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Yoshikazu Isomura

Yoshikazu Isomura

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
5698
World Ranking
9296
National Ranking
341

Overview

Yoshikazu Isomura is affiliated with Tamagawa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans various aspects of neural dynamics, brain function, and neural engineering.

Their recent publications include:

  • Inhibitory neurons exhibit high controlling ability in the cortical microconnectome, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • An engineered channelrhodopsin optimized for axon terminal activation and circuit mapping, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Electrophysiological Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Neural Activity in the Rat Motor Cortex, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Rat hippocampal CA1 region represents learning-related action and reward events with shorter latency than the lateral entorhinal cortex, 2023, Communications Biology

Frequent coauthors of Yoshikazu Isomura include:

  • Riichiro Hira
  • Yutaka Sakai
  • Alain Ríos
  • Masanori Kawabata
  • Satoshi Nonomura

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Journal of Neuroscience

The main field of study for Yoshikazu Isomura is Neuroscience, supported by a concentration of 57 publications.

Within neuroscience, their subfields of study comprise:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

Their main research topics focus on areas such as:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Best Publications

  • Entrainment of neocortical neurons and gamma oscillations by the hippocampal theta rhythm

    Anton Sirota;Sean Montgomery;Shigeyoshi Fujisawa;Yoshikazu Isomura

  • Integration and Segregation of Activity in Entorhinal-Hippocampal Subregions by Neocortical Slow Oscillations

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Yoshikazu Isomura;Anton Sirota;Simal Özen;Sean Montgomery

  • Microcircuitry coordination of cortical motor information in self-initiation of voluntary movements

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Rie Harukuni;Takashi Takekawa;Hidenori Aizawa

  • Direct Recording of Theta Oscillations in Primate Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortices

    Toru Tsujimoto;Hideki Shimazu;Yoshikazu Isomura

  • Monitoring and Updating of Action Selection for Goal-Directed Behavior through the Striatal Direct and Indirect Pathways.

    Satoshi Nonomura;Kayo Nishizawa;Yutaka Sakai;Yasuo Kawaguchi

  • Two distinct layer-specific dynamics of cortical ensembles during learning of a motor task

    Yoshito Masamizu;Yasuhiro R Tanaka;Yasuyo H Tanaka;Riichiro Hira

  • Reward-Modulated Motor Information in Identified Striatum Neurons

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Takashi Takekawa;Rie Harukuni;Takashi Handa

  • Accurate spike sorting for multi-unit recordings

    Takashi Takekawa;Yoshikazu Isomura;Tomoki Fukai;Tomoki Fukai

  • Glial dysfunction in the mouse habenula causes depressive-like behaviors and sleep disturbance

    Wanpeng Cui;Hiroaki Mizukami;Michiko Yanagisawa;Tomomi Aida

  • Neural coding of "attention for action" and "response selection" in primate anterior cingulate cortex.

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Yumi Ito;Toshikazu Akazawa;Atsushi Nambu

  • Excitatory GABA input directly drives seizure-like rhythmic synchronization in mature hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells.

    Y. Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Y. Isomura;A. Nambu;M. Takada

  • Synaptically activated Cl- accumulation responsible for depolarizing GABAergic responses in mature hippocampal neurons.

    Y. Isomura;M. Sugimoto;Y. Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;S. Yamamoto-Muraki

  • Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Functional Clusters of Neurons in the Mouse Motor Cortex during a Voluntary Movement

    Riichiro Hira;Fuki Ohkubo;Katsuya Ozawa;Yoshikazu Isomura

  • A θ-γ oscillation code for neuronal coordination during motor behavior.

    Jun Igarashi;Yoshikazu Isomura;Kensuke Arai;Rie Harukuni

  • Similarity in Neuronal Firing Regimes across Mammalian Species.

    Yasuhiro Mochizuki;Tomokatsu Onaga;Hideaki Shimazaki;Takeaki Shimokawa

  • Prototypic Seizure Activity Driven by Mature Hippocampal Fast-Spiking Interneurons

    Yoko Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Yoshikazu Isomura;Michiko Imanishi;Taihei Ninomiya

  • The synchronous activity of lateral habenular neurons is essential for regulating hippocampal theta oscillation.

    Hidenori Aizawa;Shin Yanagihara;Megumi Kobayashi;Kazue Niisato

  • Spike sorting of heterogeneous neuron types by multimodality-weighted PCA and explicit robust variational Bayes

    Takashi Takekawa;Yoshikazu Isomura;Tomoki Fukai

  • Theta Oscillations in Primate Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortices in Forewarned Reaction Time Tasks

    Toru Tsujimoto;Toru Tsujimoto;Hideki Shimazu;Hideki Shimazu;Yoshikazu Isomura;Yoshikazu Isomura;Kazuo Sasaki

  • Distinct types of ionic modulation of GABA actions in pyramidal cells and interneurons during electrical induction of hippocampal seizure-like network activity

    Yoko Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Yoshikazu Isomura;Michiko Imanishi;Tomoki Fukai

  • Synaptic interactions between pyramidal cells and interneurone subtypes during seizure-like activity in the rat hippocampus

    Yoko Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Yoshikazu Isomura;Katsuyuki Kaneda;Masahiko Takada

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoki Fukai
Tomoki Fukai Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Masahiko Takada
Masahiko Takada Kyoto University
Masanori Matsuzaki
Masanori Matsuzaki University of Tokyo
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Tatsuya Mima
Tatsuya Mima Ritsumeikan University
Atsushi Nambu
Atsushi Nambu The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Hajime Mushiake
Hajime Mushiake Tohoku University

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