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Lower Cranial Dystonia with Inflated Cheeks: A Case of Dystonic Respiratory Failure by Suzuki, Takashi, Makifuchi, Takao, Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi

“…We herein report a 76-year-old woman who developed lower cranial dystonia with a peculiar appearance of cheek inflation. The patient showed strong contraction…”
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Coexistence of Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a clinicopathologic study by Tada, Mari, Coon, Elizabeth A., Osmand, Alexander P., Kirby, Patricia A., Martin, Wayne, Wieler, Marguerite, Shiga, Atsushi, Shirasaki, Hiroe, Tada, Masayoshi, Makifuchi, Takao, Yamada, Mitsunori, Kakita, Akiyoshi, Nishizawa, Masatoyo, Takahashi, Hitoshi, Paulson, Henry L.

“…We report a retrospective case series of four patients with genetically confirmed Huntington’s disease (HD) and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…”
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Prefrontal Abnormality of Schizophrenia Revealed by DNA Microarray: Impact on Glial and Neurotrophic Gene Expression by SUGAI, TETSUJI, KAWAMURA, MEIKO, IRITANI, SHUJI, ARAKI, KAZUAKI, MAKIFUCHI, TAKAO, IMAI, CHINA, NAKAMURA, RYOSUKE, KAKITA, AKIYOSHI, TAKAHASHI, HITOSHI, NAWA, HIROYUKI

“…: DNA microarrays with isotope labeling from gene‐specific primers enable sensitive detection of rare mRNAs, including neurotrophin and cytokine mRNAs in the…”
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Autotaxin expression is enhanced in frontal cortex of Alzheimer-type dementia patients by Umemura, Ken, Yamashita, Nobuyuki, Yu, Xiaonian, Arima, Kunimasa, Asada, Takashi, Makifuchi, Takao, Murayama, Shigeo, Saito, Yuko, Kanamaru, Kazutomi, Goto, Yuichi, Kohsaka, Shinichi, Kanazawa, Ichiro, Kimura, Hideo

“…We searched for genes differentially expressed in the frontal cortices of Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) patients compared with those of non-ATD controls using…”
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Intracellular Aβ42 activates p53 promoter: a pathway to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease by Ohyagi, Yasumasa, Asahara, Hideaki, Chui, De-Hua, Tsuruta, Yuko, Sakae, Nobutaka, Miyoshi, Katsue, Yamada, Takeshi, Kikuchi, Hitoshi, Taniwaki, Takayuki, Murai, Hiroyuki, Ikezoe, Koji, Furuya, Hirokazu, Kawarabayashi, Takeshi, Shoji, Mikio, Checler, Frederic, Iwaki, Toru, Makifuchi, Takao, Takeda, Kazuya, Kira, Jun-Ichi, Tabira, Takeshi

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Reader response: Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma involving the whole intracranial dura mater by Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi, Makifuchi, Takao

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A decrease in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist expression in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients by Toyooka, Kazuhiko, Watanabe, Yuichiro, Iritani, Shuji, Shimizu, Eiji, Iyo, Masaomi, Nakamura, Ryosuke, Asama, Koue, Makifuchi, Takao, Kakita, Akiyoshi, Takahashi, Hitoshi, Someya, Toshiyuki, Nawa, Hiroyuki

“…Interleukin-1 (IL-1) mediates psychological stress responses by regulating monoamine metabolism and secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor, and is…”
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Lower Cranial Dystonia with Inflated Cheeks: A Case of Dystonic Respiratory Failure by Suzuki, Takashi, Makifuchi, Takao, Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi

“…We herein report a 76-year-old woman who developed lower cranial dystonia with a peculiar appearance of cheek inflation. The patient showed strong contraction…”
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p.Asn77Lys homozygous CLN6 mutation in two unrelated Japanese patients with Kufs disease, an adult onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis by Onodera, Misaki, Tsujimoto, Saori, Doi, Syusuke, Yamashita, Arisa, Yamazaki, Tetsuo, Makifuchi, Takao, Inazu, Tetsuya

“…•Homozygous mutations were identified in two unrelated patients with Kufs disease.•Missense mutation was found in CLN6 exon 3 (c.231C > G,…”
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Brain hydrogen sulfide is severely decreased in Alzheimer's disease by Eto, Ko, Asada, Takashi, Arima, Kunimasa, Makifuchi, Takao, Kimura, Hideo

