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
Sleep-sensitive dopamine receptor expression in male mice underlies attention deficits after a critical period of early adversity.
Authors: Makino Y, Hodgson NW, Doenier E, Serbin AV, Osada K, Artoni P, Dickey M, Sullivan B, Potter-Dickey A, Komanchuk J, Sekhon B, Letourneau N, Ryan ND, Trauth J, Cameron JL, Hensch TK.
Sci Transl Med
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An increased copy number of glycine decarboxylase (GLDC) associated with psychosis reduces extracellular glycine and impairs NMDA receptor function.
Authors: Kambali M, Li Y, Unichenko P, Feria Pliego JA, Yadav R, Liu J, McGuinness P, Cobb JG, Wang M, Nagarajan R, Lyu J, Vongsouthi V, Jackson CJ, Engin E, Coyle JT, Shin J, Hodgson NW, Hensch TK, Talkowski ME, Homanics GE, Bolshakov VY, Henneberger C, Rudolph U.
Mol Psychiatry
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Neurodevelopment of children exposed to prolonged anesthesia in infancy: GABA study interim analysis of resting-state brain networks at 2, 4, and 10-months old.
Authors: Desowska A, Coffman S, Kim I, Underwood E, Tao A, Lopez KL, Nelson CA, Hensch TK, Gabard-Durnam L, Cornelissen L, Berde CB.
Neuroimage Clin
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Durable recovery from amblyopia with donepezil.
Authors: Wu C, Gaier ED, Nihalani BR, Whitecross S, Hensch TK, Hunter DG.
Sci Rep
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Maximal Memory Capacity Near the Edge of Chaos in Balanced Cortical E-I Networks.
Authors: Kanamaru T, Hensch TK, Aihara K.
Neural Comput
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N-acetylcysteine treatment mitigates loss of cortical parvalbumin-positive interneuron and perineuronal net integrity resulting from persistent oxidative stress in a rat TBI model.
Authors: Hameed MQ, Hodgson N, Lee HHC, Pascual-Leone A, MacMullin PC, Jannati A, Dhamne SC, Hensch TK, Rotenberg A.
Cereb Cortex
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Rapid synaptic and gamma rhythm signature of mouse critical period plasticity.
Authors: Quast KB, Reh RK, Caiati MD, Kopell N, McCarthy MM, Hensch TK.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Translating the Biology of Adversity and Resilience Into New Measures for Pediatric Practice.
Authors: Shonkoff JP, Boyce WT, Bush NR, Gunnar MR, Hensch TK, Levitt P, Meaney MJ, Nelson CA, Slopen N, Williams DR, Silveira PP.
Pediatrics
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Lifting brakes on visual cortical plasticity.
Authors: Hensch T.
J Vis
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Sensitive period-regulating genetic pathways and exposure to adversity shape risk for depression.
Authors: Zhu Y, Wang MJ, Crawford KM, Ramírez-Tapia JC, Lussier AA, Davis KA, de Leeuw C, Takesian AE, Hensch TK, Smoller JW, Dunn EC.
Neuropsychopharmacology
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