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Inagaki C, Tanaka C. Characteristics of enzymic decarboxylation of L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine using hog renal L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase. Biochem Pharmacol 1978; 27:1081-6. [PMID: 26357 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(78)90161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Toshima T, Kinumaki T, Tanaka C. [Midwifery planning - teaching plan in midwifery theory]. JOSANPU ZASSHI = THE JAPANESE JOURNAL FOR MIDWIFE 1978; 32:66-79. [PMID: 246954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Inagaki C, Tanaka C. Histochemical demonstration of adrenergic nerve fibres in the renal capsule of rats. EXPERIENTIA 1977; 33:1222-3. [PMID: 891885 DOI: 10.1007/bf01922341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yamamoto T, Ishikawa M, Tanaka C. Catecholaminergic terminals in the developing and adult rat cerebellum. Brain Res 1977; 132:355-61. [PMID: 890486 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90428-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tanaka C, Ogata I, Nishida M. [Syntheses of oxazolecarboxylic acid derivatives. XIII. Hydrogenolysis of aminoxazoles. (6). Syntheses and hydrogenolysis of 2-amino-2-oxazolines (author's transl)]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 1977; 97:157-64. [PMID: 558315 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.97.2_157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ishikawa M, Tanaka C. Morphological organization of catecholamine terminals in the diencephalon of the rhesus monkey. Brain Res 1977; 119:43-55. [PMID: 401466 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90090-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The hypothalamus and thalamus of the rhesus monkey were investigated using the fluorescence histochemical method of Falck and Hillarp. The hypothalamus was found to be richly supplied with catecholamine fluorescent nerve terminals with many thick and a few varicosities, whereas nerve terminals with fine varicosities were found to be distributed over the thalamus except for the midline and medial nuclei which were innervated by nerve terminals with thicker and more intense fluorescent varicosities. The morphological characteristics and distribution pattern of catecholamine terminals were similar between the rhesus monkey and the rat. However, some species differences were noted in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, arcuate nucleus and internal layer of infundibulum in the hypothalamus. The pulvinar, which was nonexistent in the rat, had fine terminals.
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Ishikawa M, Shimada S, Handa H, Tanaka C. [Distribution of catecholamine containing nerve endings in the hypothalamus of the rhesus monkey]. NO TO SHINKEI = BRAIN AND NERVE 1976; 28:1235-42. [PMID: 829027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Using the Falck-Hillarp method, the distribution of catecholamine nerve terminals in the rhesus monkey hypothalamus was studied. The distribution pattern was fundamentally similar to that in the rat, cat and human fetus; abundunt catecholamine varicosities (presumed noradrenaline nerve terminals) were observed in the dorsomedial nucleus, supraoptic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus, medial forebrain bundle, periventricular layer and internal layer of the infundibulum, while little were in the mamillary nucleus, ventromedial nucleus and anterior hypothalamic area. A band of diffuse green fluorescence (dopamine nerve terminals) was observed around the capillary loops in the external layer of the infundibulum. the discrepancy with the rat was noted in the abundunt noradrenaline nerve terminals in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and denser innervation of them in the arcuate nucleus and internal layer of the infundibulum. In addition to the noradrenaline nerve fibers from the peripheral sympathetic NA nerve, the noradrenaline nerve terminals of central origin closely approximated to the small intracerebral vessels.
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Fujiwara H, Inagaki C, Ikeda Y, Tanaka C. [Synthesis of norepinephrine from 3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine by L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase of the rat brain and kidneys]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1976; 72:891-8. [PMID: 14060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The enzymic decarboxylation of stereoisomers of DOPS was examined using rat brain and kidney decarboxylase. Optimal assay conditions for racemic threo- and racemic erythro-DOPS decarboxylation were determined by the experiments concerning 1) time course, linear for 20 min, 2) optimal pH, pH 8.2, 3) optimal temperature, 37 degrees C except racemic L-threo-DOPS decarboxylation by kidney enzyme and 4) protein concentration, 1 to 5 mg in incubation medium. Under the optimal assay condition, Km of brain enzyme for L-threo-DOPS was 1.43 X 10(-3)M and Vmax, 2.22 nmoles NE/mg/15min, and Km for racemic erythro-DOPS was 10(-3)M and Vmas, 4.3 nmoles NE/mg/15min. Km of kidney enzyme for L-threo-DOPS was 1.37 X 10(-3)M and Vmax 21 nmoles NE/mg/15min, and Km for racemic erythro-DOPS was 8.7 X 10(-4)M and Vmax, 16.7 nmoles NE/mg/15min. On the other hand, D-threo and D-erythro-DOPS were scarcely decarboxylated. Decarboxylation of L-threo-DOPS in kidney enzyme was markedly inhibited by D-threo-DOPS. Kinetic analysis revealed that the type of inhibition was non-competitive. In helically-cut strips of isolated rabbit aorta, the contractile response to NE (10(-8)g/ml) formed from L-threo-DOPS was 95% that of 1-NE (10(-8)g/ml) while the response to NE (10(-8)g/ml) formed from racemic erythro-DOPS was not detectable. These results suggest that L-threo-DOPS is a more effective precursor of natural 1-NE than racemic threo-DOPS.