“…Although hydrogen sulfide (H 2S) is generally thought of in terms of a poisonous gas, it is endogenously produced in the brain from cysteine by cystathionine…”
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Distinct Pathological Features of the Gallyas- and Tau-positive Glia in the Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis of Guam by OYANAGI, KIYOMITSU, MAKIFUCHI, TAKAO, OHTOH, TAKASHI, CHEN, KWANG-MING, GAJDUSEK, D CARLETON, CHASE, THOMAS N

“…We examined 50 patients with parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam (Guam PDC). 10 Guamanian patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 5 patients with…”
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Progressive supranuclear palsy on Guam by YAMAZAKI, Mineo, MAKIFUCHI, Takao, CHEN, Kwang-Ming, MORI, Osamu, KATAYAMA, Yasuo, TAKAHASHI, Hitoshi, OYANAGI, Kiyomitsu

“…This is the first report demonstrating that progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) exists on Guam. This 75-year-old Guamanian Chamorro patient with slight…”
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Spinocerebellar degeneration: Discrepancies between clinical and pathological diagnoses by Yamada, Mitsunori, Toyoshima, Yasuko, Makifuchi, Takao, Kakita, Akiyoshi, Takahashi, Hitoshi

“…To improve the diagnostic accuracy of sporadic spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD), we assessed the clinical and pathological data of 1494 consecutive autopsy…”
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of Guam: the nature of the neuropathological findings by Oyanagi, K, Makifuchi, T, Ohtoh, T, Chen, K M, van der Schaaf, T, Gajdusek, D C, Chase, T N, Ikuta, F

“…To elucidate the fundamental differences and similarities of the neuropathological features and etiopathogenesis of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and…”
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The anterolateral funiculus in the spinal cord in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by OYANAGI, K, MAKIFUCHI, T, IKUTA, F

“…We carried out a morphometric study on the myelinated fibers in the anterolateral funiculus (ALF) and lateral corticospinal tract (LCS) in the cervical segment…”
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Pure akinesia manifested neuroleptic malignant syndrome : a clinical variant of progressive supranuclear palsy by YOSHIKAWA, H, ODA, Y, SAKAJIRI, K, TAKAMORI, M, NAKANISHI, I, MAKIFUCHI, T, IDE, Y, MATSUBARA, S, MIZUSHIMA, N

“…An autopsy case of pure akinesia (PA) is reported. The patient manifested L-dopa-unresponsive akinesia without accompanying rigidity, tremor, eye movement…”
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A neuropathological study of autosomal-dominant chorea-acanthocytosis with a mutation of VPS13A by Ishida, Chiho, Makifuchi, Takao, Saiki, Shinji, Hirose, Genjiro, Yamada, Masahito

“…We report the first autopsy case of genetically confirmed, autosomal-dominant chorea-acanthocytosis (AD-ChAc), showing a heterozygous mutation (G–A) at…”
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A Family with Adult Type Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Kufs' Disease) and Heart Muscle Disease: Report of Two Autopsy Cases by SAKAJIRI, Ken-ichi, MATSUBARA, Nae, NAKAJIMA, Takashi, FUKUHARA, Nobuyoshi, MAKIFUCHI, Takao, WAKABAYASHI, Masatoshi, OYANAGI, Shinsaku, KOMINAMI, Eiki

“…Two cases in a family with Kufs' disease had lethal arrhythmias and heart muscle disease. Autopsy findings showed an abundant accumulation of lipofuscin-like…”
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Wobble modification deficiency in mutant tRNAs in patients with mitochondrial diseases by Yasukawa, Takehiro, Kirino, Yohei, Ishii, Norie, Holt, Ian J., Jacobs, Howard T., Makifuchi, Takao, Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi, Ohta, Shigeo, Suzuki, Tsutomu, Watanabe, Kimitsuna

“…Point mutations in mitochondrial (mt) tRNA genes are associated with a variety of human mitochondrial diseases. We have shown previously that mt tRNA Leu(UUR)…”
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Selective reduction of a PDZ protein, SAP‐97, in the prefrontal cortex of patients with chronic schizophrenia by Toyooka, Kazuhiko, Iritani, Shuji, Makifuchi, Takao, Shirakawa, Osamu, Kitamura, Noboru, Maeda, Kiyoshi, Nakamura, Ryosuke, Niizato, Kazuhiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Kakita, Akiyoshi, Takahashi, Hitoshi, Someya, Toshiyuki, Nawa, Hiroyuki

“…Many postsynaptic density proteins carrying postsynaptic density‐95/discs large/zone occludens‐1 (PDZ) domain(s) interact with glutamate receptors to control…”
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