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Laboratory of Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.MainLab PersonnelRecent Papers
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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.