Hirai, Hirokazu

CD38 is critical for social behaviour by regulating oxytocin secretion

Jin, D., Liu, H.-X., Hirai, H., Torashima, T., Nagai, T., Lopatina, O., Shnayder, N. A., Yamada, K., Noda, M., Seike, T., et al. (2007) · Nature

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorNeuropeptides and Animal Physiology

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Two genetic variants of CD38 in subjects with autism spectrum disorder and controls

Munesue, T., Yokoyama, S., Nakamura, K., Anitha, A., Yamada, K., Hayashi, K., Asaka, T., Liu, H.-X., Jin, D., Koizumi, K., et al. (2010) · Neuroscience Research

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Intravenous administration of the adeno-associated virus-PHP.B capsid fails to upregulate transduction efficiency in the marmoset brain

Matsuzaki, Y., Konno, A., Mochizuki, R., Shinohara, Y., Nitta, K., Okada, Y., & Hirai, H. (2018) · Neuroscience Letters

Virus-based gene therapy researchBarrier Structure and Function Studies

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Intravenous administration of brain-targeted stable nucleic acid lipid particles alleviates Machado-Joseph disease neurological phenotype

Conceição, M., Mendonça, L., Nóbrega, C., Gomes, C., Costa, P., Hirai, H., Moreira, J. N., Lima, M. C., Manjunath, N., & Pereira de Almeida, L. (2016) · Biomaterials

RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

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Beclin 1 mitigates motor and neuropathological deficits in genetic mouse models of Machado–Joseph disease

Nascimento-Ferreira, I., Nóbrega, C., Vasconcelos-Ferreira, A., Onofre, I., Albuquerque, D., Aveleira, C., Hirai, H., Déglon, N., & Pereira de Almeida, L. (2013) · Brain

Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

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Development of microglia‐targeting adeno‐associated viral vectors as tools to study microglial behavior in vivo

Okada, Y., Hosoi, N., Matsuzaki, Y., Fukai, Y., Hiraga, A., Nakai, J., Nitta, K., Shinohara, Y., Konno, A., & Hirai, H. (2022) · Communications Biology

Virus-based gene therapy researchNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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CD38 positively regulates postnatal development of astrocytes cell-autonomously and oligodendrocytes non-cell-autonomously: HATTORI et al.

Hattori, T., Kaji, M., Ishii, H., Jureepon, R., Takarada-Iemata, M., Minh Ta, H., Manh Le, T., Konno, A., Hirai, H., Shiraishi, Y., et al. (2017) · Glia

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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Anxiety control by astrocytes in the lateral habenula

Tan, W., Ikoma, Y., Takahashi, Y., Konno, A., Hirai, H., Hirase, H., & Matsui, K. (2024) · Neuroscience Research

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

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AAV vectors for specific and efficient gene expression in microglia

Aoki, R., Konno, A., Hosoi, N., Kawabata, H., & Hirai, H. (2025) · Cell Reports Methods

Virus-based gene therapy researchRNA Interference and Gene Delivery

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