
論文リスト(すべて)
- Li, J., Sekine-Aizawa, Y., Ebrahimi, S., Tanaka, S., and S. Okabe Tumor suppressor protein CYLD regulates morphogenesis of dendrites and spines. European Journal of Neuroscience in press.
- Obashi, K., Matsuda, A., Inoue, Y., and S. Okabe Precise temporal regulation of molecular diffusion within dendritic spines by actin polymers during structural plasticity. Cell Reports in press.
- Kashiwagi, Y., Higashi, T., Obashi, K., Sato, Y., Komiyama, N., Grant, S. G. N. and S. Okabe Computational geometry analysis of dendritic spines by structured illumination microscopy Nature Communications 2019 Mar 20;10(1):1285. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09337-0.
- Koebis M, Urata S, Shinoda Y, Okabe S, Yamasoba T, Nakao K, Aiba A, and T. Furuichi. LAMP5 in presynaptic inhibitory terminals in the hindbrain and spinal cord: a role in startle response and auditory processing. Molecular Brain 2019 Mar 12;12(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13041-019-0437-4.
- Sadato, N., Morita, K., Kasai, K., Fukushi, T., Nakamura, K., Nakazawa, E., Okano, H., and S. Okabe. Neuroethical issues of the Brain/MINDS project of Japan Neuron 2019 Feb 6;101(3):385-389. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.006.
- Miller, C., Hale, M.E., Okano, H., Okabe, S., and Mitra, P. Comparative principles for next-generation neuroscience Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2019 Feb 5;13:12. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00012.
- Takahashi, A., Parajuli, L.M., Iwasaki, H., Tanaka, S., and S. Okabe Ultrastructural observation of glutamatergic synapses by focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) Methods in Molecular Biology 2019;1941:17-27. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9077-1_2.
- Urata, S., Iida, T., Yamamoto, M., Mizushima, Y., Fujimoto, C., Matsumoto, Y., Yamasoba, T. and S. Okabe Cellular cartography of the organ of Corti based on optical tissue clearing and machine learning. eLIFE 2019 Jan 18;8. pii: e40946. doi: 10.7554/eLife.40946.
- Iida, T., Tanaka, S., and S. Okabe Spatial impact of microglial distribution on dynamics of dendritic spines European Journal of Neuroscience 2018 Dec 26. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14325. [Epub ahead of print]
- Sato, Y., and S.Okabe Nano-scale analysis of synapse morphology in an autism mouse model with 15q11-13 copy number variation using focused ion beam milling and scanning electron microscopy. Microscopy 2018 Oct 29 doi: 10.1093/jmicro/dfy128. [Epub ahead of print]
- Ito, H., Kawamata, Y., Kamiya, M., Tsuda, K., Tanaka, S., Ueno, T., Komatsu, T., Hanaoka, K., Okabe, S., Miura, M. and Y. Urano Red-shifted fluorogenic substrate for detecting lacZ-positive cells in living tissue with single-cell resolution. Angewandte Chemie Int Ed Engl. 57(48):15702-15706, 2018. doi: 10.1002/anie.201808670.
- Tzeng, T-C, Hasegawa, Y., Iguchi, R., Caffrey, D. R., Thatcher, E. J., Mao, W.J., Germain, G., Tamburro, N. D., Okabe, S., Heneka, M., Latz, E., Futai, K.,and D. T. Golenbock
The inflammasome-derived cytokine IL18 suppresses amyloid-induced seizures in Alzheimer’s prone mice.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115(36):9002-9007, 2018. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801802115.
- Nakayama, H., Abe, M., Morimoto, C., Iida, T., Okabe, S., Sakimura, K., and K. Hashimoto.
Microglia permit climbing fiber elimination by promotin GABAergic inhibition in the developing cerebellum.
Nature Communications 9:2830, 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05100-z
- Chen S, Weitemier AZ, Zeng X, He L, Wang X, Tao Y, Huang AJY, Hashimotodani Y, Kano M, Iwasaki H, Parajuli LK, Okabe S, Teh DBL, All AH, Tsutsui-Kimura I, Tanaka KF, Liu X, McHugh TJ.
