Takashi Tonegawa

Enzymatic synthesis of oleamide (cis‐9,10‐octadecenoamide), an endogenous sleep‐inducing lipid, by rat brain microsomes

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1996, Biochemistry and molecular biology international.

Transacylase-mediated and phosphodiesterase-mediated synthesis of N-arachidonoylethanolamine, an endogenous cannabinoid-receptor ligand, in rat brain microsomes. Comparison with synthesis from free arachidonic acid and ethanolamine.

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1996, European journal of biochemistry.

Enzymatic synthesis of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, through N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine pathway in testis: involvement of Ca(2+)-dependent transacylase and phosphodiesterase activities.

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1996, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

N-arachidonoylethanolamine (anandamide), an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, and related lipid molecules in the nervous tissues.

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1996, Journal of lipid mediators and cell signalling.

2-Arachidonoylglycerol, a putative endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, induces rapid, transient elevation of intracellular free Ca2+ in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells.

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1996, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Inhibition by 2-arachidonoylglycerol, a novel type of possible neuromodulator, of the depolarization-induced increase in intracellular free calcium in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells.

A. Yamashita, K. Waku, T. Sugiura, 1997, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.