
- Protein kinase A that intertwine with fields like Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, CREB, Transcription factor and Rap1.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Agonist, GABAergic, Adenosine and Exon.
Taku Nagai combines subjects such as Hippocampal formation, Neurogenesis and Epilepsy with his study of Hippocampus.
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