Irisawa Memorial Award

2011  Hiroshi and Aya Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Involvement of brain ketone bodies and the noradrenergic pathway in diabetic hyperphagia in rats: Kinuyo Iwata, Mika Kinoshita, Shunji Yamada, Takuya Imamura, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Hiroko Tsukamura, Kei-ichiro Maeda
  (Vol. 61, No. 2, pp.103-113 [2011])

• ATP hydrolysis-dependent asymmetry of the conformation of CFTR channel pore: Oleg V Krasilnikov, Rayshan Z Sabirov, Yasunobu Okada
  (Vol. 61, No. 4, pp.267-278 [2011])

2010  Hiroshi and Aya Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channel mRNAs and T-type Ca²⁺ currents in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons: Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hirotaka Ishii, Chengzhu Yin, Makiko Koyama, Yasuo Sakuma, Masakatsu Kato
  (Vol. 60, No. 3, pp.195-204 [2010])

• Centrally administered ghrelin potently inhibits water intake induced by angiotension II and hypovolemia in rats: Hirofumi Hashimoto, Hiroki Otsubo, Hiroaki Fujihara, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toyoaki Ohbuchi, Toru Yokoyama, Yoshio Takei, Yoichi Ueta
  (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp.19-25 [2010])

2009  Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Gene structures, biochemical characterization and distribution of rat melatonin receptors: Hirotaka Ishii, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Momoko Kobayashi, Masakatsu Kato, Yasuo Sakuma
  (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp.37-47 [2009])

• b-Phorbol ester-induced enhancement of exocytosis in large mossy fiber boutons of mouse hippocampus: Takuya Hikima, Rikita Araki, Toru Ishizuka, Hiromu Yawo
  (Vol. 59, No. 4, pp.263-274 [2009])

2008 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Ionic mechanisms underlying the positive chronotropy induced by a

  b₁-adrenergic stimulation in guinea pig sinoatrial node cells: a simulation study: Yukiko Himeno, Nobuaki Sarai, Satoshi Matsuoka, Akinori Noma
  (Vol. 58, No. 1, pp.53-65 [2008])

• Sexually dimorphic modulation of GABA_A receptor currents by melatonin in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons: Shun Sato, Chengzhu Yin, Akira Teramoto, Yasuo Sakuma, Masakatsu Kato
  (Vol. 58, No. 5, pp.317-322 [2008]) 

2007 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Distinct roles of CaM and Ca²⁺/CaM-dependent protein kinase II in Ca²⁺-dependent facilitation and inactivation of cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels: Hong-Guang Nie, Li-Ying Hao, Jian-Jun Xu, Etsuko Minobe, Asako Kameyama, Masaki Kameyama
  (Vol. 57, No. 3, pp.167-173 [2007])

2006 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JPS Award

• Transverse Stiffness of Myofibrils of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy: Nao Akiyama, Yoshiki Ohnuki, Yuki Kunioka, Yasutake Saeki, Takenori Yamada
  (Vol. 56, No. 2, pp.145-151 [2006])

2005 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Difference in Propagation of Ca²⁺ Release in Atrial and Ventricular Myocytes: Takeo Tanaami, Hideyuki Ishida, Hidetaka Seguchi, Yuki Hirota, Toshie Kadono, Chokoh Genka, Hiroe Nakazawa, William H. Barry
  (Vol. 55, No. 2,pp. 81-91 [2005])

2004 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Effects of Hyperthermia on Ventilation and Metabolism during Hypoxia in Conscious Mice: Michiko Iwase, Masahiko Izumizaki, Mitsuko Kanamaru, Ikuo Homma
  (Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 53-59 [2004[)

2003 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Role of Individual Ionic Current Systems inVentricular Cells Hypothesized by a Model Study: Satoshi Matsuoka, Nobuaki Sarai, Shinobu Kuratomi, Kyoichi Ono, Akinori Noma
  (Vol. 53, No. 2, pp.105-123 [2003[)

2002 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Simultaneous Optical and Electrical Recordings of a Single Ion-Channel: Toru Ide, Yuko Takeuchi, Takaaki Aoki, Toshio Yanagida
  (Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 429-434 [2002])

2001 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Changes in Cell Volume Induced by Activation of the Cyclic AMP-Dependent Chloride Channel in Guinea-Pig Cardiac Myocytes: Shintaro Yamamoto, Tsuguhisa Ehara, Takao Shioya
  (Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 31-41 [2001])

• Optical Recording of Spontaneous Respiratory Neuron Activity in the Rat Brain Stem: Masayuki Tokumasu, Yoshimi Nakazono, Hideto Ide, Kimio Akagawa, Hiroshi Onimaru
  (Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 613-619 [2001])

2000 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Receptor-Mediated Facilitation of Cell Volume Regulation by Swelling-Induced ATP Release in Human Epithelial Cells: Katsuya Dezaki, Takehiko Tsumura, Emi Maeno, and Yasunobu Okada
  (Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 235-241 [2000])

• Effect of Acupuncture-Like Stimulation on Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow in Anesthetized Rats: Sae Uchida, Fusako Kagitani, Atsuko Suzuki, and Yoshihiro Aikawa
  (Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 495-507 [2000])

1999 Hiroshi Irisawa Memorial JJP Award

• Fibronectin induces pseudopod formation and cell migration by mobilizing internal Ca²⁺ in blastoderm cells from medaka fish embyros: Takashi Shigemoto
  (Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 527-539 [1999])