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Prof. Masao Ito


IAN

Affiliation

RIKEN Brain Science Institute

Address

2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Telephone

81-48462-1111

Fax

81-48467-6975

Email

Ito-BSI@brain.riken.jp


Research Interest:

  • synaptic plasticity

  • neuronal circuit mechanism of the cerebellum

Major Publications

   
  • Ito, M., Yoshida, M. and Obata, K. Monosynaptic inhibition of the intracerebellar nuclei induced from the cerebellar cortex. Experientia, 20, 575-576, 1964.

  • Obata, K., Ito, M., Ochi, R. and Sato, N. Pharmacological properties of the postsynaptic inhibition by Purkinje cell axons and the action of gamma-aminobutyric acid on Deiters neurons. Exp. Brain Res., 4, 43-57, 1967.

  • Eccles, J.C., Ito, M. and Szentagothai, J. The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1967. Pp 335.

  • Fukuda, J., Highstein, S.M. and Ito, M. Cerebellar inhibitory control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex investigated in rabbit's IIIrd nucleus. Exp. Brain Res., 14, 511-526, 1972.

  • Ito, M., Sakurai, M. and Tongroach, P. Climbing fibre induced depression of both mossy fibre responsiveness and glutamate sensitivity of cerebellar Purkinje cells. J. Physiol. (Lond.), 324, 113-134, 1982.

  • Ito, M. The Cerebellum and Neural Control. Raven Press, New York. 1984. Pp 580

  • Ito, M. Long-term depression. Ann. Rev. Neurosci., 12, 85-102, 1989.

  • Miyata, M., Okada, D., Hashimoto, K., Kano, M. and Ito, M. Corticotropin-releasing factor plays a permissive role in cerebellar long-term depression. Neuron 22, 763-775, 1999.

  • Ito, M. Cerebellar long-term depression - characterization, signal transduction and functional roles. Physiol. Rev. 81, 1143-1195, 2001.

  • Launey, T., Endo, S., Sakai, R., Harano, J., and Ito, M. Protein phosphatase 2A inhibition induces cerebellar long-term depression and declustering of synaptic AMPA receptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101, 676-681, 2004.