Masago Ishikawa

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(21), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(17), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(9), Neural dynamics and brain function(7), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study(7)

Publications42 total

A master regulator of opioid reward in the ventral prefrontal cortex
Science·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
Neurobiological Mechanisms of Nicotine Reward and Aversion
Pharmacological Reviews·2022· 102 citedOpen Access
α3* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Habenula-Interpeduncular Nucleus Circuit Regulate Nicotine Intake
Journal of Neuroscience·2020· 54 citedOpen Access
Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia
Nature·2020· 948 citedOpen Access
Cocaine Triggers Astrocyte-Mediated Synaptogenesis
Biological Psychiatry·2020· 77 citedOpen Access
Cocaine Triggers Glial-Mediated Synaptogenesis
2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Cocaine Triggers Glial-Mediated Synaptogenesis
SSRN Electronic Journal·2020Open Access
Ventral Tegmental Area Projection Regulates Glutamatergic Transmission in Nucleus Accumbens
Scientific Reports·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
Habenular TCF7L2 links nicotine addiction to diabetes
Nature·2019· 108 citedOpen Access
Cascades of Homeostatic Dysregulation Promote Incubation of Cocaine Craving
Journal of Neuroscience·2018· 57 citedOpen Access
GLP-1 acts on habenular avoidance circuits to control nicotine intake
Nature Neuroscience·2017· 171 citedOpen Access
Crash course in pallidus–habenula signaling
Nature Neuroscience·2016· 4 cited
Cocaine-Induced Synaptic Alterations in Thalamus to Nucleus Accumbens Projection
Neuropsychopharmacology·2016· 95 citedOpen Access
Increased Excitability of Lateral Habenula Neurons in Adolescent Rats following Cocaine Self-Administration
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·2014· 39 citedOpen Access
Maturation of silent synapses in amygdala-accumbens projection contributes to incubation of cocaine craving
Nature Neuroscience·2013· 303 citedOpen Access
Exposure to cocaine regulates inhibitory synaptic transmission from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens
The Journal of Physiology·2013· 20 citedOpen Access
Exposure to Cocaine Regulates Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in the Nucleus Accumbens
Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 25 citedOpen Access
Dopamine Triggers Heterosynaptic Plasticity
Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 26 citedOpen Access
Cannabinoid receptor 1-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2012· 107 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Yan Dong(17), Oliver M. Schlüter(16), Yanhua H. Huang(13), Paul J. Kenny(7), Susan R. Sesack(6), Brian Lee(5), Mami Otaka(5), Peter A. Neumann(5), Eric J. Nestler(5), Raymond M. Quock(5), Junshi Wang(5), Xiaojie Huang(4), Kenji Abe(4), Iku Utsunomiya(4), Kyoji Taguchi(4), Ping Mu(3), Qun Lu(3), Stephanie P. B. Caligiuri(3), Karim S. Elayouby(3), Yao Wang(3)