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Shimada S, Ishikawa M, Tanaka C. Histochemical mapping of dopamine neurons and fiber pathways in dog mesencephalon. J Comp Neurol 1976; 168:533-43. [PMID: 939821 DOI: 10.1002/cne.901680406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A topographic mapping of dopamine (DA)-containing neurons and fibers was done mainly in the mesencephalon of the dog using the fluorescent histochemical technique of Falck and Hillarp. The extensive DA neuron system was found to be located in the ventral and medial regions of the mesencephalon; the pars compacta of the substantia nigra, the area almost corresponding to the ventral tegmental area of Tsai (which consists of three groups, a caudal, the nucleus parabrachialis pigmentosus, a ventral, the nucleus paranigralis and a rostral, the caudal part of the nucleus tegmentalis ventralis of Tsai), the nucleus linearis of the raphe, and the mesencephalic reticular formation. The nigro-neostriatal projection can be traced in the non-treated or nialamide plus L-dopa treated puppies without the lesion-degeneration technique. Most fibers arising from these DA cell groups assemble at the prerubral area and ascend just dorsal to the medial forebrain bundle. Most fibers turn laterally at the lateral hypothalamus and enter the neostriatum via the dorsal part of the subthalamic nucleus, the zona incerta and the capsula interna. These findings show that the distribution of DA neurons and the nigro-neostriatal pathway are fundamentally similar to those in other mammals. In this study, the processes of the nigral and paranigral DA neurons have been demonstrated to project into the pars reticulata in the dog.
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Tanaka C, Kurauchi T, Nishida M. [Syntheses of oxazolecarboxylic acid derivatives. XII. Hydrogenolysis of aminoxazoles. (5). Syntheses of alkenylureas (author's transl)]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 1976; 96:962-7. [PMID: 1035945 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.96.8_962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Furukawa K, Yoshikawa J, Tanaka K, Tanaka C, Kawai S. Echocardiographic measurement of aortic root diameter. JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL 1976; 17:465-70. [PMID: 966382 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.17.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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One hundred and thirty patients with various heart diseases who underwent angiocardiography were studied to assess the clinical usefulness of echocardiographic aortic root diameter. The echocardiographic aortic root diameter was measured from the anterior surface of the anterior wall to the anterior surface of the posterior wall at end-diastole. A significant correlation was found between aortic root diameters measured by angiocardiograms and those by echocardiograms (r = 0.944, p less than 0.001). The aortic root diameter in normal subjects was 15 to 40 mm with a mean value of 29.0 mm. The corrected aortic root diameter by body surface area in normal subjects ranged from 10.1 to 29.5 mm/M2 with a mean value of 19.18 mm/M2. There appeared to be direct relationship between corrected aortic root diameter and the age. Echocardiography is a simple, safe, and reliable noninvasive method for estimating aortic root diameter.
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Inagaki C, Fujiwara H, Tanaka C. Inhibitory effect of (+)threo-3,4-dihydroxy-phenylserine (DOPS) on decarboxylation of (-)threo-dops. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1976; 26:380-2. [PMID: 978852 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.26.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tanaka C, Inagaki C, Fujiwara H. Labeled noradrenaline release from rat cerebral cortex following electrical stimulation of locus coeruleus. Brain Res 1976; 106:384-9. [PMID: 1276877 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)91034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Yamazaki M, Ikeda Y, Ishikawa M, Inagaki C, Tanaka C. [Inhibition of harmaline induced tremor by L-threo-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylserine, an L-norepinephrine precursor]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1976; 72:363-9. [PMID: 986992 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.72.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Effect of 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylserine (DOPS), a norepinephrine precurosr, on harmaline tremor was investigated in mice to elucidate the role of norepinephrine in the genesis of tremor. 1) Spontaneous motor activity was inhibited by L-threo-DOPS (200 mg/kg i.p.). 2) Tremor induced by harmaline (5 and 7 mg/kg i.p.) was enhanced by alpha-methyl-p-tyrosone (200 mg/kg i.p.). 3) The development and duration of tremor induced by harmaline (10 mg/kg i.p.) were inhibited significantly in a dose dependent manner by L-threo-DOPS (50, 70, 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg i.p.), but neither by D-threo-DOPS (200 mg/kg i.p.) nor DL-erythro-DOPS (200 mg/kg i.p.). 4) L-threo-DOPS (200 mg/kg i.-.) had no effect on the development of tremor induced by tremorine (5 and 10 mg/kg i.p.), while lacrimation and diarrhea caused by tremorine was markedly inhibited. 5) Administration of harmaline (10 mg/kg i.p.) produced an increase in brain 5-hydroxytryptamine content but not in that of norepinephrine. Administration of L-threo-DOPS (100 mg/kg i.p.) increased the norepinephrine content but not the 5-hydroxytryptamine content in the brain. Inhibition of harmaline tremor induced by L-threo-DOPS is attributed to the L-norepinephrine converted from L-threo-DOPS and the involvement of a noradrenergic mechanism in harmaline tremor has to be considered.