Near-infrared deep brain stimulation via upconversion nanoparticle-mediated optogenetics.
Science. 359:679-684, 2018. doi: 10.1126/science.aaq1144.
- Higashi T, Tanaka S, Iida T, and S. Okabe
Synapse elimination triggered by BMP4 exocytosis and presynaptic BMP receptor activation.
Cell Reports 22(4):919-929, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.101
- Morimoto, M. Tanaka, S., Mizutani, S., Urata, S., Kobayashi, K. and S. Okabe
In vivo observation of structural changes in neocortical catecholaminergic projections in response to drugs of abuse
eNeuro 6;5(1),2018. pii: ENEURO.0071-17.2018. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0071-17.2018.
- Koeberle, S. C., Tanaka, S., Kuriu, T., Iwasaki, H., Koeberle, A., Schulz, A., Helbing, D., Yamagata, Y., Morrison, H., and S. Okabe
Developmental stage-dependent regulation of spine formation by calcium-calmodulin dependent protein kinase IIα and Rap1
Scientific Reports 7, 13409, 2017, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13728-y
- Okabe S.
Fluorescence imaging of synapse dynamics in normal circuit maturation and in developmental disorders.
Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci. 2017;93(7):483-497. doi: 10.2183/pjab.93.029.
- Yokoyama T, Lee JK, Miwa K, Opthof T, Tomoyama S, Nakanishi H, Yoshida A, Yasui H, Iida T, Miyagawa S, Okabe S, Sawa Y, Sakata Y, Komuro I.
Quantification of sympathetic hyperinnervation and denervation after myocardial infarction by three-dimensional assessment of the cardiac sympathetic network in cleared transparent murine hearts.
PLoS One. 2017 Jul 28;12(7):e0182072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182072. eCollection 2017.
- Nakai N, Nagano M, Saitow F, Watanabe Y, Kawamura Y, Kawamoto A, Tamada K, Mizuma H, Onoe H, Watanabe Y, Monai H, Hirase H, Nakatani J, Inagaki H, Kawada T, Miyazaki T, Watanabe M, Sato Y, Okabe S, Kitamura K, Kano M, Hashimoto K, Suzuki H, Takumi T.
Serotonin rebalances cortical tuning and behavior linked to autism symptoms in 15q11-13 CNV mice.
Science Advances 2017 Jun 21;3(6):e1603001. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1603001. eCollection 2017 Jun.
- Hirai S, Hotta K, Kubo Y, Nishino A, Okabe S, Okamura Y, Okado H.
AMPA glutamate receptors are required for sensory-organ formation and morphogenesis in the basal chordate.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Apr 11;114(15):3939-3944. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612943114. Epub 2017 Mar 27.
- Parajuli LK, Tanaka S, Okabe S.
Insights into age-old questions of new dendritic spines: From form to function.
Brain Res Bull. 2017 Mar;129:3-11. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.07.014. Epub 2016 Aug 1. Review.
- Miyazaki J, Iida T, Tanaka S, Hayashi-Takagi A, Kasai H, Okabe S, Kobayashi T.
Fast 3D visualization of endogenous brain signals with high-sensitivity laser scanning photothermal microscopy.
Biomed Opt Express. 2016 Apr 5;7(5):1702-10. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.001702. eCollection 2016 May 1.
- Ochi T, Nakatomi H, Ito A, Imai H, Okabe S, Saito N.
Temporal changes in the response of SVZ neural stem cells to intraventricular administration of growth factors.
Brain Res. 1636:118-29,2016 doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.01.046.
- Matlashov ME, Bogdanova YA, Ermakova GV, Mishina NM, Ermakova YG, Nikitin ES, Balaban PM, Okabe S, Lukyanov S, Enikolopov G, Zaraisky AG, Belousov VV.
Fluorescent ratiometric pH indicator SypHer2: Applications in neuroscience and regenerative biology.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1850(11):2318-28, 2015 doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.08.002.
