Dr Tako 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
Harvard Catalyst Profile
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

Publications View
Early Seizures Prematurely Unsilence Auditory Synapses to Disrupt Thalamocortical Critical Period Plasticity.
Authors: Sun H, Takesian AE, Wang TT, Lippman-Bell JJ, Hensch TK, Jensen FE.
Cell Rep
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Inhibitory circuit gating of auditory critical-period plasticity.
Authors: Takesian AE, Bogart LJ, Lichtman JW, Hensch TK.
Nat Neurosci
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Nav1.2 haplodeficiency in excitatory neurons causes absence-like seizures in mice.
Authors: Ogiwara I, Miyamoto H, Tatsukawa T, Yamagata T, Nakayama T, Atapour N, Miura E, Mazaki E, Ernst SJ, Cao D, Ohtani H, Itohara S, Yanagawa Y, Montal M, Yuzaki M, Inoue Y, Hensch TK, Noebels JL, Yamakawa K.
Commun Biol
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Critical periods in amblyopia.
Authors: Hensch TK, Quinlan EM.
Vis Neurosci
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PERSPECTIVE Critical periods in amblyopia-CORRIGENDUM.
Authors: Hensch TK, Quinlan EM.
Vis Neurosci
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Trajectory of Parvalbumin Cell Impairment and Loss of Cortical Inhibition in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Authors: Hsieh TH, Lee HHC, Hameed MQ, Pascual-Leone A, Hensch TK, Rotenberg A.
Cereb Cortex
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Social Origins of Developmental Risk for Mental and Physical Illness.
Authors: Cameron JL, Eagleson KL, Fox NA, Hensch TK, Levitt P.
J Neurosci
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Chondroitin Sulfate Is Required for Onset and Offset of Critical Period Plasticity in Visual Cortex.
Authors: Hou X, Yoshioka N, Tsukano H, Sakai A, Miyata S, Watanabe Y, Yanagawa Y, Sakimura K, Takeuchi K, Kitagawa H, Hensch TK, Shibuki K, Igarashi M, Sugiyama S.
Sci Rep
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Oxidative stress-driven parvalbumin interneuron impairment as a common mechanism in models of schizophrenia.
Authors: Steullet P, Cabungcal JH, Coyle J, Didriksen M, Gill K, Grace AA, Hensch TK, LaMantia AS, Lindemann L, Maynard TM, Meyer U, Morishita H, O'Donnell P, Puhl M, Cuenod M, Do KQ.
Mol Psychiatry
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Genetic Otx2 mis-localization delays critical period plasticity across brain regions.
Authors: Lee HHC, Bernard C, Ye Z, Acampora D, Simeone A, Prochiantz A, Di Nardo AA, Hensch TK.
Mol Psychiatry
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