Publications

1. Komuro H, Hirota A, Yada T, Sakai T, Fujii S and Kamino K. Effect of calcium on electrical propagation in early embryonic precontractile heart as revealed by multiple site optical recording of action potentials. Journal of General Physiology 85:365-382, 1985.
2. Sakai T, Hirota A, Komuro H, Fujii S and Kamino K. Optical recording of membrane potential responses from early embryonic chick ganglia using a voltage-sensitive dyes. Developmental Brain Research 17:39-51, 1985.
3. Yada T, Sakai T, Komuro H, Hirota A and Kamino K. Development of electrical rhythmic activity in early embryonic cultured chick double-heart monitored optically with a voltage-sensitive dye. Developmental Biology 110:455-466, 1985.
4. Hirota A, Kamino K, Komuro H, Sakai T and Yada T. Optical studies of excitation-contraction coupling in the early embryonic chick heart. Journal of Physiology 366:89-106,1985.
5. Hirota A, Kamino K, Komuro H, Sakai T and Yada T. Early events in development of electrical activity and contraction in embryonic rat heart assessed by optical recording. Journal of Physiology 369:209-227, 1985.
6. Hirota A, Kamino K, Komuro H and Sakai T. Mapping of early development of electrical activity in the embryonic chick heart using multiple-site optical recording. Journal of Physiology 383:711-728, 1987.
7. Kamino K, Komuro H and Sakai T. Regional gradient of pacemaker activity in the early chick heart monitored by multiple site optical recording. Journal of Physiology 402:301-314, 1988.
8. Kamino K, Komuro H, Sakai T and Hirota A. Functional pacemaking area in the early embryonic chick heart assessed by simultaneous multiple-site optical recording of spontaneous action potentials. Journal of General Physiology 409:263-283, 1988.
9. Kamino K, Katoh Y, Komuro H and Sato K. Multiple-site optical monitoring of neuronal activity evoked by vagus nerve stimulation in the embryonic chick brain stem. Journal of Physiology 409:263-283, 1989.
10. Sakai T, Komuro H, Katoh Y, Sasaki H, Momose-Sato Y and Kamino K. Optical determination of impulse conduction velocity during development of embryonic chick cervical vagus nerve bundles. Journal of Physiology 439:361-381, 1991.
11. Momose-Sato Y, Sakai T, Komuro H, Hirota A and Kamino K. Optical mapping of early development of neural response pattern to vagal stimulation in the embryonic chick brain stem. Journal of Physiology 442:649-668, 1991.
12. Komuro H, Sakai T, Momose-Sato Y, Hirota A and Kamino K. Optical detection of postsynaptic potentials evoked by vagal stimulation in the early embryonic chick brain stem slice. Journal of Physiology 442:631-648, 1991.
13. Komuro H and Rakic P. Selective role of N-type calcium channels in neuronal migration. Science 257:806-809, 1992.
14. Komuro H, Momose-Sato Y, Sakai T, Hirota A and Kamino K. Optical monitoring of early appearance of spontaneous membrane potential changes in the embryonic chick medulla oblongata using a voltage-sensitive dye. Neuroscience 52:55-62, 1993.
15. Sato K, Momose-Sato Y, Sakai T, Hirota A, Komuro H and Kamino K. Optical assessment of spatial patterning of strength-duration relationship for vagal responses in the early embryonic chick brains. Japanese Journal of Physiology 43:521-539, 1993.
16. Komuro H and Rakic P. Modulation of neuronal migration by NMDA receptors. Science 260:95-97, 1993. Komuro H and Rakic P. Dynamics of granule cell migration: A confocal microscopic study in acute cerebellar slice preparations. Journal of Neuroscience 15:1110-1120, 1995.
17. Rakic P and Komuro H. The role of receptor/channel activity in neuronal cell migration. Journal of Neurobiology 26:299-315, 1995.
18. Komuro H and Rakic P. Intracellular Ca2+ fluctuations modulate the rate of neuronal migration. Neuron 17:275-285, 1996.
19. Komuro H and Rakic P. Distinct modes of neuronal migration in different domains of developing cerebellar cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 18:1478-1490, 1998.
20. Komuro H and Rakic P. Orchestration of neuronal migration by activity of ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors and intracellular Ca2+ fluctuations. Journal of Neurobiology 37:110-130, 1998.
21. Sakai T, Yada T, Hirota A, Komuro H and Kamino K. A regional gradient of cardiac intrinsic rhythmicity depicted in embryonic cultured multiple hearts. Pflugers Arch 437:61-69, 1998.
22. Momose-Sato Y, Komuro H, Hirota A, Sakai T, Sato K and Kamino K. Optical imaging of the spatiotemporal patterning of neural responses in the embryonic chick superior cervical ganglion. Neuroscience 90:1069-1083, 1999.
23. Komuro H, Yacubova E, Yacubova E, and Rakic P. Mode and tempo of tangential cell migration in the cerebellar external granular layer. J Neurosci 21:527-540, 2001
24. Komuro H and Yacubova E. Migration of cerebellar granule cell. Cell Tech 20:513-519, 2001.
25. Yacubova E and Komuro H. Stage specific control of neuronal migration by somatostatin. Nature 415:77-81, 2002.
26. Yacubova E and Komuro H. Intrinsic program for migration of cerebellar granule cells in vitro. J Neurosci (in press).
27. Kumada T, Lakshmana MK, Komuro H. Reversal of neuronal migration in a mouse model of fetal alcohol syndrome by controlling second-messenger signalings. J Neurosci  2006;26:742-56.
28. Cameron DB, et al. Cerebellar cortical-layer-specific control of neuronal migration by pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide. Neuroscience  2007;146:697-712.
29. Kumada T, et al. How does alcohol impair neuronal migration? J Neurosci Res  2007;85:465-70.

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