Toyofumi Ataka

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Affiliation: Niigata University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Relationship between tonic inhibitory currents and phasic inhibitory activity in the spinal cord lamina II region of adult mice
    Toyofumi Ataka
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, McKnight Brain Institute and College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
    Mol Pain 2:36. 2006
  2. ncbi Removal of GABAergic inhibition facilitates polysynaptic A fiber-mediated excitatory transmission to the superficial spinal dorsal horn
    Hiroshi Baba
    Neural Plasticity Research Group, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 24:818-30. 2003
  3. ncbi Substance P-driven feed-forward inhibitory activity in the mammalian spinal cord
    Terumasa Nakatsuka
    McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
    Mol Pain 1:20. 2005
  4. ncbi Action of isoflurane on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of the adult rat spinal cord
    Ayako Wakai
    Division of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
    Anesthesiology 102:379-86. 2005
  5. ncbi Actions of midazolam on excitatory transmission in dorsal horn neurons of adult rat spinal cord
    Tatsuro Kohno
    Division of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1 757 Asahimachi, Niigata 951 8510, Japan
    Anesthesiology 104:338-43. 2006
  6. ncbi Propofol enhances GABA(A) receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition in human spinal cord
    Miyako Shimizu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine 1-757, Asahi-machi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
    Neuroreport 13:357-60. 2002

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Relationship between tonic inhibitory currents and phasic inhibitory activity in the spinal cord lamina II region of adult mice
    Toyofumi Ataka
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, McKnight Brain Institute and College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
    Mol Pain 2:36. 2006
    ..The prominent charge transfer by tonic inhibitory currents and their synaptic activity dependency suggest a significant role of tonic inhibition in sensory processing...
  2. ncbi Removal of GABAergic inhibition facilitates polysynaptic A fiber-mediated excitatory transmission to the superficial spinal dorsal horn
    Hiroshi Baba
    Neural Plasticity Research Group, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 24:818-30. 2003
    ..This NMDA receptor-dependent phenomenon may contribute to bicuculline-induced allodynia or hyperalgesia, as well as the hypersensitivity observed in neuropathic pain patients...
  3. ncbi Substance P-driven feed-forward inhibitory activity in the mammalian spinal cord
    Terumasa Nakatsuka
    McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
    Mol Pain 1:20. 2005
    ..Our findings reveal a fundamental role of SP in recruiting inhibitory activity for sensory processing, which may have important therapeutic implications in treating pathological pain conditions using SP receptors as targets...
  4. ncbi Action of isoflurane on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of the adult rat spinal cord
    Ayako Wakai
    Division of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
    Anesthesiology 102:379-86. 2005
    ..This may be a possible mechanism for the antinociceptive effect of isoflurane in the spinal cord...
  5. ncbi Actions of midazolam on excitatory transmission in dorsal horn neurons of adult rat spinal cord
    Tatsuro Kohno
    Division of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1 757 Asahimachi, Niigata 951 8510, Japan
    Anesthesiology 104:338-43. 2006
    ..Although intrathecal administration of midazolam, a water-soluble imidazobenzodiazepine derivative, has been found to produce analgesia, how it exerts this effect at the neuronal level in the spinal cord is not fully understood...
  6. ncbi Propofol enhances GABA(A) receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition in human spinal cord
    Miyako Shimizu
    Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine 1-757, Asahi-machi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
    Neuroreport 13:357-60. 2002
    ..v.) significantly augmented the P2 component of seg SCEPs evoked by ulner nerve stimulation. We conclude that propofol enhances GABAA receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition at primary afferent terminals in human spinal cord...