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Yasuyuki Kimura

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Verified email at ncgg.go.jp
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the mouse

Y Kimura, R Yanagimachi - Biology of reproduction, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was successful in the mouse when a piezo-driven
micropipette was used instead of a mechanically driven conventional pipette. Eighty percent of …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on physical activity in community-dwelling older adults in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey

M Yamada, Y Kimura, D Ishiyama, Y Otobe… - The journal of nutrition …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate changes in physical activity (PA)
between January (before the COVID-19 epidemic) and April (during the COVID-19 epidemic) …

Mouse oocytes injected with testicular spermatozoa or round spermatids can develop into normal offspring

Y Kimura, R Yanagimachi - Development, 1995 - journals.biologists.com
Genomic imprinting occurs in both male and female gametes during gametogenesis, but the
exact time when imprinting begins and ends is unknown. In the present study we injected …

Fertilization and development of mouse oocytes injected with isolated sperm heads

S Kuretake, Y Kimura, K Hoshi… - Biology of …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
To determine whether spermatozoa must be structurally intact before microsurgical injection
into oocytes for normal fertilization, intact spermatozoa, as well as sperm heads separated …

Optical waveguide self-assembled from organic dye molecules in solution

K Takazawa, Y Kitahama, Y Kimura, G Kido - Nano letters, 2005 - ACS Publications
Fiber-shaped H-aggregates with lengths of up to 300 μm are synthesized by self-assembly
of thiacyanine (TC) dye molecules in solution. Photoluminescence (PL) images and spatially …

[PDF][PDF] High-contrast in vivo imaging of tau pathologies in Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer's disease tauopathies

…, VMY Lee, SK Mishra, Y Yamaguchi, Y Kimura… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
A panel of radiochemicals has enabled in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) of tau
pathologies in Alzheimer's disease (AD), although sensitive detection of frontotemporal lobar …

The usefulness of a piezo-micromanipulator in intracytoplasmic sperm injection in humans

…, H Katayose, H Yazawa, Y Kimura… - Human …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has wide clinical application. In order to achieve good
results with this method, it is important to restrict the possibility of oocyte injury as much as …

Development of normal mice from oocytes injected with secondary spermatocyte nuclei

Y Kimura, R Yanagimachi - Biology of reproduction, 1995 - academic.oup.com
This study shows that the nucleus of the secondary spermatocyte can participate in
syngamy and normal embryonic development. Spermatogenic cells were released from the …

The relationship between acridine orange fluorescence of sperm nuclei and the fertilizing ability of human sperm

K Hoshi, H Katayose, K Yanagida, Y Kimura, A Sato - Fertility and sterility, 1996 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether the outcome of IVF can be predicted by acridine orange (AO)
nuclear fluorescence of sperm. Design Based on the fact that AO nuclear fluorescence …

PET quantification of tau pathology in human brain with 11C-PBB3

Y Kimura, M Ichise, H Ito, H Shimada… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tau accumulation in the brain is a pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer disease and other
tauopathies. Quantitative visualization of tau pathology in humans can be a powerful method as a …