2017/04/01
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We are now setting up a new lab.
We are looking for students.
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Kentaro Abe, Ph.D. 
Research
Neurophysiology, Animal Behavior, Developmental biology, Cell and Molecular biology, Cognitive neuroscience.Publications
Kentaro Abe*, Sumiko Matsui and Dai Watanabe*.Transgenic songbirds with suppressed or enhanced activity of CREB transcription factor.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A, 112(24):7599-604, (2015). [PubMed]
Kentaro Abe* and Dai Watanabe.
Songbirds possess the spontaneous ability to discriminate syntactic rules.
Nature Neuroscience, 14(8):1067-73, (2011). [PubMed] [Neuropod]
[京
大プレス発表]Kentaro Abe*.
Neural activity-dependent regulation of gene expression in developing and mature neurons.
Dev. Growth Differ., 50(4):261-71, (2008). [PubMed]
Kentaro Abe and Masatoshi Takeichi.
EPLIN mediates linkage of the cadherin-catenin complex to F-actin and stabilizes the circumferential actin belt.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A., 105(1):13-9 (2008). [PubMed]
[理
研CDBニュース]Kentaro Abe and Masatoshi Takeichi.
NMDA receptor activation induces calpain-mediated beta-catenin cleavages for triggering gene expression.
Neuron, 53(3):387-97, (2007). [PubMed]
[理
研CDBニュース]Masatoshi Takeichi and Kentaro Abe.
Synaptic Contact Dynamics Controlled by Cadherin and Catenins.
Trends in Cell Biology, 15(4):216-21, (2005). [PubMed]
Kentaro Abe Osamu Chisaka , Frans van Roy. and Masatoshi Takeichi.
Stability of dendritic spines and synaptic contacts is controlled by alphaN-catenin.
Nature Neuroscience , 7(4):357-63, (2004). [PubMed] [理 研CDBニュース]
Hideru Togashi, Kentaro Abe, Akira Mizoguchi, Kanna Takaoka, Osamu Chisaka and Masatoshi Takeichi.
Cadherin Regulates Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis.
Neuron, 35,77-89, (2002).
Research interests
Neurophysiology, Animal Behavior, Developmental biology, Cell and Molecular
biology, Linguistics, Cognitive neuroscience.
Positions
2017-
Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
2013-2017
Senior Lecturer, Graduate School
of Medicine, Kyoto University
2010-2016 PRESTO researcher
2007-2013 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto
University
2007-2007 Postdoctoral fellow, Center for
Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Japan
(Supervisor: Masatoshi Takeichi)
2002-2007 Ph.D., Graduate School of Biostudies,
Kyoto University
(Supervisor: Masatoshi Takeichi)
2002 B.Sc., Faculty of Science,
Kyoto University
Contact infromation
Kentaro Abe, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Brain Development, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University.
980-8577 Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Links
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Gradulate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, JST