- Hayashi A, Asanuma D, Kamiya M, Urano Y, Okabe S.
High affinity receptor labeling based on basic leucine zipper domain peptides conjugated with pH-sensitive fluorescent dye: Visualization of AMPA-type glutamate receptor endocytosis in living neurons.
Neuropharmacology. 100:66-75, 2016 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.07.026.
- Oshiro, H., Hirabayashi, Y., Koretune, H., Nakao, K., Aizawa, S., Okabe, S. and Y. Gotoh
Upregulation of HP1γ expression during neuronal maturation promotes axonal and dendritic development in mouse embryonic neocortex.
Genes to Cells 20, 108-120, 2015 doi: 10.1111/gtc.12205.
- Ogura, T., Hamada, T., Matsui, T., Tanaka, S., Okabe, S., Kazama, T., and Y. Kobayashi
Neuroprotection by JM-1232(-) against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury in rat hippocampal slice culture.
Brain Research 1594:52-60, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.038.
- Isshiki, M., Tanaka, S., Kuriu, T., Tabuchi, K., Takumi, T. and S. Okabe
Enhanced synapse remodelling as a common phenotype in mouse models of autism.
Nature Communications 5, 4742, 2014.
- Ebrahimi S, Okabe S.
Structural dynamics of dendritic spines: Molecular composition, geometry and functional regulation.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.002. [Epub ahead of print]
- Ito-Ishida A, Okabe S, Yuzaki M.
The role of Cbln1 on Purkinje cell synapse formation.
Neurosci Res. 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2014.01.009. [Epub ahead of print]
- Ito-Ishida A, Kakegawa W, Kohda K, Miura E, Okabe S, Yuzaki M.
Cbln1 downregulates the formation and function of inhibitory synapses in mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells.
Eur J Neurosci. 39(8):1268-1280, 2014
- Dai X, Iwasaki H, Watanabe M, Okabe S.
Dlx1 transcription factor regulates dendritic growth and postsynaptic differentiation through inhibition of neuropilin-2 and PAK3 expression.
Eur J Neurosci. 39(4):531-547, 2014
- Isshiki M, Okabe S.
Evaluation of cranial window types for in vivo two-photon imaging of brain microstructures.
Microscopy (Oxf). 63(1):53-63, 2014
- Dai, X., Iwasaki, H., Watanabe, M. and Okabe, S.
Dlx1 transcription factor regulates dendritic growth and postsynaptic differentiation through inhibition of neuropilin-2 and PAK3 expression.
European Journal of Neuroscience(in press).
- Isshiki, M. and Okabe, S.
Evaluation of cranial window types for in vivo two-photon imaging of brain microstructures.
Microscopy (in press).
- Kondoh, S. and Okabe, S.
In vivo two-photon microscopy of microglia.
Methods in Molecular Biology 1041:319-35, 2013.
- Obashi, K. and Okabe, S.
Regulation of mitochondrial dynamics and distribution by synapse position and neuronal activity in the axon.
European Journal of Neuroscience 38(3), 2350-2363, 2013.
- Okabe, S.
Fluorescence imaging of synapse formation and remodeling.
Microscopy 62(1), 51-62, 2013.
- Shin, E., Kashiwagi, Y., Kuriu, T., Iwasaki, H., Tanaka, T., Koizumi, H., Gleeson, G.J., S. Okabe
Doblecortin-like kinase enhances dendrite remodelling and negatively regulates synapse maturation
Nature Communications 4, 1440, 2013.
- Ito-Ishida A, Miyazaki T, Miura E, Matsuda K, Watanabe M, Yuzaki M and S. Okabe
Presynaptically Released Cbln1 Induces Dynamic Axonal Structural Changes
by Interacting with GluD2 during Cerebellar Synapse Formation.
Neuron 76, 549-64, 2012.
- Okabe, S.
Molecular dynamics of the excitatory synapse.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 970, 131-185, 2012.
- Kawabata, I., Kashiwagi, Y., Obashi, K., Ohkura, M., Nakai, J., Wynshaw-Boris, A., Yanagawa, Y., and S. Okabe.
