Kei Watase

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kei Watase is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kei Watase has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Kei Watase's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (16 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Kei Watase is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (16 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Kei Watase collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Kei Watase's co-authors include Keiji Wada, Kohichi Tanaka, Masahiko Watanabe, Shigeru Okuyama, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Keiko Yamada, Naoya Kawashima, Seiji Hori, Misato Takimoto and Toru Nishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kei Watase

42 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Subcellular localization and ER-mediated cytotoxic function of α1A and α1ACT in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 2024 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Shinya Honda, Min Kyoung Shin, Kei Watase, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Kinya Ishikawa, Shigeomi Shimizu	2
2	Alternative splicing in the C-terminal tail of Cav2.1 is essential for preventing a neurological disease in mice 2017 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Tomonori Aikawa, Takaki Watanabe, Taisuke Miyazaki, Takayasu Mikuni, Minoru Wakamori, (unknown), Hidenori Aizawa, (unknown), Masahiko Watanabe, Masanobu Kano, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Kei Watase	8
3	Impaired striatal dopamine release in homozygous Vps35 D620N knock-in mice 2016 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown), Daishi Yui, Akira Hebisawa, Hidenori Aizawa, Wanpeng Cui, Yūkō Fujita, Kenji Hashimoto, Itsuki Ajioka, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Takanori Yokota, Kei Watase	57
4	RpA1 ameliorates symptoms of mutant ataxin-1 knock-in mice and enhances DNA damage repair 2016 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown), Kanoh Kondo, Kyota Fujita, Xigui Chen, Hidenori Homma, Takeaki Sudo, Yingwei Mao, Kei Watase, Toshihiro Tanaka, Kazuhiko Tagawa, Takuya Tamura, Shin‐ichi Muramatsu, Hitoshi Okazawa	13
5	Abnormalities in synaptic dynamics during development in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Yusuke Hatanaka, Kei Watase, Keiji Wada, Yoshitaka Nagai	12
6	Loss of MyD88 alters neuroinflammatory response and attenuates early Purkinje cell loss in a spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 mouse model 2015 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Tomonori Aikawa, Kaoru Mogushi, (unknown), Kinya Ishikawa, (unknown), Hiroshi Tanaka, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Kei Watase	30
7	Suppression of the novel ER protein Maxer by mutant ataxin‐1 in Bergman glia contributes to non‐cell‐autonomous toxicity 2010 ·The EMBO Journal ·Hiroki Shiwaku, Natsue Yoshimura, Takuya Tamura, Masaki Sone, Soichi Ogishima, Kei Watase, Kazuhiko Tagawa, Hitoshi Okazawa	63
8	SCA6: From gene identification to recent progress on pathogenesis 2010 ·Rinsho Shinkeigaku ·Kei Watase, Kinya Ishikawa, Hidehiro Mizusawa	1
9	Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 knockin mice develop a progressive neuronal dysfunction with age-dependent accumulation of mutant Ca _V 2.1 channels 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kei Watase, Curtis F. Barrett, Taisuke Miyazaki, Taro Ishiguro, Kinya Ishikawa, Yuanxin Hu, Toshinori Unno, Yaling Sun, (unknown), Masahiko Watanabe, Christopher M. Gómez, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Richard W. Tsien, Huda Y. Zoghbi	122
10	Lithium Therapy Improves Neurological Function and Hippocampal Dendritic Arborization in a Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Mouse Model 2007 ·PLoS Medicine ·Kei Watase, Jennifer R. Gatchel, Yaling Sun, Effat S. Emamian, Richard Atkinson, Ronald Richman, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Harry T. Orr, Chad A. Shaw, Huda Y. Zoghbi	128
11	Proteome analysis of soluble nuclear proteins reveals that HMGB1/2 suppress genotoxic stress in polyglutamine diseases 2007 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Mei‐Ling Qi, Kazuhiko Tagawa, Yasushi Enokido, Natsue Yoshimura, Yoichi Wada, Kei Watase, Shoichi Ishiura, Ichiro Kanazawa, Juan Botas, Minoru Saitoe, Erich E. Wanker, Hitoshi Okazawa	83
12	Differential Roles of Glial and Neuronal Glutamate Transporters in Purkinje Cell Synapses 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Yukihiro Takayasu, Masae Iino, Wataru Kakegawa, Hiroshi Maeno, Kei Watase, Keiji Wada, Dai Yanagihara, Taisuke Miyazaki, Okiru Komine, Masahiko Watanabe, Kohichi Tanaka, Seiji Ozawa	69
13	Modelling brain diseases in mice: the challenges of design and analysis 2003 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Kei Watase, Huda Y. Zoghbi	64
14	Regional differences of somatic CAG repeat instability do not account for selective neuronal vulnerability in a knock-in mouse model of SCA1 2003 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Kei Watase	40
15	A Long CAG Repeat in the Mouse Sca1 Locus Replicates SCA1 Features and Reveals the Impact of Protein Solubility on Selective Neurodegeneration 2002 ·Neuron ·Kei Watase, Edwin J. Weeber, Bisong Xu, Barbara Antalffy, Lisa A. Yuva‐Paylor, Kouichi Hashimoto, Masanobu Kano, Richard Atkinson, Yaling Sun, Dawna L. Armstrong, J. David Sweatt, Harry T. Orr, Richard Paylor, Huda Y. Zoghbi	263
16	Increased expression of alpha 1A Ca2+ channel currents arising from expanded trinucleotide repeats in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6. 2001 ·PubMed ·Erika S. Piedras-Renterı́a, Kei Watase, Nobutoshi Harata, Olga Zhuchenko, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Cheng Chi Lee, Richard W. Tsien	74
17	Large expansion of the ATTCT pentanucleotide repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 2000 ·Nature Genetics ·Tohru Matsuura, Takanori Yamagata, Daniel L. Burgess, Astrid Rasmussen, Raji P. Grewal, Kei Watase, Mehrdad Khajavi, Alanna E. McCall, Caleb Davis, (unknown), Madhureeta Achari, Stefan M. Pulst, Elisa Alonso, Jeffrey L. Noebels, David L. Nelson, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Tetsuo Ashizawa	370
18	Amygdala-kindled and pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in glutamate transporter GLAST-deficient mice 1999 ·Brain Research ·(unknown), Kiyoshi Morimoto, (unknown), Hiroshi Suwaki, Kei Watase, Kohichi Tanaka	90
19	Motor discoordination and increased susceptibility to cerebellar injury in GLAST mutant mice 1998 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Kei Watase, Kouichi Hashimoto, Masanobu Kano, Keiko Yamada, Masahiko Watanabe, Yoshiro Inoue, Shigeru Okuyama, Takashi Sakagawa, Shinichi Ogawa, Naoya Kawashima, Seiji Hori, Misato Takimoto, Keiji Wada, Kohichi Tanaka	335
20	A kindred of hereditary adult-onset leukodystrophy with sparing of the optic radiations 1993 ·Neuroradiology ·Kazuo Abe, Mitsunori Ikeda, Kei Watase, Hirotaka Tanabe, Harutoshi Fujimura, Shiro Yorifuji, Saneyoshi Ueno, Takahiro Mezaki, Tatsuya Mori	12

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