Iijima, T., Korpar, S., Adachi, I., Fratina, S., Fukushima, T., Gorisek, A., ...
A proximity focusing ring imaging Cherenkov detector, with the radiator consisting of two or more aerogel layers of different refractive indices, has been tested in 1-4 GeV/c pion beams at KEK....
An autonomous decentralized supply chain planning system for multi-stage production processes (2005)
Sintering of Ultrafine SiC Powders Prepared by Plasma CVD. (1998)
Kijima, K., Noguchi, H., Konishi, M.
Ultrafine SiC powders with a nm particle size were synthesized by r.f. plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using a chemical system of SiH4-C2H4-Ar. The powder was also ultrapure with a grade of...
Neural map of interaural phase difference in the owl's brainstem (1986)
Neurons of the barn owl's (Tyto alba) nucleus laminaris, the first site of binaural convergence, respond in a phase-locked fashion to a tone delivered to either ear. It may take longer to elicit...
Neural map of interaural phase difference in the owl's brainstem (1986)
Neurons of the barn owl's (Tyto alba) nucleus laminaris, the first site of binaural convergence, respond in a phase-locked fashion to a tone delivered to either ear. It may take longer to elicit...
Evidence on a cause of Japan's prolonged banking crisis
This article shows that during the 1990s bank relationships tightened liquidity constraints when firms had good prospects, and relaxed the constraints when firms had poor prospects. These results...
Evidence on a Cause of Japan's Prolonged Banking Crisis.
This article shows that during the 1990s bank relationships tightened liquidity constraints when firms had good prospects, and relaxed the constraints when firms had poor prospects. These results...
Mechanisms underlying the sensitivity of songbird forebrain neurons to temporal order.
Neurons in the songbird forebrain area HVc (hyperstriatum ventrale pars caudale or high vocal center) are sensitive to the temporal structure of the bird's own song and are capable of integrating...
A brain nucleus that is important for the generation of song in the adult male zebra finch (Poephila guttata), the robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA), receives dual inputs from two other...
Although neural circuits mediating various simple behaviors have been delineated, those generating more complex behaviors are less well described. The discrete structure of avian song control nuclei...
Song-selective auditory circuits in the vocal control system of the zebra finch.
Birdsong is a learned behavior controlled by a distinct set of brain nuclei. The song nuclei known as area X, the medial nucleus of the dorsolateral thalamus (DLM), and the lateral magnocellular...
Growth and atrophy of neurons labeled at their birth in a song nucleus of the zebra finch.
The robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA) is one of the forebrain nuclei that control song production in birds. In the zebra finch (Poephila guttata), this nucleus contains more and larger neurons...
Sugiura, Y, Shiraki, T, Konishi, M, Oki, T
Dynemicin is a hybrid containing anthraquinone and enediyne cores, which contribute to binding and cleavage of DNA, respectively. DNA strand scission by the antitumor antibiotic is significantly...
Totsuka, K, Shimizu, K, Konishi, M, Yamamoto, S
The metabolism and pharmacokinetics of pivalic acid, a major metabolite of S-1108, were studied with three healthy volunteers. Concentrations of S-1006 (the active compound), pivalic acid, and...
A critical period for estrogen action on neurons of the song control system in the zebra finch.
The song nuclei of the male zebra finch (Poephila guttata) contain larger neurons than those of the female. This gender difference arises after hatching as a result of cell atrophy in the female and...
Developmental changes in estrogen-sensitive neurons in the forebrain of the zebra finch.
The brain areas for the control of song are sexually dimorphic in the zebra finch (Poephila guttata). Implantation of estrogen in young females within the first 40 days after hatching masculinizes...
Axonal delay lines for time measurement in the owl's brainstem.
Interaural time difference is an important cue for sound localization. In the barn owl (Tyto alba) neuronal sensitivity to this disparity originates in the brainstem nucleus laminaris. Afferents from...
