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Akira Sakurai - Publications

Affiliations: 
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States 
Area:
Neuromodulation, Synaptic plasticity, Central pattern generator
Website:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~bioasx/

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Year Citation  Score
2022 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Bursting emerges from the complementary roles of neurons in a four-cell network. Journal of Neurophysiology. 127: 1054-1066. PMID 35320029 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00017.2022  0.674
2022 Tamvacakis AN, Lillvis JL, Sakurai A, Katz PS. The Consistency of Gastropod Identified Neurons Distinguishes Intra-Individual Plasticity From Inter-Individual Variability in Neural Circuits. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16: 855235. PMID 35309684 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.855235  0.806
2019 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Command or obey? Homologous neurons differ in hierarchical position for the generation of homologous behaviors. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. PMID 31209170 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3229-18.2019  0.746
2017 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Artificial Synaptic Rewiring Demonstrates that Distinct Neural Circuit Configurations Underlie Homologous Behaviors. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 28578931 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.016  0.767
2017 Gunaratne CA, Sakurai A, Katz PS. Variations on a theme: Species differences in synaptic connectivity do not predict central pattern generator activity. Journal of Neurophysiology. jn.00203.2017. PMID 28539397 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00203.2017  0.824
2016 Sakurai A, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS. Recruitment of Polysynaptic Connections Underlies Functional Recovery of a Neural Circuit after Lesion. Eneuro. 3. PMID 27570828 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0056-16.2016  0.799
2016 Sakurai A, Katz PS. The central pattern generator underlying swimming in Dendronotus iris: A simple half-center network oscillator with a twist. Journal of Neurophysiology. jn.00150.2016. PMID 27440239 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00150.2016  0.691
2015 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Phylogenetic and individual variation in gastropod central pattern generators. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. PMID 25837447 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1007-6  0.74
2014 Sakurai A, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS. Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury. Elife. 3. PMID 24920390 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.02598  0.796
2014 Sakurai A, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS. Two interconnected kernels of reciprocally inhibitory interneurons underlie alternating left-right swim motor pattern generation in the mollusk Melibe leonina. Journal of Neurophysiology. 112: 1317-28. PMID 24920032 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00261.2014  0.793
2014 Gunaratne CA, Sakurai A, Katz PS. Comparative mapping of GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous systems of nudibranch molluscs. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 522: 794-810. PMID 24638845 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23446  0.793
2014 Sakurai A, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS. Author response: Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury Elife. DOI: 10.7554/Elife.02598.028  0.647
2012 Newcomb JM, Sakurai A, Lillvis JL, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS. Homology and homoplasy of swimming behaviors and neural circuits in the Nudipleura (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109: 10669-76. PMID 22723353 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1201877109  0.744
2011 Sakurai A, Newcomb JM, Lillvis JL, Katz PS. Different roles for homologous interneurons in species exhibiting similar rhythmic behaviors. Current Biology : Cb. 21: 1036-43. PMID 21620707 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2011.04.040  0.778
2010 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Synaptic properties predict individual susceptibility to and recovery from lesion of a central pattern generator F1000research. 1. DOI: 10.7490/F1000Research.120.1  0.622
2009 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Functional recovery after lesion of a central pattern generator. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 29: 13115-25. PMID 19846699 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3485-09.2009  0.731
2009 Sakurai A, Katz PS. State-, timing-, and pattern-dependent neuromodulation of synaptic strength by a serotonergic interneuron. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 29: 268-79. PMID 19129403 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4456-08.2009  0.671
2008 Hill ES, Sakurai A, Katz PS. Transient enhancement of spike-evoked calcium signaling by a serotonergic interneuron. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100: 2919-28. PMID 18815341 DOI: 10.1152/jn.90979.2008  0.762
2007 Clemens S, Calin-Jageman R, Sakurai A, Katz PS. Altering cAMP levels within a central pattern generator modifies or disrupts rhythmic motor output. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 193: 1265-71. PMID 17972082 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-007-0280-4  0.777
2007 Sakurai A, Calin-Jageman RJ, Katz PS. Potentiation phase of spike timing-dependent neuromodulation by a serotonergic interneuron involves an increase in the fraction of transmitter release. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98: 1975-87. PMID 17686912 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00702.2007  0.735
2006 Sakurai A, Darghouth NR, Butera RJ, Katz PS. Serotonergic enhancement of a 4-AP-sensitive current mediates the synaptic depression phase of spike timing-dependent neuromodulation. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 26: 2010-21. PMID 16481434 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2599-05.2006  0.63
2004 Yamagishi H, Miyamoto H, Sakurai A. Developmental changes in dopamine modulation of the heart in the isopod crustacean Ligia exotica: reversal of chronotropic effect. Zoological Science. 21: 917-22. PMID 15459449 DOI: JST.JSTAGE/zsj/21.917  0.432
2004 Katz PS, Sakurai A, Clemens S, Davis D. Cycle period of a network oscillator is independent of membrane potential and spiking activity in individual central pattern generator neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92: 1904-17. PMID 15115787 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.00864.2003  0.769
2003 Sakurai A, Katz PS. Spike timing-dependent serotonergic neuromodulation of synaptic strength intrinsic to a central pattern generator circuit. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 23: 10745-55. PMID 14645466 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.23-34-10745.2003  0.681
2003 Sakurai A, Wilkens JL. Tension sensitivity of the heart pacemaker neurons in the isopod crustacean Ligia pallasii. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 105-15. PMID 12456701 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00050  0.706
2000 Sakurai A, Yamagishi H. Graded neuromuscular transmission in the heart of the isopod crustacean Ligia exotica. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 203: 1447-57. PMID 10751160  0.568
1999 Sakurai A, Mori A, Yamagishi H. Cardioinhibitory neurons in the isopod crustacean Ligia exotica Zoological Science. 16: 401-405. DOI: 10.2108/Zsj.16.401  0.604
1999 Sakurai A, Mori A, Yamagishi H. Acceleratory nervous regulation of juvenile myogenic hearts in the isopod crustacean Ligia exotica Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - a Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 124: 575-580. DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00152-X  0.498
1998 Sakurai A, Yamagishi H. Cardioacceleratory Neurons of the Isopod Crustacean, Ligia exotica: Visualization of Peripheral Projection onto the Heart Muscle. Zoological Science. 15: 19-25. PMID 18429668 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.19  0.52
1998 Sakurai A, Mori A, Yamagishi H. Glutamatergic neuromuscular transmission in the heart of the isopod crustacean Ligia exotica. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 201: 2833-2842. PMID 9739066  0.486
1998 Yamagishi H, Sakurai A, Mori A. Isolation of Neurogenic and Myogenic Activities by Joro Spider Toxin in the Adult Heart of the Isopod Crustacean Ligia exotica Zoological Science. 15: 673-676. DOI: 10.2108/Zsj.15.673  0.485
1998 Sakurai A, Yamagishi H. Identification of two cardioacceleratory neurons in the isopod crustacean, Ligia exotica and their effects on cardiac ganglion cells Journal of Comparative Physiology - a Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 182: 145-152. DOI: 10.1007/s003590050165  0.525
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