Akinori Ishikawa

Summary

Affiliation: Yamaguchi University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Convergence and interaction of hippocampal and amygdalar projections within the prefrontal cortex in the rat
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan
    J Neurosci 23:9987-95. 2003
  2. ncbi Selective rapid eye movement sleep deprivation impairs the maintenance of long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755 8505 Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 24:243-8. 2006
  3. ncbi Essential role of D1 but not D2 receptors in methamphetamine-induced impairment of long-term potentiation in hippocampal-prefrontal cortex pathway
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755 8505, Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 22:1713-9. 2005
  4. ncbi Ventral hippocampal neurons project axons simultaneously to the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in the rat
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
    J Neurophysiol 96:2134-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex contribution to behavioral and nucleus accumbens neuronal responses to incentive cues
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
    J Neurosci 28:5088-98. 2008
  6. ncbi Contributions of the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to incentive cue responding
    A Ishikawa
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, 5858 Horton Street, Suite 200, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
    Neuroscience 155:573-84. 2008
  7. ncbi Basolateral amygdala neurons facilitate reward-seeking behavior by exciting nucleus accumbens neurons
    Frederic Ambroggi
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
    Neuron 59:648-61. 2008
  8. ncbi Interferon-alpha reduces the density of monoaminergic axons in the rat brain
    Junko Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
    Neuroreport 18:137-40. 2007
  9. ncbi 13-cis-retinoic acid alters the cellular morphology of slice-cultured serotonergic neurons in the rat
    Junko Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755 8505, Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 27:2363-72. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Convergence and interaction of hippocampal and amygdalar projections within the prefrontal cortex in the rat
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan
    J Neurosci 23:9987-95. 2003
    ..Furthermore, the results indicate that simultaneous activation of hippocampal and amygdalar neurons may be important for amplification of OMPFC neuronal activity...
  2. ncbi Selective rapid eye movement sleep deprivation impairs the maintenance of long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755 8505 Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 24:243-8. 2006
    ..These results suggest that REM sleep after LTP induction in the dentate gyrus plays an essential role in LTP maintenance, whereas a REM rebound does not restore the RSD-induced impairment of LTP...
  3. ncbi Essential role of D1 but not D2 receptors in methamphetamine-induced impairment of long-term potentiation in hippocampal-prefrontal cortex pathway
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755 8505, Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 22:1713-9. 2005
    ..Impairment of LTP associated with D1 receptor dysfunction may underlie cognitive deficits in MA-dependent subjects...
  4. ncbi Ventral hippocampal neurons project axons simultaneously to the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in the rat
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
    J Neurophysiol 96:2134-8. 2006
    ..Our anatomical and electrophysiological evidence for the presence of VH neurons projecting to both the mPFC and amygdala provides a previously unrecognized pathway from the hippocampus that simultaneously activates the mPFC and amygdala...
  5. ncbi Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex contribution to behavioral and nucleus accumbens neuronal responses to incentive cues
    Akinori Ishikawa
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
    J Neurosci 28:5088-98. 2008
    ..These findings indicate that cue-evoked excitations and inhibitions of NAc core neurons depend on dmPFC projections to the NAc and that these phasic changes contribute to the behavioral response to reward-predictive cues...
  6. ncbi Contributions of the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to incentive cue responding
    A Ishikawa
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, 5858 Horton Street, Suite 200, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
    Neuroscience 155:573-84. 2008
    ..These findings demonstrate that the BLA and dmPFC facilitate cue-evoked reward-seeking, whereas, in the same task the vmPFC exerts inhibitory control over unrewarded behaviors...
  7. ncbi Basolateral amygdala neurons facilitate reward-seeking behavior by exciting nucleus accumbens neurons
    Frederic Ambroggi
    Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
    Neuron 59:648-61. 2008
    ..These results indicate that BLA input is required for dopamine to enhance the cue-evoked firing of NAc neurons and that this enhanced firing promotes reward-seeking behavior...
  8. ncbi Interferon-alpha reduces the density of monoaminergic axons in the rat brain
    Junko Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
    Neuroreport 18:137-40. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi 13-cis-retinoic acid alters the cellular morphology of slice-cultured serotonergic neurons in the rat
    Junko Ishikawa
    Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 1 1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755 8505, Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 27:2363-72. 2008
    ..Moreover, RXR has a greater influence on the morphology of 5-HT neurons than RAR. The receptor-mediated actions of 13-cis-RA presented here may provide a clue for further research on depression associated with the use of 13-cis-RA...