Name
- Hideyuki Okano, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation
- Professor, Department of Physiology,
- Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Specialties
- Molecular Neurobiology, Developmental Neurobilogy, Physiology
Education
- M.D. in Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
- Ph.D in Keio University, Japan
Selected Publications (Up to 5)
- Okada S, Ishii K, Miyao T, Shimzakai T, Katoh H, Yamane J, Yoshimura A, Iwamoto Y, Nakamura M, Toyama Y, Okano H.(2006) Conditional ablation of STAT3/SOCS3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinalcord injury. Nat. Med. In Press
- Sakaguchi M, Shingo T, Shimazaki T, Okano HJ, Shiwa M, Ishibashi S, Oguro H, Ninomiya M, Kadoya T, Horie H, Shibuya A, Mizusawa H, Poirier F, Nakauchi H, Sawamoto K, Okano H.(2006) A carbohydrate binding protein, Galectin-1, promotes proliferation of adult neural stem cells. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 103: 7112-7117
- Sawamoto, K., Wichterle H, Gonzalez-Perez O, Cholfin JA, Yamada M, Spassky N, Murcia NS, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Martin O, Rubenstein JL, Tessier-Lavigne M, Okano H, Alvarez-Buylla, A.(2006) New neurons follow the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the adult brain. Science 311: 629-631
- Sakakibara S, Nakamura Y, Yoshida T, Shibata S, Koike M, Takano H, Ueda S, Uchiyama Y, Noda T, Okano H.(2002) RNA-binding protein Musashi family roles for CNS stem cells and a subpopulation of ependymal cells revealed by targeted disruption and antisense ablation. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 99: 15194-15199
- Okabe M, Imai T, Kurusu M, Hiromi Y, Okano H.(2001) Translational repression determines a neuronal potential in Drosophila asymmetric cell division. Nature 411: 94-98