LIS1-dependent retrograde translocation of excitatory synapses in developing interneuron dendrites.
Nature Communications 3, 722, 2012.
- Hirai, S.,Miwa, A., Ohtaka-Maruyama, C., Kasa,i M., Okabe, S., Hata, Y, and H. Okado.
RP58 controls neuron and astrocyte differentiation by downregulating the expression of Id1-4 genes in the developing cortex.
EMBO Journal 31, 1190-1202, 2012.
- Kondo, S., Kohsaka, S., and S. Okabe
Long-term changes of spine dynamics and microglia after transient peripheral immune response triggered by LPS in vivo.
Molecular Brain 4, 27, 2011.
- Kusano K, Enomoto M, Hirai T, Wakabayashi Y, Itoh S, Ichinose S, Okabe S, Shinomiya K, and A. Okawa
Enhancement of sciatic nerve regeneration by adenovirus-mediated expression of dominant negative RhoA and Rac1.
Neuroscience Letter 492, 64-69, 2011.
- Numano, F., Inoue, A., Enomoto, M., Shinomiya, K., Okawa, A., and S. Okabe
Critical involvement of Rho GTPase activity in the efficient transplantation of neural stem cells into the injured spinal cord.
Molecular Brain 2, 37, 2009.
- Tanaka, S., Kunii, M., Harada, A., and S. Okabe
Generation of cortactin floxed mice and cellular analysis of motility in fibroblasts.
Genesis 47, 638-646, 2009.
- Yamagata, Y., Kobayashi, S., Umeda, T., Inoue, A., Sakagami, H., Fukaya, M., Watanabe, M., Hatanaka, N., Totsuka, M., Yagi, T., Obata, K., Imoto, K., Yanagawa, Y., Manabe, T. and S. Okabe
Kinase-dead knock-in mouse reveals an essential role of CaMKIIa kinase activity in dendritic spine enlargement, LTP and learning.
Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 7607-7618, 2009.
- Maruo, T., Ebihara, T., Sato, E., Kondo, S., and S. Okabe
Cre complementation with variable dimerizers for inducible expression in neurons.
Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences, 55, 247-254, 2008.
- Noda, Y., Horikawa, S, Kanda, E., Yamashita, M., Meng, H., Eto, K., Kuwahara, M., Hirai, K., Pack, C., Kinjo, M., Okabe, S., and S. Sasaki.
Reciprocal interaction with G-actin and tropomyosin is essential for aquaporin-2 trafficking.
Journal of Cell Biology, 182, 587-601, 2008.
- Hori, H., Noguchi, H., Hashimoto, R., Nakabayashi, T., Saitoh, O., Murray, R. M., Okabe, S., and H. Kunugi.
Personality in schizophrenia assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI).
Psychiatry Research, 160, 175-183, 2008.
- Hori, H., Nagamine, M., Soshi, T., Okabe, S., Kim, Y., and H. Kunugi.
Schizotypal traits in healthy women predict prefrontal activation patterns during a verbal fluency task: A near-infrared spectroscopy study.
Neuropsychobiology, 57, 61-19, 2008.
- Nakazawa, T., Kuriu, T., Tezuka, T., Umemori, H., Okabe, S., and Yamamoto, T.
Regulation of dendritic spine morphology by an NMDA receptor-associated Rho GTPase-activating protein, p250GAP.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 105, 1384-1393, 2008.
- Takahashi, A., Hirai, S., Ohtaka-Maruyama, C., Miwa, A., Hata, Y., Okabe, S. and H. Okado.
Co-localization of a novel transcriptional repressor simiRP58 with RP58.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 368, 637-642, 2008.
- Hori, H., Noguchi H., Hashimoto R., Okabe S., Saitoh O., and H. Kunugi.
IQ decline and memory impairment in Japanese patients with chronic schizophrenia.
Psychiatry Research, 158, 251-255, 2008.
- Okabe, S.
Molecular anatomy of the postsynaptic density.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 34, 503-518, 2007.
