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2. Miyakawa, K., Uchida, A., Shiraki, T., Teshima, K., Takeshima, H. & Shibata, S. ORL1 receptor-mediated down-regulation of mRER2 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus accelerates re-entrainment of the circadian clock following a shift in the environmental light/dark cycle. Neuropharmacol. 52, 1055-1064, 2007.

3. Kakizawa, S., Kishimoto, Y., Hashimoto, K., Miyazaki, T., Furutani, K., Shimizu, H., Fukaya, M., Nishi, M., Sakagami, H., Ikeda, A., Kondo, H., Kano, M., Watanabe, M., Iino, M. & Takeshima, H. Junctophilin-mediated channel crosstalk essential for cerebellar synaptic plasticity. EMBO J. 26, 1924-1933, 2007.

4. Nagai, J., Kurokawa, M., Takeshima, H., Kieffer, B. L. & Ueda, H. Nociceptin receptor (NOP)-deficient mice show memory and learning enhancement in a novel KUROBOX apparatus using stress-free positive cue task. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 321, 195-201, 2007.

5. Phimister, A. J., Lango, J., Lee, E. H., Ernst-Russell, M., Takeshima, H., Ma, J., Allen, P. D. & Pessah, I. N. Conformation-dependent stability of junctophilin 1 (JP1) and ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) channel complex is mediated by their hyper-reactive thiols. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 8667-8677, 2007.

6. Zhang, M., Yamazaki, T., Yazawa, M., Treves, S., Nishi, M., Murai, M., Shibata, E., Zorzato, F. & Takeshima, H. Calumin, a novel Ca2+-binding transmembrane protein on the endoplasmic reticulum. Cell Calcium 42, 83-90, 2007.

7. Hotta, S., Morimura, K., Ohya, S., Muraki, K., Takeshima, H. & Imaizumi, Y. Ryanodine receptor type 2 deficiency changes excitation-contraction coupling and membrane potential in urinary bladder smooth muscle. J. Physiol. 582, 489-506, 2007.

8. Matsushita, Y., Furukawa, T., Kasanuki, H., Nishibatake, M., Kurihara, Y., Ikeda, A., Kamatani, N., Takeshima, H. & Matsuoka, R. Mutations of junctophilin type 2 associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J. Hum. Genet. 52, 543-548, 2007.

9. Yazawa, M., Ferrante, C., Feng, J., Mio, K., Ogura, T., Zhang, M., Lin, P-H., Pan, Z., Komazaki, S., Kato, K., Nishi, M., Zhao, X., Weisleder, N., Sato, C., Ma, J. & Takeshima, H. TRIC channels are essential for Ca2+ handling in intracellular stores. Nature 448, 78-82, 2007.

10. Weisleder, N., Ferrante, C., Hirata, Y., Collet, C., Chu, Y., Cheng, H., Takeshima, H. & Ma, J. Systemic ablation of RyR3 alters Ca2+ spark signaling in adult skeletal muscle. Cell Calcium 42, 548-555, 2007.

11. Yamazaki, T., Sasaki, N., Nishi, M., Yamazaki, D., Ikeda, A., Okuno, Y., Komazaki, S. & Takeshima, H. Augmentation of drug-induced cell death by ER protein BRI3BP. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 362, 971-975, 2007.

12. Ikeda, A., Miyazaki, T., Kakizawac, S., Okuno, Y., Tsuchiya, S., Myomoto, A., Saito, S., Yamamoto, T., Yamazaki, T., Iino, M., Tsujimoto, G., Watanabe, M. & Takeshima, H. Abnormal features in mutant cerebellar Purkinje cells lacking junctophilins. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 363, 835-839, 2007.

13. Delbono, O., Xia, J., Treves, S., Wang, Z-M., Jimenez-Moreno, R., Payne, A. M., Messi, M. L., Briguet, A., Schaerer, F., Nishi, M., Takeshima, H. & Zorzato, F. Loss of skeletal muscle strength by ablation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum protein JP45. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104, 20108-20113, 2007.