Papers - Oka, Kotaro

Direction-Specific Adaptation in Neuronal and Behavioral Responses of an Insect Mechanosensory System.

Ogawa H., Oka K.

The Journal of Neuroscience. 35 ( 33 ) 11644 - 11655 2015.08

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work

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Evaluation of drug toxicity profiles based on the phenotypes of ascidian Ciona intestinalis.

Mizotani Y., Itoh S., Hotta K., Tashiro E., Oka K.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 463 ( 4 ) 656 - 660 2015.08

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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Cysteine residues in Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase are essential to toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Ogawa M., Shidara H., Oka K., Kurosawa M., Nukina N., Furukawa Y.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 463 ( 4 ) 1196 - 1202 2015.08

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Photodegradation of amyloid β and reduction of its cytotoxicity to PC12 cells using porphyrin derivatives.

Hirabayashi A., Shindo Y., Oka K., Takahashi D., Toshima K.

Chem Commun. 50 ( 67 ) 9543 - 9546 2014.08

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Comprehensive morphological analysis of individual peripheral neuron dendritic arbors in ascidian larvae using the photoconvertible protein kaede.

Yokoyama TD, Hotta K, Oka K.

Dev Dyn. 2014.  2014.07

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Sexually dimorphic activation of dopaminergic areas depends on affiliation during courtship and pair formation

Iwasaki M, Poulsen TM, Oka K, Hessler NA.

Front Behav Neurosci 8 ( 210 )  2014.06

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Identification of oscillatory firing neurons associated with locomotion in the earthworm through synapse imaging

Shimoi T., Mizutani K., Kojima D., Kitamura Y., Hotta K., Ogawa H., Oka K.

Neuroscience. 268   149 - 158 2014.05

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Ubiquinone-Rhodol (UQ-Rh) for Fluorescence Imaging of NAD(P)H through Intracellular Activation

Komatsu H., Shindo Y., Oka K., Hill, J.P., Ariga K

Angew. Chem. 53 ( 15 ) 3993 - 3995 2014.04

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Design and Synthesis of a FlAsH type Mg²⁺ Fluorescent Probe for Specific Protein Labeling

Fujii T., Shindo Y., Hotta K.,: Citterio D., Nishiyama S., Suzuki K., Oka K.

J Am Chem Soc. 136 ( 6 ) 2374 - 2381 2014.01

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Singing-related activity in anterior forebrain of male zebra finches reflects courtship motivation for target females

Iwasaki M., Poulsen TM., Oka K., Hessler NA.

PLoS One. 8 ( 11 )  2013.11

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Crosstalk between Second Messengers Predicts the Motility of the Growth Cone

Kobayashi T., Nagase F., Hotta K., Oka K.

Scientific Reports 3 ( 3118 )  2013.11

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Development of UV-Excitable Red and Near-Infrared Fluorescent Labels and Their Application for Simultaneous Multicolor Bioimaging by Single-Wavelength Excitation

Mizuno T., Umezawa K., Shindo Y., Citterio D., Oka K., Suzuki K.

Journal of Fluorescence 23 ( 5 ) 1007 - 1018 2013.09

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A method for selective ablation of neurons in C. elegans using the phototoxic fluorescent protein, KillerRed

Kobayashi J., Shidara H., Morisawa Y., Kawakami M., Tanahashi Y., Hotta K., Oka K.

Neurosci Lett. 548   261 - 264 2013.08

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Raman Spectroscopic Imaging of the Whole Ciona intestinalis Embryo during Development

Nakamura MJ., Hotta K., Oka K.

PLoS One 8 ( 8 )  2013.08

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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NO/cGMP/PKG signaling pathway induces magnesium release mediated by mitoKATP channel opening in rat hippocampal neurons

Yamanaka R., Shindo Y., Hotta K., Oka K.

FEBS Lett. 587 ( 16 ) 2643 - 2648 2013.08

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Odorant-induced membrane potential depolarization of AIY interneuron in Caenorhabditis elegans

Shidara H., Kobayashi J., Tanamoto R., Hotta K., and Oka K

Neuroscience Letters 541   199 - 203 2013.04

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Intracellular activation of acetyl-CoA by an artificial reaction promoter and its fluorescent detection

Komatsu H., Shindo Y., Kawashima S., Yamatsugu K., Oka K, and Kanai M,

Chem. Commun. 2013 ( 49 ) 2876-2878 2013.02

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Three-dimensional anatomy of the Ciona intestinalis tailbud embryo at single-cell resolution

Nakamura MJ., Terai J., Okubo R., Hotta K., Oka K.

Dev Biol. 372 ( 2 ) 274-84 2012.12

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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Specialized motor-driven dusp1 expression in the song systems of multiple lineages of vocal learning birds

Horita H., Kobayashi M., Liu WC., Oka K., Jarvis ED., Wada K.

PLoS One 7 ( 8 )  2012.08

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From microscopy data to in silico environments for in vivo-oriented simulations

Hiroi N., Klann M., Iba K., Heras Ciechomski PD., Yamashita S., Tabira A., Okuhara T., Kubojima T., Okada Y., Oka K., Mange R., Unger M., Funahashi A., Koeppl H.

EURASIP J Bioinform Syst Biol. 1 ( 7 )  2012.06

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted