Takao Kurt Hensch

Takao Kurt Hensch, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Tutor, Academic (Other Faculty), Faculty of Arts & Sciences

617-384-5882

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Harvard Title

Professor of Neurology
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Other Affiliations

Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science

Address

Center for Brain Science (NW347.10)
Northwest Lab Building
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge MA 02138

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Tactile sensitivity and motor coordination in infancy: Effect of age, prior surgery, anaesthesia & critical illness.

Authors: Cornelissen L, Underwood E, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Soto M, Tao A, Lobo K, Hensch TK, Berde CB.
PLoS One 2022-01-01
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a2-containing ?-aminobutyric acid type A receptors promote stress resiliency in male mice.

Authors: Benham RS, Choi C, Hodgson NW, Hewage NB, Kastli R, Donahue RJ, Muschamp JW, Engin E, Carlezon WA, Hensch TK, Rudolph U.
Neuropsychopharmacology 2021-11-01
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Dynamical Characteristics of Wild-Type Mouse Spontaneous Pupillary Fluctuations.

Authors: Sviridova N, Artoni P, Fagiolini M, Hensch TK, Aihara K.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021-11-01
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Distributional learning of speech sound categories is gated by sensitive periods.

Authors: Reh RK, Hensch TK, Werker JF.
Cognition 2021-08-01
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"Scrap & build" functional circuits: Molecular and cellular basis of neural remodeling.

Authors: Emoto K, Hensch TK, Yuzaki M.
Neurosci Res 2021-06-01
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Kv3.1 channels regulate the rate of critical period plasticity.

Authors: Matsuda YT, Miyamoto H, Joho RH, Hensch TK.
Neurosci Res 2021-06-01
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Increase in Seizure Susceptibility After Repetitive Concussion Results from Oxidative Stress, Parvalbumin-Positive Interneuron Dysfunction and Biphasic Increases in Glutamate/GABA Ratio.

Authors: MacMullin P, Hodgson N, Damar U, Lee HHC, Hameed MQ, Dhamne SC, Hyde D, Conley GM, Morriss N, Qiu J, Mannix R, Hensch TK, Rotenberg A.
Cereb Cortex 2020-11-03
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Critical period regulation across multiple timescales.

Authors: Reh RK, Dias BG, Nelson CA, Kaufer D, Werker JF, Kolb B, Levine JD, Hensch TK.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020-06-05
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Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of mouse auditory cortex reveals critical period triggers and brakes.

Authors: Kalish BT, Barkat TR, Diel EE, Zhang EJ, Greenberg ME, Hensch TK.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020-05-26
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CRISPR/dCas9-based Scn1a gene activation in inhibitory neurons ameliorates epileptic and behavioral phenotypes of Dravet syndrome model mice.

Authors: Yamagata T, Raveau M, Kobayashi K, Miyamoto H, Tatsukawa T, Ogiwara I, Itohara S, Hensch TK, Yamakawa K.
Neurobiol Dis 2020-05-21
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