 | Selected Publications ( full list in Pubmed ) *Equal contributio, +Corresponding author |  |  | R. Yasuda+, H. Murakoshi (2011) The mechanisms underlying the spatial spreading of signaling activity. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 21(2):313-21 |  |  | A. J. Ramsey, A. F. Oliveira, Y. Escobedo-Lozoya, A. Salahpour, A. Sawa, R. Yasuda, M. G. Caron (2011) Impaired NMDA receptor transmission alters striatal synapses and DISC1 protein in an age-dependent manner. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.108: 5795-800 |  |  | H.Murakoshi, H. Wang, R.Yasuda+ (2011) Local, persistent activation of Rho GTPases during plasticity of single dendritic spines. Nature 472: 100-4 |  |  | M. Patterson, R. Yasuda+ (2011) Signaling pathways underlying structural plasticity of dendritic spines. Br. J. Pharmacol. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01328.x. |  | 
| M.-C. Lee, R.Yasuda, M.Ehlers (2010) Metaplasticity at single glutamatergic synapses. Neuron 66: 859-70. Comment in Preview, B.D.Philpot, R.S.Zukin (2010) Synapse-specific metaplasticity: to be silenced is not to silence 2B. Neuron 66: 814-6 |  | 
| M.Patterson, E.M.Szatmari, R.Yasuda+ (2010) AMPA Receptors are exocytosed in stimulated spines and adjacent dendrites in a Ras-ERK dependent manner during long-term potentiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107: 15951-6 |  | 
| S.B.Simmons, Y.Escobedo, R.Yasuda, S.M.Dudek (2009) Regional differences in hippocampal calcium handling provide a cellular mechanism for limiting plasticity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904775106 |  | 
| S.-J.R.Lee, Y.Escobedo-Lozoya, E.M.Szatmari, R.Yasuda+ (2009) Activation of CaMKII in single dendritic spines during long-term potentiation. Nature 458: 299-304 (Article) Comment in News & Views, S.Thompson, H.A.Hayley (2009) Secret of synapse specificity. Nature 458: 296-297 |  | 
| S.-J.R.Lee, R.Yasuda+ (2009) Spatiotemporal regulation of signaling in and out of dendritic spines: CaMKII and Ras. Open Neurosci. J. 3:117-127 |  | 
| C.D.Harvey*, R.Yasuda*+, H.Zhong, K.Svoboda+ (2008) The spread of Ras activity triggered by activation of a single dendritic spine. Science 321: 136-40 |  | 
| H.Murakoshi, S.-J.Lee, and R.Yasuda+ (2008) Highly sensitive and quantitative FRET-FLIM imaging in single dendritic spines using improved non-radiative YFP. Brain Cell Biol. 36: 31-42 |  |  | M.C.Fischer, H.C.Liu, I.R.Piletic, Y.Escobedo-Lozoya, R.Yasuda, and W.S.Warren (2008) Self-phase modulation signatures of neuronal activity. Opt. Lett. 33: 219-21 |  | 
| Harvey CD, Ehrhardt AG, Cellurale C, Zhong H, Yasuda R, Davis RJ, Svoboda K. (2008) A genetically encoded fluorescent sensor of ERK activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:19264-9. |  | 
| R.Yasuda (2006) Imaging spatiotemporal dynamics of neuronal signaling using fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 16: 551-61 |  | 
| R.Yasuda+, C.D.Harvey, H.Zhong, A.Sobczyk, L.van Aelst and K.Svoboda (2006) Super-sensitive Ras activation in dendrites and spines revealed by 2-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging. Nat. Neurosci. 9: 283-291. |  |  | K.Svoboda+ and R.Yasuda+ (2006) Principles of two-photon excitation microscopy and its applications to neuroscience Neuron 50, 823–839. |  | 
| R.Yasuda, E.A.Nimchinsky, V.Scheuss, T.A.Pologruto, T.G.Oertner, B.Sabatini, K.Svoboda (2004) Imaging calcium concentration dynamics in small neuronal compartment. Science's STKE pl5, 10. |  |  | H.Itoh, A.Takahashi, K.Adachi, H.Noji, R.Yasuda, M.Yoshida and K.Kinosita,Jr. (2004) Mechanically driven ATP synthesis by F1-ATPase. Nature 427: 465-468. |  |  | R.Yasuda+, T.Masaike, K.Adachi, H.Noji, H.Itoh, K.Kinosita,Jr. and M.Yoshida (2003) The ATP-waiting conformation of rotating F1-ATPase revealed by single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 100: 9314-9318. |  | 
| R.Yasuda, B.L.Sabatini and K.Svoboda (2003) Plasticity of calcium channels in dendritic spines. Nat. Neurosci. 6: 948-955. |  | 
| R.Yasuda, H.Noji, M.Yoshida, K.Kinosita,Jr. and H.Itoh (2001) Resolution of distinct rotational substeps by submillisecond kinetic analysis of F1-ATPase. Nature 410 : 898-904. |  |  | Y.Arai, R.Yasuda, K.Akashi, H.Miyata, K.Kinosita, Jr., Y.Harada, and H.Itoh (1999) Tying a molecular knot with optical tweezers. Nature 399:446-448. |  | 
| R.Yasuda*, H.Noji*, K.Kinosita,Jr., and M.Yoshida (1998) F1-ATPase is a highly efficient motor that rotates with discrete 120-degree steps. Cell 93:1117-1124. |  |  | K.Kinosita,Jr., R.Yasuda, H. Noji, S. Ishiwata, and M. Yoshida (1998) F1-ATPase: a rotary motor made of a single molecule. Cell 93: 21-24. |  | 
| H.Noji*, R.Yasuda*, M. Yoshida, and K. Kinosita, Jr. (1997) Direct observation of the rotation of F1-ATPase. Nature 386:299-302. |  |
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