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Shiota K, Tanaka C, Kawai S, Furukawa K, Kanayama Y. [Bilateral hilar lymph-node sarcoidosis associated with prolapse of the posterior mitral valve leaflet]. NIHON KYOBU SHIKKAN GAKKAI ZASSHI 1975; 13:614-20. [PMID: 1241045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tanaka C, Furukawa K, Kawai S, Takeuchi K, Yamashita A. [Proceedings: Calcific tricuspid insufficiency with ventricular septal defect]. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 1975; 39:853. [PMID: 1159996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ishikawa M, Shimada S, Tanaka C. Histochemical mapping of catecholamine neurons and fiber pathways in the pontine tegmentum of the dog. Brain Res 1975; 86:1-16. [PMID: 1115987 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(75)90633-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The distribution of catecholamine-containing neurons and fiber pathways were studied in the dog's pontine tegmentum by the Falck-Hillarp method. There are fundamental similarities between the dog and other mammals. Most catecholamine fluorescent cell bodies in the dog are located within the nucleus locus coeruleus and subcoeruleus in the pontine tegmentum. They are more diffuse and extensive than in the rat, monkey and human, and rather similar to those of the cat. In this study, catecholamine fiber pathways were clearly traced without using the lesion-degeneration technique. The dorsal pathway from the locus coeruleus consists of more compact bundles of non-varicose fibers than the rat, cat and monkey. It runs parallel to the mesencephalic tract of the trigeminal nerve in pons and midbrain. The ventral pathway courses as loosely arranged varicose fibers in the midreticular formation of the pons and sends axon collaterals to the caudal midbrain to form a dense network of varicose fibers. There are fluorescent plexi of fine varicose fibers at the ventromedial and dorsolateral aspect of the superior cerebellar peduncle. Cells of the medial and lateral parabrachial nucleus, in addition to those of locus coeruleus, send fluorescent fibers to this peduncle. No fluorescent fibers are found in other peduncles.
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Itokawa Y, Tanaka C, Fujiwara M. Changes in body temperature and blood pressure in rats with calcium and magnesium deficiencies. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1974; 37:835-9. [PMID: 4436216 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1974.37.6.835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Osumi Y, Tanaka C, Takori S. Levels of tyrosine and tryptophan in the plasma and brain of spontaneously hypertensive rats. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1974; 24:715-20. [PMID: 4455981 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.24.715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Suzuki Y, Yamada T, Tanaka C, Maehata E, Naka M. [Evaluation of alpha fetoprotein analysis by rivanol sedimentation method]. RINSHO BYORI. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 1974; 22:169. [PMID: 4141380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Inagaki C, Tanaka C. Neonatal and senescent changes in L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase and monoamine oxidase activities in kidney, liver, brain and heart of the rat. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1974; 24:439-46. [PMID: 4449148 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.24.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Itokawa Y, Kimura M, Inagaki C, Tanaka C. Effect of thiamine on serotonin oxidation in magnesium-deficient rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1974; 20:27-33. [PMID: 4836950 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.20.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Yoshikawa J, Kawashima T, Tanaka C, Furukawa K, Kawai S. Indirect pulmonary artery pulse. Diagnostic significance in transposition of great vessels. JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL 1973; 14:563-71. [PMID: 4545779 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.14.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Shimada S, Kimura M, Inagaki C, Fujita Y, Tanaka C. [Effect of amantadine on serotonin metabolism in the rat brain]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1973; 69:801-9. [PMID: 4797067 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.69.801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Kimura M, Itokawa Y, Tanaka C. Thiamine accumulation induced by L-5-hydroxy-tryptophan in rat brain. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1973; 23:595-7. [PMID: 4543258 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.23.595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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