Azuma, C, Tanabe, T, Konishi, M, Kinashi, T, Noma, T, Matsuda, F, ...
We have cloned cDNA for T-cell replacing factor (interleukin-5), which replaces T-cell helper function for normal B cells which secrete immunoglobulin, from human T cell leukemia line, ATL-2, using...
Interaction between auditory and motor activities in an avian song control nucleus.
Discrete telencephalic nuclei HVc (hyperstriatum ventrale, pars caudale) and RA (nucleus robustus archistriatalis) have been implicated by lesion studies in the control of vocalization in songbirds....
Neural map of interaural phase difference in the owl's brainstem.
Neurons of the barn owl's (Tyto alba) nucleus laminaris, the first site of binaural convergence, respond in a phase-locked fashion to a tone delivered to either ear. It may take longer to elicit...
Longitudinal muscle strips dissected from tenia cecum of guinea pig were loaded with the Mg2+ indicator, furaptra, and the relation between the fluorescent ratio signal (R) and cytoplasmic free Mg2+...
Na+ gradient-dependent Mg2+ transport in smooth muscle cells of guinea pig tenia cecum.
Thin strips of guinea pig tenia cecum were loaded with the Mg2+ indicator furaptra, and the indicator fluorescence signals measured in Ca2+-free condition were converted to cytoplasmic-free Mg2+...
Ca2+ transients in cardiac myocytes measured with high and low affinity Ca2+ indicators.
Intracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) transients were measured in voltage-clamped rat cardiac myocytes with fura-2 or furaptra to quantitate rapid changes in [Ca2+]i. Patch electrode solutions...
Hollingworth, S, Harkins, A B, Kurebayashi, N, Konishi, M, Baylor, S M
Experiments were carried out to test the hypothesis that mM concentrations of fura-2, a high-affinity Ca2+ buffer, inhibit the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal muscle...
Fluorescence signals from the Mg2+/Ca2+ indicator furaptra in frog skeletal muscle fibers.
Konishi, M, Suda, N, Kurihara, S
The fluorescent Mg2+/Ca2+ indicator, furaptra, was injected into single frog skeletal muscle fibers, and the indicator's fluorescence signals were measured and analyzed with particular interest in...
Ca transients in cardiac myocytes measured with a low affinity fluorescent indicator, furaptra.
Intracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) transients were measured in single rat ventricular myocytes with the fluorescent indicator furaptra. Cells were voltage clamped with a single patch electrode...
Myoplasmic binding of fura-2 investigated by steady-state fluorescence and absorbance measurements.
Konishi, M, Olson, A, Hollingworth, S, Baylor, S M
Binding of the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator dye fura-2 by intracellular constituents has been investigated by steady-state optical measurements. Fura-2's (a) fluorescence intensity, (b) fluorescence...
Mashima, Y, Imamura, Y, Konishi, M, Nagasawa, A, Yamada, M, Oguchi, Y, ...
Valinomycin and excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog.
Pape, P C, Konishi, M, Baylor, S M
1. Experiments were carried out on intact frog skeletal muscle fibres to study the role of H+ and K+ as counter-ions during the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). A specific focus...
Effects of caffeine on intracellular calcium concentrations in frog skeletal muscle fibres.
1. The mechanism of twitch potentiation by caffeine was studied in single muscle fibres dissected from m. tibialis anterior of Rana temporaria. Fibres were injected with a Ca2+-sensitive...
Okazaki, O, Suda, N, Hongo, K, Konishi, M, Kurihara, S
1. The mechanism of modulation of Ca2+ transients and contraction by beta-adrenoceptor stimulation was studied in ferret ventricular muscles using aequorin to measure intracellular Ca2+. 2. Peaks of...
Konishi, M, Kurihara, S, Sakai, T
In a single skeletal muscle fibre treated with concentrations of caffeine below threshold for caffeine contracture, rapid lowering of the temperature of the bathing solution from 18 degrees C to...
