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Keiichi Niikura

Nikon (Japan)(JP)Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association(JP)Rockefeller University(US)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Most-Cited Works

→ Epigenetic transcriptional activation of monocyte chemotactic protein 3 contributes to long-lasting neuropathic pain(2013)189 cited
→ Hippocampal epigenetic modification at the brain‐derived neurotrophic factor gene induced by an enriched environment(2010)180 cited
→ Usefulness of Antidepressants for Improving the Neuropathic Pain-Like State and Pain-Induced Anxiety through Actions at Different Brain Sites(2007)141 cited
→ Neuropathic and chronic pain stimuli downregulate central μ -opioid and dopaminergic transmission(2010)105 cited
→ Enhanced IL‐1β production in response to the activation of hippocampal glial cells impairs neurogenesis in aged mice(2010)96 cited
→ Sleep disturbances in a neuropathic pain-like condition in the mouse are associated with altered GABAergic transmission in the cingulate cortex(2011)85 cited

→ Protease-Activated Receptor-1 and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Neurons Are Implicated in Neuropathic Pain after Nerve Injury(2005)

76 cited

→ Implication of dopaminergic projection from the ventral tegmental area to the anterior cingulate cortex in μ‐opioid‐induced place preference(2010)62 cited

→ Oxycodone-induced conditioned place preference and sensitization of locomotor activity in adolescent and adult mice(2013)57 cited

→ Chronic pain-induced astrocyte activation in the cingulate cortex with no change in neural or glial differentiation from neural stem cells in mice(2007)57 cited