Masanori Otsuka

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PhD Neuroscience University of Tokyo
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Neurotransmitter functions of mammalian tachykinins. (1993) (1066)
Substance P: Depletion in the dorsal horn of rat spinal cord after section of the peripheral processes of primary sensory neurons (1979) (455)
Regional distribution of substance P in the spinal cord and nerve roots of the cat and the effect of dorsal root section (1975) (434)
Release of substance P-like immunoreactivity from isolated spinal cord of newborn rat (1976) (290)
Physiological and chemical architecture of a lobster ganglion with particular reference to gamma-aminobutyrate and glutamate. (1967) (287)
Release of gamma-aminobutyric acid from inhibitory nerves of lobster. (1966) (284)
Electrophysiology of mammalian spinal cord in vitro (1974) (276)
Capsaicin-evoked release of substance P from primary sensory neurons (1979) (219)
Substance P and excitatory transmitter of primary sensory neurons. (1976) (209)
Enkephalins presynaptically inhibit cholinergic transmission in sympathetic ganglia (1979) (193)
The effects of substance P and other peptides on spinal neurons of the frog. (1974) (192)
Excitatory action of hypothalamic substance P on spinal motoneurones of newborn rats (1974) (182)
Substance P as an excitatory transmitter of primary afferent neurons in guinea-pig sympathetic ganglia (1982) (178)
Antagonism between Lioresal and substance P in rat spinal cord (1975) (176)
MEASUREMENT OF γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID IN ISOLATED NERVE CELLS OF CAT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (1971) (173)
Presynaptic nature of neuromuscular depression. (1962) (158)
Enkephalin as a transmitter for presynaptic inhibition in sympathetic ganglia (1981) (158)
Substance P — the first peptide neurotransmitter? (1983) (146)
Hypothalamic substance P as a candidate for transmitter of primary afferent neurons. (1975) (119)
The effect of guanidine on neuromuscular transmission. (1960) (118)
PEPTIDERGIC EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY SYNAPSES IN MAMMALIAN SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA: ROLES OF SUBSTANCE P AND ENKEPHALIN (1980) (117)
Substance P and Noncholinergic Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Guinea Pig Sympathetic Ganglia (1979) (116)
Effect of a tachykinin antagonist on a nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord‐tail preparation of the newborn rat. (1988) (113)
Putative peptide neurotransmitters. (1977) (108)
Identification of the motoneuron-depolarizing peptide in bovine dorsal root as hypothalamic substance P. (1974) (99)
Actions of vasopressin, gastrin releasing peptide and other peptides on neurons of newborn rat spinal cord in vitro (1981) (97)
The role of substance P as a neurotransmitter in the reflexes of slow time courses in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1985) (93)
Inhibitory effects of galanin on the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1986) (93)
Distribution of γ‐aminobutyric acid in cat spinal cord and the alteration produced by local ischaemia (1972) (85)
Pharmacological properties of a C‐fibre response evoked by saphenous nerve stimulation in an isolated spinal cord‐nerve preparation of the newborn rat (1989) (83)
The effects of substance P and baclofen on motoneurones of isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat. (1980) (82)
Role of substance P as a sensory transmitter in spinal cord and sympathetic ganglia. (1982) (79)
QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY OF γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID IN CAT SPINAL CORD WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION (1975) (76)
Tail-pinch method in vitro and the effects of some antinociceptive compounds (1984) (76)
A substance P antagonist inhibits a slow reflex response in the spinal cord of the newborn rat. (1982) (68)
Respiratory reflexes in an isolated brainstem-lung preparation of the newborn rat: Possible involvement of γ-aminobutyric acid and glycine (1985) (60)
The action of phenolic substances on motor nerve endings. (1963) (58)
The Presence of a Motoneuron-Depolarizing Peptide in Bovine Dorsal Roots of Spinal Nerves (1972) (56)
AMINO ACID AND SUBSTANCE P CONTENTS IN SPINAL CORD OF CATS WITH EXPERIMENTAL HIND‐LIMB RIGIDITY PRODUCED BY OCCLUSION OF SPINAL CORD BLOOD SUPPLY (1979) (56)
Pharmacological profile of a tachykinin antagonist, spantide, as examined on rat spinal motoneurones (1990) (53)
The excitatory action of the newly-discovered mammalian tachykinins, neurokinin α and neurokinin β, on neurons of the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1984) (51)
