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Repetitive Neuronal Activation Regulates Cellular Maturation State via Nuclear Reprogramming

Tomoyuki Murano, Hideo Hagihara, Katsunori Tajinda, Keizo Takao, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Kaoru Katoh, Alfred J Robison, Mitsuyuki Matsumoto, Masakazu Namihira, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

bioRxiv 2025 May, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.02.651848

Neuroprotective effects of exogenous manipulations in the Tg2576 mice, a murine model of Alzheimer's disease: novel approaches for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Davide Decandia

Sapienza Università Di Roma, 2025 Jan.

Amygdalo-cortical dialogue underlies memory enhancement by emotional association

Yoshihito Saito, Yuma Osako, Maya Odagawa, Yasuhiro Oisi, Chie Matsubara, Shigeki Kato, Kazuto Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Morita, Joshua P. Johansen, Masanori Murayama

Neuron . 2025 Jan 23:S0896-6273(25)00005-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.01.001.

RNA G-quadruplexes form scaffolds that promote neuropathological α-synuclein aggregation

Kazuya Matsuo, Sefan Asamitsu, Kohei Maeda, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Kosuke Kawakubo, Ginji Komiya, Kenta Kudo, Yusuke Sakai, Karin Hori, Susumu Ikenoshita, Shingo Usuki, Shiori Funahashi, Hideki Oizumi, Atsushi Takeda, Yasushi Kawata, Tomohiro Mizobata, Norifumi Shioda, Yasushi Yabuki

Cell . 2024 Oct 14:S0092-8674(24)01134-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.037.

An amygdalar oscillator coordinates cellular and behavioral rhythms

Qiang Liu, Jiali Xiong, Dong Won Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Benjamin J Bell, Chloe Alexandre, Seth Blackshaw, Alban Latremoliere, Mark N Wu

Neuron . 2024 Sep 18:S0896-6273(24)00609-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.08.013.

Mouse hippocampal CA1 VIP interneurons detect novelty in the environment and support recognition memory

Suhel Tamboli, Sanjay Singh, Dimitry Topolnik, Mohamed El Amine Barkat, Risna Radhakrishnan, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, Lisa Topolnik

Cell Rep . 2024 Apr 23;43(4):114115. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114115.

An Amygdalar Oscillator Coordinates Cellular and Behavioral Rhythms

Qiang Liu, Jiali Xiong, Dong Won Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Benjamin J. Bell, Chloe Alexandre, Seth Blackshaw, Alban Latremoliere, Mark N. Wu

bioRxiv 2024 March doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.08.584151

A light-controlled phospholipase C for imaging of lipid dynamics and controlling neural plasticity

Yeon-Jeong Kim, Suguru Tohyama, Takashi Nagashima, Masashi Nagase, Yamato Hida, Shun Hamada, Ayako M Watabe, Toshihisa Ohtsuka

Cell Chem Biol . 2024 Mar 26:S2451-9456(24)00090-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.03.001.

Optogenetic Inhibition of the Cortical Efferents to the Locus Ceruleus Region of Pontine Tegmentum Causes Cognitive Deficits

Eugene Dimitrov

J Integr Neurosci . 2024 Mar 19;23(3):60. doi: 10.31083/j.jin2303060.

All-optical presynaptic plasticity induction by photoactivated adenylyl cyclase targeted to axon terminals

Masashi Nagase, Takashi Nagashima, Shun Hamada, Mieko Morishima, Suguru Tohyama, Fumiko Arima-Yoshida, Kanae Hiyoshi, Tomoha Hirano, Toshihisa Ohtsuka, Ayako M. Watabe

Cell Rep Methods . 2024 Mar 15:100740. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100740

Identification of a novel perifornical-hypothalamic-areaprojecting serotonergic system that inhibits innate panic and conditioned fear responses

Cristian S. Bernabe, Izabela F. Caliman, Aline R. R. de Abreu, Andrei I. Molosh, William A. Truitt, Anantha Shekhar, Philip L. Johnson

Transl Psychiatry . 2024 Jan 25;14(1):60. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02769-3.

The delta opioid receptor agonist KNT-127 relieves innate anxiety-like behavior in mice by suppressing transmission from the prelimbic cortex to basolateral amygdala

Ayako Kawaminami, Daisuke Yamada, Toshinori Yoshioka, Azumi Hatakeyama, Moeno Nishida, Keita Kajino, Tsuyoshi Saitoh, Hiroshi Nagase, Akiyoshi Saitoh

Neuropsychopharmacol Rep . 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.1002/npr2.12406.

Remote memory engrams are controlled by encoding-specific tau phosphorylation

Kristie Stefanoska, Emmanuel Prikas, Yijun Lin, Renée Kosonen, Arne Ittner

bioRxiv 2023 Dec 3 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.01.569663

Maternal separation early in life induces excessive activity of the central amygdala related to abnormal aggression

Ken-ichi Ohta, Chihiro Araki, Hidetoshi Ujihara, Keizo Iseki, Shingo Suzuki, Hikari Otabi, Haruki Kumei, Katsuhiko Warita, Takashi Kusaka, Takanori Miki

J Neurochem . 2023 Dec 1. doi: 10.1111/jnc.16020.

State-dependent modulation of positive and negative affective valences by a parabrachial nucleus-to-ventral tegmental area pathway in mice

Takashi Nagashima, Kaori Mikami, Suguru Tohyama, Ayumu Konno, Hirokazu Hirai, Ayako M. Watabe

Front. Neural Circuits, 29 Nov 2023, Volume 17 https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2023.1273322

Deficiency of orexin signaling during sleep is involved in abnormal REM sleep architecture in narcolepsy

Hiroto Ito, Noriaki Fukatsu, Sheikh Mizanur Rahaman, Yasutaka Mukai, Shuntaro Izawa, Daisuke Ono, Thomas S Kilduff, Akihiro Yamanaka

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2023 Oct 10;120(41):e2301951120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2301951120.

Optogenetic Stimulation of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons at Theta Enhances Recognition Memory in Brain Injured Animals

John I. Broussard, John B. Redell, Jing Zhao, Rebecca West, