Mechanical actions of dendritic-spine enlargement on presynaptic exocytosis

H Ucar, S Watanabe, J Noguchi, Y Morimoto, Y Iino… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Synaptic transmission involves cell-to-cell communication at the synaptic junction between
two neurons, and chemical and electrical forms of this process have been extensively studied…

Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory

H Kasai, H Ucar, Y Morimoto, F Eto… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Do dendritic spines, which comprise the postsynaptic component of most excitatory synapses,
exist only for their structural dynamics, receptor trafficking, and chemical and electrical …

[HTML][HTML] Nephrotic syndrome relapse in a boy with COVID-19

T Enya, Y Morimoto, R Oshima, K Miyazaki… - CEN Case Reports, 2021 - Springer
Clinical data on coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) in children during the management of
nephrotic syndrome (NS) is lacking. Patients on prednisolone are compromised hosts at the …

A new PET scanner with semiconductor detectors enables better identification of intratumoral inhomogeneity

T Shiga, Y Morimoto, N Kubo, N Katoh… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
An autoradiography method revealed intratumoral inhomogeneity in various solid tumors. It
is becoming increasingly important to estimate intratumoral inhomogeneity. However, with …

MEK/ERK signaling in β-cells bifunctionally regulates β-cell mass and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion response to maintain glucose homeostasis

…, S Takemiya, H Kobayashi, H Suwanai, Y Morimoto… - Diabetes, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
In diabetic pathology, insufficiency in β-cell mass, unable to meet peripheral insulin demand,
and functional defects of individual β-cells in production of insulin are often concurrently …

High-sensitivity brain SPECT system using cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector and 4-pixel matched collimator

…, T Ishitsu, K Tsuchiya, Y Morimoto… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
For high-sensitivity brain imaging, we have developed a two-head single-photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) system using a CdTe semiconductor detector and 4-pixel …

[HTML][HTML] Single-molecule analysis of intracellular insulin granule behavior and its application to analyzing cytoskeletal dependence and pathophysiological …

H Hatakeyama, T Oshima, S Ono, Y Morimoto… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Mobilization of intracellular insulin granules to the plasma membrane plays a
crucial role in regulating insulin secretion. However, the regulatory mechanisms of this …

Metabolic activity of red nucleus and its correlation with cerebral cortex and cerebellum: a study using a high-resolution semiconductor PET system

…, W Takeuchi, T Shiga, Y Morimoto… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The red nucleus (RN) is a pair of small gray matter structures located in the midbrain and
involved in muscle movement and cognitive functions. This retrospective study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous Tc-99m and I-123 dual-radionuclide imaging with a solid-state detector-based brain-SPECT system and energy-based scatter correction

W Takeuchi, A Suzuki, T Shiga, N Kubo, Y Morimoto… - EJNMMI physics, 2016 - Springer
Background A brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system using
cadmium telluride (CdTe) solid-state detectors was previously developed. This CdTe-SPECT …

Tritium Measurements for 6Li-Enriched Li2TiO3 Breeding Blanket Experiments with DT Neutrons

A Klix, K Ochiai, Y Terada, Y Morimoto… - Fusion science and …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The JAERI Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS) group has carried out experiments with breeding
blanket mock-ups composed of layers of beryllium, ferritic steel F82H and 6 Li enriched …