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Everyday Language Exposure Shapes Prediction of Specific Words in Listening Comprehension: A Visual World Eye-Tracking Study by Ito, Aine, Sakai, Hiromu

“…We investigated the effects of everyday language exposure on the prediction of orthographic and phonological forms of a highly predictable word during…”
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Superconducting Self-Shielded and Zero-Boil-Off Magnetoencephalogram Systems: A Dry Phantom Evaluation by Tanaka, Keita, Tsukahara, Akihiko, Miyanaga, Hiroki, Tsunematsu, Shoji, Kato, Takanori, Matsubara, Yuji, Sakai, Hiromu

“…Magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems are advanced neuroimaging tools used to measure the magnetic fields produced by neuronal activity in the human brain…”
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Sentential inference bridging between lexical/grammatical knowledge and text comprehension among native Chinese speakers learning Japanese by Tamaoka, Katsuo, Sakai, Hiromu, Miyaoka, Yayoi, Ono, Hajime, Fukuda, Michiko, Wu, Yuxin, Verdonschot, Rinus G

“…The current study explored the role of sentential inference in connecting lexical/grammatical knowledge and overall text comprehension in foreign language…”
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The Interplay of Relational and Non-relational Processes in Sentence Production: The Case of Relative Clause Planning in Japanese and Spanish by Rodrigo, Laura, Igoa, José M, Sakai, Hiromu

“…Speech planning involves different steps in order to transform a conceptual message into speech. These include establishing structural relations among…”
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Increases in intracellular pH facilitate endocytosis and decrease availability of voltage‐gated proton channels in osteoclasts and microglia by Sakai, Hiromu, Li, Guangshuai, Hino, Yoshiko, Moriura, Yoshie, Kawawaki, Junko, Sawada, Makoto, Kuno, Miyuki

“…Key points •  Voltage‐gated H+ channels help to compensate for the pH and voltage disturbances generated by production of reactive oxygen species. •  In this…”
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Temperature dependence of proton permeation through a voltage-gated proton channel by Kuno, Miyuki, Ando, Hiroyuki, Morihata, Hirokazu, Sakai, Hiromu, Mori, Hiroyuki, Sawada, Makoto, Oiki, Shigetoshi

“…Voltage-gated proton channels are found in many different types of cells, where they facilitate proton movement through the membrane. The mechanism of proton…”
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Phospholipase C-dependent Ca2+-sensing pathways leading to endocytosis and inhibition of the plasma membrane vacuolar H+-ATPase in osteoclasts by Sakai, Hiromu, Moriura, Yoshie, Notomi, Takuya, Kawawaki, Junko, Ohnishi, Keiko, Kuno, Miyuki

“…In osteoclasts, elevation of extracellular Ca2+ is an endogenous signal that inhibits bone resorption. We recently found that an elevation of extracellular…”
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Projections of events and propositions in Japanese: A case study of Koto-nominalized clauses in causal relations by Hara, Yurie, Kim, Youngju, Sakai, Hiromu, Tamura, Sanae

“…⿢A syntax and semantics of nominalized clauses headed by koto in Japanese are given.⿢Koto-nominalized clause can denote either a concrete event or an abstract…”
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Vacuolar H + -ATPases and Voltage-Gated Proton Channels: Two Electrogenic, Proton-Selective Membrane Transport Mechanisms Co-Existed in Osteoclasts by Sakai, Hiromu, Moriura, Yoshie, Kawawaki, Junko, Hashimoto, Shino, Kuno, Miyuki

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Acid-inducible proton influx currents in the plasma membrane of murine osteoclast-like cells by Kuno, Miyuki, Li, Guangshuai, Moriura, Yoshie, Hino, Yoshiko, Kawawaki, Junko, Sakai, Hiromu

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The visibility guideline for functional categories: verb raising in Japanese and related issues by Fukui, Naoki, Sakai, Hiromu

“…This paper discusses the issues concerning functional categories in Japanese as they pertain to Universal Grammar. A minimalist guideline called the Visibility…”
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Syntax in a native language still continues to develop in adults: Honorification judgment in Japanese by Momo, Kanako, Sakai, Hiromu, Sakai, Kuniyoshi L.

“…Native languages (L1s) are tacitly assumed to be complete and stable in adults. Here we report an unexpected individual variation in judgment of L1 regarding…”
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pH dependence and inhibition by extracellular calcium of proton currents via plasmalemmal vacuolar-type H+-ATPase in murine osteoclasts by Sakai, Hiromu, Kawawaki, Junko, Moriura, Yoshie, Mori, Hiroyuki, Morihata, Hirokazu, Kuno, Miyuki

“…The vacuolar-type H + -ATPase (V-ATPase) in the plasma membrane of a variety of cells serves as an acid-secreting pathway, and its activity is closely related…”
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Early and late activation of the voltage-gated proton channel during lactic acidosis through pH-dependent and -independent mechanisms by Morihata, Hirokazu, Kawawaki, Junko, Okina, Masako, Sakai, Hiromu, Notomi, Takuya, Sawada, Makoto, Kuno, Miyuki

“…Voltage-gated proton (H + ) channels play a pivotal role in compensating charge and pH imbalances during respiratory bursts in phagocytes. Lactic acidosis is a…”
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Neural underpinnings of processing combinatorial unstated meaning and the influence of individual cognitive style by Lai, Yao-Ying, Sakai, Hiromu, Makuuchi, Michiru

“…Abstract We investigated the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the processing of combinatorial unstated meaning. Sentences like “Charles jumped for 5…”
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Regulatory Mechanisms and Physiological Relevance of a Voltage‐Gated H+ Channel in Murine Osteoclasts: Phorbol Myristate Acetate Induces Cell Acidosis and the Channel Activation by Mori, Hiroyuki, Sakai, Hiromu, Morihata, Hirokazu, Kawawaki, Junko, Amano, Hitoshi, Yamano, Tsunekazu, Kuno, Miyuki

“…The voltage‐gated H+ channel is a powerful H+ extruding mechanism of osteoclasts, but its functional roles and regulatory mechanisms remain unclear…”
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Synergetic activation of outwardly rectifying Cl− currents by hypotonic stress and external Ca2+ in murine osteoclasts by Sakai, Hiromu, Nakamura, Fusao, Kuno, Miyuki

“…1 An outwardly rectifying Cl− (ORCl) current of murine osteoclasts was activated by hypotonic stimulation. The current was characterized by rapid activation,…”
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Abstractness of human speech sound representations by Hestvik, Arild, Shinohara, Yasuaki, Durvasula, Karthik, Verdonschot, Rinus G., Sakai, Hiromu

“…•Phonemes are underspecified so that only one member of a minimal pair has a feature value for specific features.•Japanese and English have the opposite…”
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Temporal fluctuations of voltage-gated proton currents in rat spinal microglia via pH-dependent and -independent mechanisms by Morihata, Hirokazu, Kawawaki, Junko, Sakai, Hiromu, Sawada, Makoto, Tsutada, Tsuyoshi, Kuno, Miyuki

“…Voltage-gated proton (H +) channels are unique mechanisms to extrude a massive amount of H +, and are proposed to regulate intracellular pH of microglia during…”
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Extracellular Phosphate Is an Endogenous Regulator for Voltage-Gated Proton Channels and Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Osteoclasts by Li, Guangshuai, Miura, Katsuuki, Hino, Yoshiko, Moriura, Yoshie, Kawawaki, Junko, Sakai, Hiromu, Kuno, Miyuki

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