Konishi, M, Kurihara, S, Sakai, T
The effects of caffeine on tension and intracellular [Ca2+] were investigated in rat ventricular muscle using the Ca2+-sensitive photoprotein, aequorin. Contracture was induced by rapid application...
Mechanisms underlying the sensitivity of songbird forebrain neurons to temporal order.
Neurons in the songbird forebrain area HVc (hyperstriatum ventrale pars caudale or high vocal center) are sensitive to the temporal structure of the bird's own song and are capable of integrating...
A brain nucleus that is important for the generation of song in the adult male zebra finch (Poephila guttata), the robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA), receives dual inputs from two other...
Although neural circuits mediating various simple behaviors have been delineated, those generating more complex behaviors are less well described. The discrete structure of avian song control nuclei...
Song-selective auditory circuits in the vocal control system of the zebra finch.
Birdsong is a learned behavior controlled by a distinct set of brain nuclei. The song nuclei known as area X, the medial nucleus of the dorsolateral thalamus (DLM), and the lateral magnocellular...
Growth and atrophy of neurons labeled at their birth in a song nucleus of the zebra finch.
The robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA) is one of the forebrain nuclei that control song production in birds. In the zebra finch (Poephila guttata), this nucleus contains more and larger neurons...
Sugiura, Y, Shiraki, T, Konishi, M, Oki, T
Dynemicin is a hybrid containing anthraquinone and enediyne cores, which contribute to binding and cleavage of DNA, respectively. DNA strand scission by the antitumor antibiotic is significantly...
Totsuka, K, Shimizu, K, Konishi, M, Yamamoto, S
The metabolism and pharmacokinetics of pivalic acid, a major metabolite of S-1108, were studied with three healthy volunteers. Concentrations of S-1006 (the active compound), pivalic acid, and...
A critical period for estrogen action on neurons of the song control system in the zebra finch.
The song nuclei of the male zebra finch (Poephila guttata) contain larger neurons than those of the female. This gender difference arises after hatching as a result of cell atrophy in the female and...
Developmental changes in estrogen-sensitive neurons in the forebrain of the zebra finch.
The brain areas for the control of song are sexually dimorphic in the zebra finch (Poephila guttata). Implantation of estrogen in young females within the first 40 days after hatching masculinizes...
Axonal delay lines for time measurement in the owl's brainstem.
Interaural time difference is an important cue for sound localization. In the barn owl (Tyto alba) neuronal sensitivity to this disparity originates in the brainstem nucleus laminaris. Afferents from...
Azuma, C, Tanabe, T, Konishi, M, Kinashi, T, Noma, T, Matsuda, F, ...
We have cloned cDNA for T-cell replacing factor (interleukin-5), which replaces T-cell helper function for normal B cells which secrete immunoglobulin, from human T cell leukemia line, ATL-2, using...
Interaction between auditory and motor activities in an avian song control nucleus.
Discrete telencephalic nuclei HVc (hyperstriatum ventrale, pars caudale) and RA (nucleus robustus archistriatalis) have been implicated by lesion studies in the control of vocalization in songbirds....
Neural map of interaural phase difference in the owl's brainstem.
Neurons of the barn owl's (Tyto alba) nucleus laminaris, the first site of binaural convergence, respond in a phase-locked fashion to a tone delivered to either ear. It may take longer to elicit...
Valinomycin and excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog.
Pape, P C, Konishi, M, Baylor, S M
1. Experiments were carried out on intact frog skeletal muscle fibres to study the role of H+ and K+ as counter-ions during the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). A specific focus...
Longitudinal muscle strips dissected from tenia cecum of guinea pig were loaded with the Mg2+ indicator, furaptra, and the relation between the fluorescent ratio signal (R) and cytoplasmic free Mg2+...
Na+ gradient-dependent Mg2+ transport in smooth muscle cells of guinea pig tenia cecum.