- Gengyo-Ando, K., Kuroyanagi, H., Kobayashi, T., Murate, M., Fujimoto, K., Okabe, S. and S. Mitani.
The Sec1/Munc18 family protein, VPS-45, is required for RAB-5- dependent endocytic trafficking in C. elegans.
EMBO Reports 8, 152-157, 2007.
- Nishida, H. and S. Okabe.
Direct astrocytic contacts regulate local maturation of dendritic spines.
Journal of Neuroscience 27, 331-340, 2007.
- Yoshimura, A., Fujii, R., Watanabe, Y., Okabe, S., Fukui, K., and T. Takumi.
Myosin-Va facilitates the accumulation of mRNA/protein complex in dendritic spines.
Current Biology 16, 2345-2351, 2006.
- Hori, H., Noguchi, H., Hashimoto, R., Nakabayashi, T., Omori, M., Takahashi, S., Tsukue, R., Anami, K., Hirabayashi, N., Harada, S., Saito, O., Iwase, M., Kajimoto, O., Takeda, M., Okabe, S., H. Kunugi.
Antipsychotic medication and cognitive function in schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia Research 86, 138-146, 2006.
- Kuriu, T., Inoue, A., Bito, H., Sobue, K., and S. Okabe.
Differential control of postsynaptic density scaffolds via actin-dependent and independent mechanisms.
Journal of Neuroscience 26, 7693-7706, 2006.
- Matsuno, H., Okabe, S., Mishina, M., Yanagida, T., Mori, K., and Y. Yoshihara.
Telencephalin slows spine maturation.
Journal of Neuroscience 26, 1776-1786, 2006.
- Iki,J., Inoue, A., Bito,H., and S. Okabe.
Bi-directional regulation of postsynaptic cortactin distribution by BDNF and NMDA receptor activity.
European Journal of Neuroscience 22, 2985-2994, 2005.
- Sugiyama, Y., Kawabata, I., Sobue, K., and S. Okabe.
Determination of absolute protein numbers in single synapses by a GFP-based calibration technique.
Nature Methods 2, 677-684, 2005.
- Schmandt, T., Meents, E., Gossrau, G., Gornik, V., Okabe, S., and O. Brustle.
High-Purity Lineage Selection of Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Neurons.
Stem Cells and Development 14, 55-64, 2005.
- Fujii, R.*, Okabe, S.*, Urushido, T., Inoue, K., Tachibana, T., Nishikawa, T., Hick, G. G., and T. Takumi. * equal contribution
The RNA-binding protein TLS is translocated to dendritic spines by mGluR5 activation and regulates spine morphology.
Current Biology 15, 587-593, 2005.
- Yamamoto, K., Yamaguchi, M., and S. Okabe.
Direct visualization of cell movement in the embryonic olfactory bulb using green fluorescent protein transgenic mice: evidence for rapid tangential migration of neural cell precursors.
Neuroscience Research, 51, 199-214, 2005.
- Umeda, T., Ebihara, T., and S. Okabe.
Simultaneous Observation of Stably Associated Presynaptic Varicosities and Postsynaptic Spines: Morphological Alterations of CA3-CA1 Synapses in Hippocampal Slice Cultures.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 28, 264-274, 2005.
- Kawabata, I., Umeda, T., Yamamoto, K., and S. Okabe.
Electroporation-mediated gene transfer system applied to cultured CNS neurons
Neuroreport, 15 971-976, 2004.
- Nakazawa, T., Watabe, A. M., Tezuka, T., Yoshida, Y., Yokoyama, K., Umemori, H., Inoue, A., Okabe, S., Manabe, T., and T. Yamamoto
p250GAP, a novel brain-enriched GTPase-activating protein for Rho family GTPase, is involved in the NMDA receptor signaling.
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 13, 2921-2934, 2003.
- Inoue A., and S. Okabe.
The dynamic organization of postsynaptic proteins: translocating molecules regulate synaptic function.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 13, 332-340, 2003.
- Enomoto, M., Shinomiya, K., and S. Okabe.
