Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2013 - 2014 神経軸索形成を制御するシグナルネットワークの解明
2008 - 2010 Analysis of neuropathogenesis for autism spectrum disorders caused by mutation of SHANK3 gene.
Papers (66):
Lei Xing, Vasiliki Gkini, Anni I Nieminen, Hui-Chao Zhou, Matilde Aquilino, Ronald Naumann, Katrin Reppe, Kohichi Tanaka, Peter Carmeliet, Oskari Heikinheimo, et al. Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development. Nature communications. 2024. 15. 1. 3468-3468
Amy G Jones, Matilde Aquilino, Rory J Tinker, Laura Duncan, Zandra Jenkins, Gemma L Carvill, Stephanie J DeWard, Dorothy K Grange, M J Hajianpour, Benjamin J Halliday, et al. Clustered de novo start-loss variants in GLUL result in a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy via stabilization of glutamine synthetase. American journal of human genetics. 2024. 111. 4. 729-741
Wieland B Huttner, Michael Heide, Felipe Mora-Bermúdez, Takashi Namba. Neocortical neurogenesis in development and evolution-Human-specific features. The Journal of comparative neurology. 2024
Vasiliki Gkini, Takashi Namba. Glutaminolysis and the Control of Neural Progenitors in Neocortical Development and Evolution. The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 2023. 29. 2. 177-189
Samir Vaid, Oskari Heikinheimo, Takashi Namba. Embryonic mouse medial neocortex as a model system for studying the radial glial scaffold in fetal human neocortex. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996). 2023. 130. 3. 185-194
Marta Florio, Takashi Namba, Katherine Long. The Tortuous Routes of Migrating Neurons in the Folding Neocortex. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2016. 36. 14. 3887-3889
D. Tsuboi, K. Kuroda, M. Tanaka, T. Namba, S. Taya, N. Ozaki, K. Kaibuchi. Impairment of molecular transport in a mouse model of Schizophrenia. JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2015. 134. 356-356
N. Ishizawa, T. Takano, M. Wu, S. Nakamuta, C. Xu, T. Namba, M. Amano, K. Kaibuchi. Long-range Ca2+signaling regulates neuronal polarization via Rho-kinase in a CaMKI-dependent manner. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 2015. 26