Thin strips of guinea pig tenia cecum were loaded with the Mg2+ indicator furaptra, and the indicator fluorescence signals measured in Ca2+-free condition were converted to cytoplasmic-free Mg2+...
Effects of caffeine on intracellular calcium concentrations in frog skeletal muscle fibres.
1. The mechanism of twitch potentiation by caffeine was studied in single muscle fibres dissected from m. tibialis anterior of Rana temporaria. Fibres were injected with a Ca2+-sensitive...
Okazaki, O, Suda, N, Hongo, K, Konishi, M, Kurihara, S
1. The mechanism of modulation of Ca2+ transients and contraction by beta-adrenoceptor stimulation was studied in ferret ventricular muscles using aequorin to measure intracellular Ca2+. 2. Peaks of...
Konishi, M, Kurihara, S, Sakai, T
In a single skeletal muscle fibre treated with concentrations of caffeine below threshold for caffeine contracture, rapid lowering of the temperature of the bathing solution from 18 degrees C to...
Konishi, M, Kurihara, S, Sakai, T
The effects of caffeine on tension and intracellular [Ca2+] were investigated in rat ventricular muscle using the Ca2+-sensitive photoprotein, aequorin. Contracture was induced by rapid application...
Ca2+ transients in cardiac myocytes measured with high and low affinity Ca2+ indicators.
Intracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) transients were measured in voltage-clamped rat cardiac myocytes with fura-2 or furaptra to quantitate rapid changes in [Ca2+]i. Patch electrode solutions...
Hollingworth, S, Harkins, A B, Kurebayashi, N, Konishi, M, Baylor, S M
Experiments were carried out to test the hypothesis that mM concentrations of fura-2, a high-affinity Ca2+ buffer, inhibit the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal muscle...
Fluorescence signals from the Mg2+/Ca2+ indicator furaptra in frog skeletal muscle fibers.
Konishi, M, Suda, N, Kurihara, S
The fluorescent Mg2+/Ca2+ indicator, furaptra, was injected into single frog skeletal muscle fibers, and the indicator's fluorescence signals were measured and analyzed with particular interest in...
Ca transients in cardiac myocytes measured with a low affinity fluorescent indicator, furaptra.
Intracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) transients were measured in single rat ventricular myocytes with the fluorescent indicator furaptra. Cells were voltage clamped with a single patch electrode...
Myoplasmic binding of fura-2 investigated by steady-state fluorescence and absorbance measurements.
Konishi, M, Olson, A, Hollingworth, S, Baylor, S M
Binding of the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator dye fura-2 by intracellular constituents has been investigated by steady-state optical measurements. Fura-2's (a) fluorescence intensity, (b) fluorescence...
Mashima, Y, Imamura, Y, Konishi, M, Nagasawa, A, Yamada, M, Oguchi, Y, ...
Tsuchida, M, Konishi, M, Takai, K, Naito, K, Fujikura, Y, Fukumoto, T
The expression of T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) alpha beta was investigated in rat CD4- CD8- thymocytes during thymic reconstitution after the exposure of animals to irradiation or glucocorticoid....
Adjei, A A, Yamauchi, K, Chan, Y C, Konishi, M, Yamamoto, S
BACKGROUND--Nucleoside-nucleotide mixture has been shown to improve gut morphology and reduce the incidence of bacterial translocation in protein deficient mice. AIMS--To compare the reparative...
Mashima, Y., Konishi, M., Nakamura, Y., Imamura, Y., Yamada, M., Ogata, T., ...
AIM—To confirm the mutation of the keratoepithelin gene in patients with a severe form of superficial juvenile granular corneal dystrophy (GCD). METHODS—Five Japanese probands in whom GCD was...
Different mechanisms of action of histamine in isolated arteries of the dog.
Konishi, M., Toda, N., Yamamoto, M.
1 In helically-cut strips of dog coronary, superior mesenteric, right gastro-epiploic and renal arteries contracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF 2 alpha), histamine produced a dose-related...