Migration and differentiation of neural progenitor cells from two different regions of embryonic central nervous system after transplantation into the intact spinal cord.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 17, 1223-1232, 2003.
- Ebihara, T., Kawabata, I., Usui, S., Sobue, K., and S. Okabe.
Synchronized formation and remodeling of postsynaptic densities: long-term visualization of hippocampal neurons expressing postsynaptic density proteins tagged with GFP.
Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 2170-2181, 2003.
- Usui, S., Konno, D., Hori, K., Maruoka, H., Okabe, S., Fujikado, T., Tano, Y., and K. Sobue.
Synaptic targeting of PSD-Zip45 (Homer 1c) and its involvement in the synaptic accumulation of F-actin.
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, 10619-10628, 2003.
- Ebihara, T., Komiya, Y., Izumi-Nakaseko, H., Adachi-Akahane, S., Okabe, S., and Okamura, Y.
Coexpression of a Cav1.2 protein lacking N-terminus and the first domain specifically suppresses L-type calcium channel activity.
FEBS Letters, 529, 203-207, 2002.
- Okabe, S.
Birth, growth, and elimination of a single synapse.
Anatomical Science International, 77, 203-210, 2002.
- Nakatomi, H., Kuriu, T., Okabe, S., Yamamoto, S., Hatano, O., Kawahara, N., Tamura, A., Kirino, T. and M. Nakafuku.
Regeneration of hippocampal pyramidal neurons by recruitment of endogenous neural progenitors: An animal model for a neuronal replacement therapy for ischemic brain injury.
Cell, 110, 429-441, 2002.
- Okabe, S., Urushido, T., Konno, D., Okado, H., and K. Sobue.
Rapid redistribution of the postsynaptic density protein PSD-Zip45 (Homer 1c) and its differential regulation by NMDA receptors and calcium channels.
Journal of Neuroscience, 21,9561-9571,2001.
- Okabe, S., Miwa, A., and H. Okado.
Spine formation and correlated assembly of presynaptic and postsynaptic molecules.
Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 6105-6114, 2001.
- Umeda, T. and S. Okabe.
Visualizing synapse formation and remodeling: recent advances in real-time imaging of CNS synapses.
Neuroscience Research, 40,291-300, 2001.
- Kondo, M., Okabe, S., Sumino, R., and H. Okado.
High GluR1 /GluR2 expression ratio correlates with expression of Ca2+-binding proteins in the rat forebrain neurons.
Europoean Journalournal of Neuroscience, 12, 2812-2822, 2000.
- Okabe, S., Kim, H., Miwa, A., Kuriu, T., and H. Okado.
Continual remodeling of postsynaptic density and its regulation by synaptic activity.
Nature Neuroscience, 2, 804-811, 1999.
- Okabe, S., Miwa, A., and H. Okado.
Alternative splicing of the C-terminal domain regulates cell surface expression of the NMDA receptor NR1 subunit.
Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 7781-7792, 1999.
- Okabe, S.
Gene expression in transgenic mice using neural promoters.
In "Current Protocols in Neuroscience", editors J. Crawly, M. Rogawski, C. Gerfen, D. Sibley, R. McKay, and P. Skolnick. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.
- Bengzon, J., Okabe, S., Lindvall, O., and R. D. G. McKay.
Suppression of epileptogenesis by modification of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit composition.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 11, 916-922, 1999.
- Josephson, R., Muller, T., Pickel, J., Okabe, S., Reynolds, K., Turner, P. A., Zimmer, A., and R. D. G. McKay.
POU transcription factors control expression of CNS stem cell specific genes.
Development, 125, 3087-3100, 1998.
- Okabe, S., Collin, C., Auerbach, J. M., Meiri, N., Bengzon, J., Kennedy, M. B., Segal, M., and R. D. G. McKay.
Hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice overexpressing an embryonic subunit of the NMDA receptor.
Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 4177-4188, 1998.
- Okabe, S., Vicario-Abejon, C., Segal, M., and R. D. G. McKay.