Blockade of slow excitatory post‐synaptic potential by substance P antagonists in guinea‐pig sympathetic ganglia. (1985) (50)
Identification by high-performance liquid chromatography of immunoreactive substance P released from isolated rat spinal cord (1980) (47)
A substance P antagonist blocks non-cholinergic slow excitatory postsynaptic potential in guinea-pig sympathetic ganglia. (1983) (45)
A Further Study of the Motoneuron-Depolarizing Peptide Extracted from Dorsal Roots of Bovine Spinal Nerves (1972) (44)
E-type prostaglandins depolarize primary afferent neurons of the neonatal rat (1986) (36)
The distribution of -aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the human substantia nigra. (1973) (33)
Pain and neurotransmitters (1990) (33)
A new nonpeptide tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist isolated from the plants of Compositae. (2002) (31)
Substance P-Evoked release of GABA from isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1991) (30)
Determination of gamma‐aminobutyric acid in single nerve cells of cat central nervous system (1970) (28)
7 – γ-Aminobutyric Acid in the Nervous System (1972) (26)
Depression of primary afferent‐evoked responses by GR71251 in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat (1993) (25)
Actions of certain polypeptides on frog spinal neurons. (1971) (24)
Subtypes of tachykinin receptors on tonic and phasic neurones in coeliac ganglion of the guinea‐pig (1995) (22)
Tachykininergic synaptic transmission in the coeliac ganglion of the guinea‐pig (1996) (22)
Cutaneous nerve-evoked cholinergic inhibition of monosynaptic reflex in the neonatal rat spinal cord: Involvement of M2 receptors and tachykininergic primary afferents (1990) (21)
Effects of RP 67580, a tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, on a primary afferent‐evoked response of ventral roots in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1994) (21)
The effect of a substance P antagonist on chemically induced nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord-tail preparation of the newborn rat. (1984) (20)
Pharmacological characterization of GR82334, a tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat. (1995) (18)
Substance p-evoked release of acetylcholine from isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1991) (18)
Pharmacological profiles of new orally active nonpeptide tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists. (1998) (18)
Involvement of enzymatic degradation in the inactivation of tachykinin neurotransmitters in neonatal rat spinal cord (1994) (17)
Measurement of gamma-aminobutyric acid in isolated nerve cells of cat central nervous system. (1971) (16)
Pharmacological characteristics of tachykinin receptors mediating acetylcholine release from neonatal rat spinal cord. (1993) (16)
Substance P and Sensory Transmitter (1977) (16)
Characteristics of substance P-evoked release of amino acids from neonatal rat spinal cord (1995) (16)
The Action of Substance P on Motoneurons of the Isolated Rat Spinal Cord (1979) (16)
NEUROKININ α AND β, SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES (1984) (15)
Effects of a tachykinin NK3 receptor antagonist, SR 142801, studied in isolated neonatal rat spinal cord (1998) (14)
The role of the N-terminus in the active conformation of the substance P analogues. (1983) (12)
Descending inhibition of slow spinal reflex in an in vitro preparation of the newborn rat and its possible involvement in pain control (1986) (12)
Presynaptic Nature of Neuromuscular Depression in the Frog (1960) (12)
Effect of a substance P antagonist on capsaicin-induced nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord-tail preparation of the rat. (1987) (11)
Involvement of NK1 receptors in synaptic transmission in the guinea pig coeliac ganglion (1993) (11)
The influence of ouabain on the relation between membrane potential and tension in frog heart muscle. (1963) (10)
Use of NK1 receptor antagonists in the exploration of physiological functions of substance P and neurokinin A. (1995) (9)
Substance P and primary afferent transmission. (1976) (9)
Establishment of GABA as an Inhibitory Neurotransmitter at Crustacean Neuromuscular Junction and in the Mammalian Central Nervous System (1996) (9)
Enzymatic inactivation of enkephalin neurotransmitters in the spinal cord of the neonatal rat (1997) (9)
Application of enzymatic cycling to the measurement of gamma-aminobutyric acid in single neurons of the mammalian central nervous system. (1972) (8)
Neurotransmitter Functions of Mammalian Tachykinins: Substance P and Neurokinin A (1995) (8)
Enzymatic inactivation of tachykinin neurotransmitters in the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1992) (7)
The effect of dimorpholamine on crayfish neuromuscular junction. (1972) (7)
