Prof. Junzo Kamei
Department of Pathophysiology and Therapeutics
Hoshi University, Japan
Professor and Chairman
Email: kamei@hoshi.ac.jp
Qualifications
1983 Ph.D., School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Japan
1980 MS, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Japan
1978 BS, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Japan
Publications (selected)
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Hirano,
S., Miyata, S., Onodera, K. and Kamei, J.: Involvement of dopamine D1aand
noradrenaline1receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of chlorpheniramine
in the mouse tail suspension test. European Journal of Pharmacology 562, 72-76
(2007)
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Miyata, S., Yamada, N.,
Hirano, S., Tanaka, S. and Kamei, J.: Diabetes attenuates psychological
stress-elicited 5-HT secretion in the prefrontal cortex but not in the amygdala
of mice. Brain Research 1147, 233-239 (2007)
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Kamei, J., Hayashi, S.,
Takahashi, Y. and Nozaki, C.: Role of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 in
capsaicin-induced cough. European Journal of Parmacology 566, 181-184 (2007)
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Yoneko, M.,Kamei, J.,Ito,
C.F. andKojima, J.:New approach for chronic renal failure model by direct
kidney injection of doxorubicin in rats. Methods and Findings in Experimental
and Clinical Pharmacology 29, 389-394 (2007)
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Miyata, S., Shimoi, T.,
Hirano, S., Yamada, N., Hata, Y., Yoshikawa, N., Ohsawa, M. and Kamei, J.:
Elevated open-platform test: a new method for screening serotonergic
anxiolytics in mice. Journal of Pharmacological Science 105, 272-278 (2007)
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Kamei, J., Takahashi, Y.,
Itabashi, T., Hayashi, S. and Kawai, K.: Atopic cough-like cough
hypersensitivity caused by passive sensitization with protein fraction
ofAspergillus restrictusstrain A-17. Pulmonary Pharmacological and Therapeutics
21, 356-359 (2008)
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Yamakawa, T., Ohnaka, K.,
Tanaka, S-I., Utsunomiya, H., Kamei, J. and Kadonosono, K.: Cyclooxygenase-2
induction by lysophosphatidylcholine in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle
cells: involvement of the p38MAPK pathway Biomedical Research 29, 1-8 (2008)
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Saitoh, A., Yamada, M.,
Yamada, M., Takahashi, K., Yamaguchi, K., Murasawa, H., Nakatani, H., Tatsumi,
Y., Hirose, N. and Kamei, J.: Antidepressant-like effects of the delta-opioid
receptor agonist SNC80
([(+)-4-[(alphaR)-alpha-[(2S,5R)-2,5-dimethyl-4-(2-propenyl)-1-
piperazinyl]-(3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-N,N-diethylbenzamide) in an olfactory
bulbectomized rat model. Brain Research 1208, 160-169 (2008)
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Kamei, J., Hayashi, S.,
Miyata, S. and Ohsawa, M.: Effect of Gosha-jinki-gan on vincristine-induced
painful neuropathy in mice Journal of Japanese Pharmaceutical Palliative Care
and Science 1, 19-24 (2008)
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Ohsawa, M., Miyata, S.,
Carlsson, A. and Kamei, J.: Preventive effect of acetyl-L-carnitine on the
thermal hypoalgesia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. European Journal
of Pharmacology 588, 213-216 (2008)
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Sakami, S., Maeda, M.,
Kawai, K., Aoki, T., Kawamura, K., Fujii, H., Endo, T., Ueno, S., Izumimoto,
N., Morita, K., Kamei, J. and Nagase, H.: Structure-Antitussive Activity
Relationships of Naltrindole Derivatives. Identification of Novel and Potent
Antitussive Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry51: 4404-4411 (2008)
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Kamei, J., Ohsawa, M.,
Miyata, S., Endo, K., Hayakawa, H.: Effects of cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine
(CDP-choline) on the thermal nociceptive threshold in streptozotocin-induced
diabetic mice. European Journal of Pharmacology 589, 32-36 (2008)
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Kamei, J., Ohsawa, M.,
Miyata, S. and Tanaka, S.: Preventive effect of L-carnosine on changes in the
thermal nociceptive threshold in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. European
Journal of Pharmacology 600, 83-86 (2008)
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Takahashi, K., Saitoh,
A., Yamada, M., Maruyama, Y., Hirose, N., Kamei, J. and Yamada, M.: Gene
expression profiling reveals complex changes in the olfactory bulbectomy model
of depression after chronic treatment with antidepressants. Journal of
Pharmacological Science 108, 320-334 (2008)
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Kamei, J., Shimada, M.,
Sunohara, T., Miyata, S., Kamei, A. and Ohsawa, M.: Potentiation of the
antidepressant-like effect of fluoxetine by aripiprazole in the mouse tail
suspension test. Journal of Pharmacological Science 108, 381-384 (2008)
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Ohkura, N., Fujimura, M.,
Hara, J., Ohsawa, M., Kamei, J. and Nakao, S.: Bronchoconstriction-triggered
cough in conscious guinea pigs. Experimental Lung Research 35, 296-306 (2009)
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Kamei, J., Miyata, S. and
Ohsawa, M.: Involvement of the benzodiazepine system in the anxiolytic-like
effect of Yokukansan (Yi-gan san). Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology &
Biological Psychiatry 33, 1431-1437 (2009)
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Carlsson, A., Ohsawa, M.,
Hallberg, M., Nyberg, F and Kamei, J.: Substance P1-7 induces antihyperalgesia
in diabetic mice through a mechanism involving the naloxone sensitive
sigma-receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology 626, 250-255 (2010)
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Ohsawa, M., Hayashi, S.
andKamei, J.: Effect of acute topical application of (+)-pentazocine on the
mechanical allodynia in diabetic mice. European Journal of Pharmacology 641,
49-53 (2010)
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Yoneko, M., Katayama, Y.,
Igarashi, T., Mori, T., Moro, N., Kondo, Y.,Kamei, J. andKojima, J.:
Characterization of Cerebral Salt Wasting after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Model
Induced by Endovascular Puncture. Methods and Findings in Experimental and
Clinical Pharmacology 32, 475-480 (2010)
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Kamei, J., Nakanishi, Y.,
Ishikawa, Y., Hayashi, S., Asato, M. and Ohsawa, M.: Possible involvement of
tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in cough reflex European Journal of
Pharmacology 652. 117-120 (2011)
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Miyata, S., Hirano, S.,
Ohsawa, M. and Kamei, J.: Chlorpheniramine exerts anxiolytic-like effects and
activates prefrontal 5-HT systems in mice. Psychopharmacology 213, 325-336
(2011)