Keigo Kohara, Ph.D.
Research Interests
The molecular mechanism of learning and memory
Publications
| Title | Journal | Date | Authors |
| Difference in trafficking of brain-derived neurotrophic factor between axons and dendrites of cortical neurons, revealed by live-cell imaging. | BMC
Neurosci. 6(1):42. |
2005 | Adachi N, Kohara K, and Tsumoto T. |
| Brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases inhibitory synapses, revealed in solitary neurons cultured from rat visual cortex. | Neuroscience.
126(4):955-66. |
2004 | Palizvan MR, Sohya K, Kohara K, Maruyama A, Yasuda H, Kimura F, and Tsumoto T. |
| Inhibitory but not excitatory cortical neurons require presynaptic brain-derived neurotrophic factor for dendritic development, as revealed by chimera cell culture. | J Neurosci. 23(14):6123-31. |
2003 | Kohara K, Kitamura A, Adachi N, Nishida M, Itami C, Nakamura S, and Tsumoto T. |
| Activity-dependent transfer of brain-derived neurotrophic factor to postsynaptic neurons. | Science. 291(5512):2419-23 |
2001 | Kohara K, Kitamura A, Morishima M, and Tsumoto T. |
| Increase in number of functional release sites by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in cultured neurons isolated from hippocampal dentate gyrus. | Neurosci
Res. 41(1):79-88. |
2001 | Kohara K, Ogura A, Akagawa K, and Yamaguchi K. |
| Increased exocytotic capability of rat cerebellar granule neurons cultured under depolarizing conditions. | Neuroscience.
95(2):473-9. |
2000 | Yamagishi S, Fujikawa N, Kohara K, Tominaga-Yoshino K, and Ogura A. |
| Activity-dependent survival and enhanced turnover of calcium in cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons. | Brain
Res. 809(2):231-7. |
1998 | Kohara K, Ono T, Tominaga-Yoshino K, Shimonaga T, Kawashima S, and Ogura A. |
| Activity-dependent survival of rat cerebellar granule neurons is not associated with sustained elevation of intracellular Ca2+. | Neurosci
Lett. 228(2):123-6. |
1997 | Ono T, Kudo Y, Kohara K, Kawashima S, and Ogura A. |
Review Articles : |
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| Release and
dynamics of BDNF in cortical neurons ( in Japanese) |
Clinical
Neuroscience 22(3) : 275-277 |
2004 | Kohara K. |
| Method of
cDNA-microinjection into cultured neurons “Introducing genes into targeted cells” ( in Japanese) |
Seibutsu
Butsuri 42 (3) |
2002 | Kohara K. |
| Visualization
of BDNF dynamics in the anterograde direction ( in Japanese) |
JIKKEN-IGAKU 19 (10): 1230-1232 |
2001 | Kohara K, Kitamura A, and Tsumoto T. |
Scholastic Achievements
| Dates | School | Degree | Concentration |
| 2001 |
Osaka University | Ph.D. |
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