2019~present

Structural insights into kainate receptor desensitization.

Zhou, C.*, Segura-Covarrubias, G.* & Tajima, N.

BioRxiv (2025). https://doi.org:10.1101/2025.03.27.645769

*: equal contribution

Structural basis of GluK2 kainate receptor activation by a partial agonist

Segura-Covarrubias, G.*, Zhou, C.*, Bogdanović, N.*, Zhang, L.  & Tajima, N. 

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2025), In press.

*: equal contribution

Structural insights into NMDA receptor pharmacology.

Zhou, C. & Tajima, N.

Biochem Soc Trans. 51, 1713-1731 (2023). https://doi.org:10.1042/bst20230122

Development and characterization of functional antibodies targeting NMDA receptors.

Tajima, N., Simorowski, N., Yovanno, R. A., Regan, M. C., Michalski, K., Gómez, R., Lau, A. Y. & Furukawa, H. 

Nat Commun. 13, 923 (2022). https://doi.org:10.1038/s41467-022-28559-3

Structural Basis of Functional Transitions in Mammalian NMDA Receptors.

Chou, T. H.*, Tajima, N.*, Romero-Hernandez, A. & Furukawa, H.

Cell 182, 357-371.e313 (2020). https://doi.org:10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.052

~2019

Activation of NMDA receptors and the mechanism of inhibition by ifenprodil.

Tajima, N., Karakas, E., Grant, T., Simorowski, N., Diaz-Avalos, R., Grigorieff, N. & Furukawa, H. 

Nature 534, 63-68 (2016). https://doi.org:10.1038/nature17679

Structural insights into competitive antagonism in NMDA receptors.

Jespersen, A., Tajima, N., Fernandez-Cuervo, G., Garnier-Amblard, E. C. & Furukawa, H.

Neuron 81, 366-378 (2014). https://doi.org:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.11.033