The isolated spinal cord-skin preparation of the newborn rat and effects of some algogenic and analgesic substances. (1992) (7)
Differential effects of wortmannin on the release of substance P and amino acids from the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat (1998) (7)
Tachykinin‐evoked Release of Neurotransmitters from Isolated Spinal Cord of the Newborn Rat (1991) (6)
The excitatory action of the newly-discovered mammalian tachykinins, neurokinin alpha and neurokinin beta, on neurons of the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat. (1984) (6)
Effects of GABA and GABA-related drugs on the capsaicin-induced nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord-tall preparation of the newborn rat (1986) (6)
Tachykininergic slow depolarization of motoneurones evoked by descending fibres in the neonatal rat spinal cord. (1995) (5)
Blockade of cutaneous nerve-evoked responses by GR71251 in the isolated spinal cord preparation of newborn rat (1992) (5)
Pharmacological evidence for the existence of sympathetic ganglia in the vicinity of the vas deferens of guinea pigs. (1965) (4)
Substance P-evoked release of amino acid transmitters from the newborn rat spinal cord (1992) (4)
Substance P-evoked release of amino acid transmitters from the newborn rat spinal cord (1992) (4)
HYPOTHALAMIC SUBSTANCE P AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENSORY TRANSMITTER OF SPINAL DORSAL ROOT FIBERS (1976) (4)
Therole ofsubstance Pasaneurotransmitter inthe reflexes ofslowtimecourses intheneonatal ratspinal cord (1985) (4)
Potentiating effect of peptidase inhibitors on a C fiber-evoked response in the isolated spinal cord preparation of the neonatal rat (1992) (4)
Tachykinin receptors on motoneurons in the spinal cords of neonatal rats, gerbils and hamsters (1997) (4)
Proceedings: Distribution of substance P in cat spinal cord and the alteration following unilateral dorsal root section. (1974) (3)
Pharmacological Characterization of Receptors in the Spinal Cord of the Newborn Rat (1994) (3)
Setsuro Ebashi (1922–2006) (2007) (3)
Proceedings: Action of substance P on the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat. (1974) (3)
Facilitatory and inhibitory muscarinic modulation of C fiber-evoked depolarization in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1991) (2)
Inhibitory effects of human, porcine and rat galanin examined in the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1992) (2)
2734 – THE ACTION OF SUBSTANCE P ON MOTONEURONS OF THE ISOLATED RAT SPINAL CORD (1978) (2)
An isolated spinal cord-saphenous nerve-skin preparation of the neonatal rat and the effects of spantide on capsaicin-induced nociceptive reflex (1988) (2)
[Dale's principle and the one neuron-one transmitter concept]. (1988) (2)
The effect of a substance P antagonist on the capsaicin-induced nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord-tail preparation of the neonatal rat (1985) (1)
Species variation of biological activities of galanin (1992) (1)
Isolated CNS preparations for studies on substance P and other neurotransmitters (1993) (1)
Blockade of cutaneous nerve-evoked responses by GR71251 in the isolated spinal cord preparation of newborn rat (1992) (1)
Neurokinin .ALPHA. and .BETA., synthesis and pharmacological properties. (1984) (1)
Pharmacological profile of GR71251, a new tachykinin receptor antagonist, in the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1992) (1)
Tail-pinch method in vitro and the effects of some antinociceptive compounds M. Yanagisawa, T. Murakoshi, S. Tamai and M. Otsuka, Europ. J. Pharmacol., 106 (1984) 231–239 (1986) (1)
Potentiating effect of peptidase inhibitors on a C fiber-evoked response in the isolated spinal cord preparation of the neonatal rat (1992) (1)
Potentiation of ventricular contraction by tachykinins in bullfrog heart (1992) (0)
Studies of chemical transmitters in Japan (1977) (0)
Advances in brain research and the future of artificially assisted neural functions (1998) (0)
Effects of substance P antagonists on synaptic transmission in the guinea-pig sympathetic ganglia (1983) (0)
Effect of sodium and chloride ions on substance P-induced release of GABA from the neonatal rat spinal cord (1992) (0)
Effects of a tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, GR71251, on synaptic transmission in the coeliac ganglion of the guinea pig (1995) (0)
Endogenous adenosine is involved in a depression of monosynaptic reflex during hypoxia in neonatal rat spinal cord (1990) (0)
Roles of substance P and neurokinin a as neurotransmitters in spinal nociceptive mechanisms (1994) (0)
Substance P Antagonist on Chemically Induced Nociceptive Reflex in the Isolated Spinal Cord-Tail Preparation o f the Newborn Rat (2006) (0)
Effects of peptidase inhibitors on enzymatic degradation of tachykinins in neonatal rat spinal cord. (1993) (0)
