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Yugo Fukazawa

Yugo Fukazawa

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Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
7893
World Ranking
7145
National Ranking
238

Overview

Yugo Fukazawa is affiliated with the University of Fukui in Japan. Their research primarily spans several interconnected fields including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their subfields of study highlight a focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of Fukazawa's work encompass various aspects of neuroscience and related biomedical research. These topics include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Barrier Structure and Function Studies, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fukazawa are:

  • Koshi Murata
  • Alejandro Martín-Belmonte
  • Carolina Aguado
  • Rocío Alfaro-Ruiz
  • Ana Esther Moreno-Martínez

Fukazawa has published multiple papers in prominent scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Occludin and tricellulin facilitate formation of anastomosing tight-junction strand network to improve barrier function" (2021), published in Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Synaptic pruning through glial synapse engulfment upon motor learning" (2022), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Region- and neuronal-subtype-specific expression of Na, K-ATPase alpha and beta subunit isoforms in the mouse brain" (2020), published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • "Transient astrocytic mGluR5 expression drives synaptic plasticity and subsequent chronic pain in mice" (2022), published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Advantages of Acute Brain Slices Prepared at Physiological Temperature in the Characterization of Synaptic Functions" (2020), published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

The scientist has contributed frequently to several publication venues including:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal LTP Is Accompanied by Enhanced F-Actin Content within the Dendritic Spine that Is Essential for Late LTP Maintenance In Vivo

    Yugo Fukazawa;Yoshito Saitoh;Fumiko Ozawa;Yasuhiko Ohta

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

    Keiko Matsuda;Eriko Miura;Taisuke Miyazaki;Wataru Kakegawa

  • Novel Members of the Vesl/Homer Family of PDZ Proteins That Bind Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors *

    Akihiko Kato;Akihiko Kato;Fumiko Ozawa;Yoshito Saitoh;Yugo Fukazawa

  • Layer-specific morphological and molecular differences in neocortical astrocytes and their dependence on neuronal layers

    Darin Lanjakornsiripan;Baek Jun Pior;Daichi Kawaguchi;Shohei Furutachi;Shohei Furutachi

  • Optogenetic countering of glial acidosis suppresses glial glutamate release and ischemic brain damage.

    Kaoru Beppu;Takuya Sasaki;Kenji F. Tanaka;Akihiro Yamanaka

  • Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway

    Victor H. Hernandez;Anna Gehrt;Kirsten Reuter;Zhizi Jing

  • Cortical astrocytes rewire somatosensory cortical circuits for peripheral neuropathic pain

    Sun Kwang Kim;Sun Kwang Kim;Hideaki Hayashi;Tatsuya Ishikawa;Keisuke Shibata

  • Neuroligin-1 controls synaptic abundance of NMDA-type glutamate receptors through extracellular coupling

    Elaine C. Budreck;Oh Bin Kwon;Jung Hoon Jung;Stephane Baudouin

  • Visual properties of transgenic rats harboring the channelrhodopsin-2 gene regulated by the thy-1.2 promoter.

    Hiroshi Tomita;Eriko Sugano;Yugo Fukazawa;Hitomi Isago

  • Application of an optogenetic byway for perturbing neuronal activity via glial photostimulation

    Takuya Sasaki;Kaoru Beppu;Kenji F. Tanaka;Yugo Fukazawa

  • Quantitative localisation of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptor subunits on hippocampal pyramidal cells by freeze-fracture replica immunolabelling.

    Y. Kasugai;Jerome Swinny;J. Roberts;Y. Dalezios

  • Polyovular follicles in mouse ovaries exposed neonatally to diethylstilbestrol in vivo and in vitro.

    Taisen Iguchi;Yugo Fukazawa;Yasuo Uesugi;Noboru Takasugi

  • Compartment-dependent colocalization of Kir3.2-containing K+ channels and GABAB receptors in hippocampal pyramidal cells.

    Ákos Kulik;Ákos Kulik;Imre Vida;Yugo Fukazawa;Yugo Fukazawa;Nicole Guetg;Nicole Guetg

  • Na, K-ATPase α3 is a death target of Alzheimer patient amyloid-β assembly

    Takayuki Ohnishi;Takayuki Ohnishi;Masako Yanazawa;Tomoya Sasahara;Tomoya Sasahara;Yasuki Kitamura

  • Orexin directly excites orexin neurons through orexin 2 receptor.

    Akihiro Yamanaka;Sawako Tabuchi;Sawako Tabuchi;Tomomi Tsunematsu;Tomomi Tsunematsu;Yugo Fukazawa;Yugo Fukazawa

  • Crosstalk between GABAB and mGlu1a receptors reveals new insight into GPCR signal integration

    Marie-Laure Rives;Marie-Laure Rives;Marie-Laure Rives;Claire Vol;Claire Vol;Claire Vol;Yugo Fukazawa;Norbert Tinel

  • Input-specific intrasynaptic arrangements of ionotropic glutamate receptors and their impact on postsynaptic responses

    Etsuko Tarusawa;Ko Matsui;Timotheus Budisantoso;Timotheus Budisantoso;Elek Molnár

  • Light-evoked somatosensory perception of transgenic rats that express channelrhodopsin-2 in dorsal root ganglion cells

    Zhi-Gang Ji;Shin Ito;Tatsuya Honjoh;Hiroyuki Ohta;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • Optogenetic Control of Synaptic AMPA Receptor Endocytosis Reveals Roles of LTD in Motor Learning.

    Wataru Kakegawa;Akira Katoh;Sakae Narumi;Eriko Miura

  • Apoptotic cell death during the estrous cycle in the rat uterus and vagina

    Tomomi Sato;Yugo Fukazawa;Hiromi Kojima;Masato Enari

  • NMDA Receptors in Hippocampal GABAergic Synapses and Their Role in Nitric Oxide Signaling

    Eszter Szabadits;Csaba Cserép;András Szonyi;Yugo Fukazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Kaoru Inokuchi
Kaoru Inokuchi University of Toyama
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Elek Molnar
Elek Molnar University of Bristol
Akos Kulik
Akos Kulik University of Freiburg
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hajime Mushiake
Hajime Mushiake Tohoku University
Francisco Ciruela
Francisco Ciruela University of Barcelona
Hideo Matsuzaki
Hideo Matsuzaki University of Fukui

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