Keiichi Niikura

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1 Hippocampal epigenetic modification at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene induced by an enriched environment. Hippocampus 2011 1.20
2 Usefulness of antidepressants for improving the neuropathic pain-like state and pain-induced anxiety through actions at different brain sites. Neuropsychopharmacology 2007 1.10
3 Enhanced IL-1beta production in response to the activation of hippocampal glial cells impairs neurogenesis in aged mice. Synapse 2010 1.07
4 Epigenetic transcriptional activation of monocyte chemotactic protein 3 contributes to long-lasting neuropathic pain. Brain 2013 1.01
5 Protease-activated receptor-1 and platelet-derived growth factor in spinal cord neurons are implicated in neuropathic pain after nerve injury. J Neurosci 2005 1.01
6 Chronic pain-induced astrocyte activation in the cingulate cortex with no change in neural or glial differentiation from neural stem cells in mice. Neurosci Lett 2007 0.89
7 Sleep disturbances in a neuropathic pain-like condition in the mouse are associated with altered GABAergic transmission in the cingulate cortex. Pain 2011 0.88
8 Implication of dopaminergic projection from the ventral tegmental area to the anterior cingulate cortex in μ-opioid-induced place preference. Addict Biol 2010 0.84
9 Hippocampal epigenetic modification at the doublecortin gene is involved in the impairment of neurogenesis with aging. Synapse 2010 0.83
10 Effects of gabapentin on brain hyperactivity related to pain and sleep disturbance under a neuropathic pain-like state using fMRI and brain wave analysis. Synapse 2011 0.83
11 Post-synaptic action of morphine on glutamatergic neuronal transmission related to the descending antinociceptive pathway in the rat thalamus. J Neurochem 2008 0.82
12 Changes in central dopaminergic systems with the expression of Shh or GDNF in mice perinatally exposed to bisphenol-A. Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 2007 0.80
13 Direct evidence for the ongoing brain activation by enhanced dynorphinergic system in the spinal cord under inflammatory noxious stimuli. Anesthesiology 2010 0.79
14 Chronic morphine treatment increases the expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neurosci Lett 2006 0.78
15 Involvement of spinal metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the development of tolerance to morphine-induced antinociception. J Neurochem 2005 0.77
16 Voluntary alcohol drinking enhances proopiomelanocortin gene expression in nucleus accumbens shell and hypothalamus of Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012 0.77
17 Suppression of dopamine-related side effects of morphine by aripiprazole, a dopamine system stabilizer. Eur J Pharmacol 2008 0.75
18 [Basic studies on cancer pain control]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2005 0.75