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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Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress.

Authors: Cabungcal JH, Steullet P, Morishita H, Kraftsik R, Cuenod M, Hensch TK, Do KQ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013-05-28
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Germline recombination by conditional gene targeting with Parvalbumin-Cre lines.

Authors: Kobayashi Y, Hensch TK.
Front Neural Circuits 2013-01-01
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Balancing plasticity/stability across brain development.

Authors: Takesian AE, Hensch TK.
Prog Brain Res 2013-01-01
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IP3R1 deficiency in the cerebellum/brainstem causes basal ganglia-independent dystonia by triggering tonic Purkinje cell firings in mice.

Authors: Hisatsune C, Miyamoto H, Hirono M, Yamaguchi N, Sugawara T, Ogawa N, Ebisui E, Ohshima T, Yamada M, Hensch TK, Hattori M, Mikoshiba K.
Front Neural Circuits 2013-01-01
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Mouse with Nav1.1 haploinsufficiency, a model for Dravet syndrome, exhibits lowered sociability and learning impairment.

Authors: Ito S, Ogiwara I, Yamada K, Miyamoto H, Hensch TK, Osawa M, Yamakawa K.
Neurobiol Dis 2013-01-01
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Valproate reopens critical-period learning of absolute pitch.

Authors: Gervain J, Vines BW, Chen LM, Seo RJ, Hensch TK, Werker JF, Young AH.
Front Syst Neurosci 2013-01-01
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NMDA receptor regulation prevents regression of visual cortical function in the absence of Mecp2.

Authors: Durand S, Patrizi A, Quast KB, Hachigian L, Pavlyuk R, Saxena A, Carninci P, Hensch TK, Fagiolini M.
Neuron 2012-12-20
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A mouse model for too much TV?

Authors: Bilimoria PM, Hensch TK, Bavelier D.
Trends Cogn Sci 2012-11-01
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Serotonergic integration of circadian clock and ultradian sleep-wake cycles.

Authors: Miyamoto H, Nakamaru-Ogiso E, Hamada K, Hensch TK.
J Neurosci 2012-10-17
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Prenatal exposure to antidepressants and depressed maternal mood alter trajectory of infant speech perception.

Authors: Weikum WM, Oberlander TF, Hensch TK, Werker JF.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012-10-16
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