Survival and synaptogenesis of hippocampal neurons without NMDA receptor function in culture.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 10, 2192-2198, 1998.
- Okabe, S.
Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells.
In "Current Protocols in Neuroscience", editors J. Crawly, M. Rogawski, C. Gerfen, D. Sibley, R. McKay, and P. Skolnick. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
- Brustle, O., Spiro, A.C., Karram, K., Choudhary, K., Okabe, S., and R. D. G. McKay.
In vitro-generated neural precursors participate in mammalian brain development.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94, 14809-14814, 1997.
- Okabe, S., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Spiro, A. C., Segal, M. and R. D. G. McKay.
Development of neuronal precursor cells and functional postmitotic neurons from embryonic stem cells in vitro.
Mechanisms of Development, 59, 89-102, 1996.
- Sato-Harada, R., Okabe, S., Umeyama, T., Kanai, Y., and N. Hirokawa.
Microtubule-associated proteins regulate microtubule function as the track for intracellular membrane organelle transports.
Cell Structure and Function, 21, 283-295, 1996.
- Takemura, R., Okabe, S., Umeyama, T. and N. Hirokawa.
Polarity orientation and assembly process of microtubule bundles in nocodazole-treated, MAP2C-transfected COS cells.
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6, 981-996, 1995.
- Takeda, S., Okabe, S., Funakoshi, T. and N. Hirokawa.
Differential dynamics of neurofilament-H protein and neurofilament-L protein in neurons. Journal of
Cell Biology, 127, 173-186, 1994.
- Harada, A., Oguchi, K., Okabe, S., Kuno, J., Terada, T., Oshima, T., Sato-Yoshitake, R., Takei, Y., Noda, T. and N. Hirokawa.
Altered microtubule organization in small-calibre axons of mice lacking tau protein.
Nature, 369, 488-491, 1994.
- Miyasaka, H., Okabe, S., Ishiguro, T., Uchida, T. and N. Hirokawa.
Interaction of the tail domain of high molecular weight subunits of neurofilaments with the C-terminal region of tubulin and its regulation by tau protein kinase II.
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 268, 22695-22702, 1993.
- Okabe, S., Miyasaka, H., and N. Hirokawa. Dynamics of the neuronal intermediate filaments. Journal of Cell Biology, 121, 375-386, 1993.
- Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Do photobleached fluorescent microtubules move?:re-evaluation of fluorescence laser photobleaching both in vitro and in growing Xenopus axon.
Journal of Cell Biology, 120, 1177-1186, 1993.
- Umeyama, T., Okabe, S., Kanai, Y. and N. Hirokawa.
Dynamics of microtubules bundled by microtubule-associated protein 2C (MAP2C).
Journal of Cell Biology, 120, 451-465, 1993.
- Takemura, R., Okabe, S., Kobayashi, N. and N. Hirokawa.
Reorganization of brain spectrin (fodrin) during differentiation of PC12 cells.
Neuroscience, 52, 381-391, 1993.
- Hirokawa, N. and S. Okabe.
Microtubules on the move?
Current Biology, 2, 193-195, 1992.
- Takemura, R., Okabe, S., Umeyama, T., Kanai, Y., Cowan, N. and N. Hirokawa.
Increased microtubule stability and a-tubulin acetylation in cells transfected with microtubule-associated proteins MAP1B, MAP2 or tau.
Journal of Cell Science, 103, 953-964, 1992.
- Oshima, T., Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Immunocytochemical localization of 205kDa microtubule-associated protein (205kDa MAP) in the guinea pig organ of Corti.
Brain Research, 590, 53-65, 1992.
- Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Differential behavior of photoactivated microtubules in growing axon of mouse and frog neurons.
Journal of Cell Biology, 117, 105-120, 1992.
- Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Actin dynamics in growth cones.
Journal of Neuroscience, 11, 1918-1929, 1991.
- Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Turnover of fluorescently labelled tubulin and actin in the axon.
Nature, 343, 479-482, 1990.
- Okabe, S. and N. Hirokawa.
Axonal transport.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 1, 91-97, 1989.
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