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Tomohiro Abekawa
Researcher at Hokkaido University
Publications - 34
Citations - 1155
Tomohiro Abekawa is an academic researcher from Hokkaido University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methamphetamine & Meth-. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 34 publications receiving 1108 citations.
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Effects of repeated administration of a high dose of methamphetamine on dopamine and glutamate release in rat striatum and nucleus accumbens
TL;DR: It may be that enhanced release in DA and glutamate act synergistically to cause the dopaminergic neurotoxicity in ST, but enhancement in glutamate release did not appear to be essential for the MA-induced serotonergic neurot toxicity.
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Prenatal exposure to an NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801 reduces density of parvalbumin-immunoreactive GABAergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex and enhances phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion but not behavioral sensitization to methamphetamine in postpubertal rats.
TL;DR: Findings suggest that prenatal blockade of NMDA receptors disrupts GABAergic neurodevelopment in medial prefrontal cortex, and that this disruption of GABAergic development may be related to the enhancement of the locomotion-inducing effect of PCP in postpubertal but not juvenile offspring.
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Competitive and noncompetitive NMDA antagonists block sensitization to methamphetamine
TL;DR: It is suggested that both competitive and noncompetitive NMDA antagonists block sensitization to MA and that repeated administration withNMDA antagonists results in behavioral tolerance.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor reduces conditioned fear through its effect in the amygdala
Takeshi Inoue,Xiaobai Li,Tomohiro Abekawa,Yuji Kitaichi,Takeshi Izumi,Shin Nakagawa,Tsukasa Koyama +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the anxiolytic effect of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in conditioned fear is mediated by its effect in the amygdala, and support the hypothesis of serotonin function in anxiety by which facilitation of serotonin neurotransmission decreases anxiety.
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5-HT1A receptor agonist affects fear conditioning through stimulations of the postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors in the hippocampus and amygdala
Xiaobai Li,Takeshi Inoue,Tomohiro Abekawa,ShiMin Weng,Shin Nakagawa,Takeshi Izumi,Tsukasa Koyama +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that flesinoxan exerts its anxiolytic actions in the fear conditioning through stimulations of the postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) receptors in the hippocampus and amygdala.