Novel substance P analogues inhibit circular muscle contraction of guinea pig ileum and depolarization of new born rat spinal cord induced by substance P (1992) (0)
THE ROLE OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID IN THE INHIBITORY MECHANISM OF MAMMALIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. (1970) (0)
Tachykininergic signalling and drug development (1995) (0)
Substance P analogues inhibit circular muscle contraction of guinea pig ileum and depolarization of new born rat spinal cord induced by substance P (1992) (0)
Recent progress in neurotransmitter research: GABA and peptides. (1994) (0)
Primary afferent fibers evoke an adenosine-mediated inhibition of monosynaptic reflex in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1990) (0)
Characteristics of tachykinin receptors mediating acetylcholine release from the neonatal rat spinal cord (1991) (0)
Tachykininergic-cholinergic transmission in the rat spinal cord. (1) muscarinic inhibition of monosynaptic reflex (1990) (0)
Pharmacological properties of a slow C-fiber response induced by saphenous nerve stimulation in an isolated spinal cord-nerve preparation the newborn rat (1989) (0)
S5-4 Roles of tachykinin peptides in spinal nociceptive mechanisms (1993) (0)
Peptide in Dorsal Roots choline, histamine and serotonin. Hypotensive action was tested on the carotid blood pressure of the rat under pentobarbital. Effects of polypeptides and tissue extracts on spinal motoneurons were deter- (2006) (0)
Effects of opioids on the slow inhibition of monosynaptic reflex in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1991) (0)
Depression ofprimary afferent-evoked responses byGR71251 intheisolated spinal cordoftheneonatal rat (1993) (0)
Tachykininergic-cholinergic transmission in the rat spinal cord. (2) Substance P-induced acetylcholine release (1990) (0)
[Measurement of gamma-aminobutyric acid in a single nerve cell]. (1971) (0)
The pharmacological profile of a substance P antagonist, Spantide, and its effect on the chemically induced nociceptive reflex in the isolated spinal cord-tail preparation of the newborn rat (1987) (0)
653 – HYPOTHALAMIC SUBSTANCE P AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENSORY TRANSMITTER OF SPINAL DORSAL ROOT FIBERS (1977) (0)
Pharmacological properties of a slow C-fiber response induced by stimulation of greater splanchnic nerve in an isolated spinal cord-nerve preparation of the newborn rat (1992) (0)
Studies on the fate of of rats D-aspartic acid in pineal and pituitary after intravenous administration glands (2006) (0)
Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factors Improve Spatial by Fimbria-fornix Lesion in Rat Learning Impaired (2006) (0)
[Pain and chemical transmitters]. (1988) (0)
Involvement of membrane-bound peptidases in the inactivation of opioid peptide neurotransmitters in the isolated spinal cord of neonatal rat (1994) (0)
The release of acetylcholine from neurons in the isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1987) (0)
[Current progress in the study of neurotransmitters]. (1985) (0)
Peptidase inhibitors potentiate a cutaneous nerve-blocked slow depolarization in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat (1992) (0)
Substance P and tachykinin NK1 receptor — overview (1998) (0)
[Cell membrane in synaptic transmission, with special reference to acetylcholine receptor]. (1970) (0)
523 Inhibitory effect of d-tubocurarine on substance p-evoked amino acid release from the neonatal rat spinal cord (1993) (0)
Effects of tachykinins on the release of γ-aminobutyric acid from isolated spinal cord of the newborn rat (1988) (0)
Effects of Spantide on Reflexes of Slow Time Courses in Isolated Rat Spinal Cord (1987) (0)
[Mechanism of development of periodic paralysis]. (1970) (0)
Preface (1993) (0)
Substance P-Mediated Synaptic Excitation in Mammalian Spinal Cord and Sympathetic Ganglia (1982) (0)
Pharmacological properties of a slow C-fiber response induced by stimulation of greater splanchnic nerve in an isolated spinal cord-nerve preparation of the newborn rat (1992) (0)
Drug addiction and related clinical problems A. Tagliamonte and I. Maremmani. Springer-Verlag, 1995, approx. US$70.00 (XVI + 232 pages with 39 figures) ISBN 3-211-82674-2 (1996) (0)
Contributions to the field of neurotransmitters by Japanese scientists, and reflections on my own research (2007) (0)
Effects of gaba on peripheral axon terminals of primary afferent neurons of the newborn rat (1991) (0)
Potentiation of cutaneous nerve-evoked inhibition of monosynaptic reflex by peptidase inhibitors in the neonatal rat spinal cord (1992) (0)
Effects ofRP67580, a tachykinin NK1 receptorantagonist, on a primaryafferent-evoked responseofventral rootsinthe neonatal ratspinal cord (1994) (0)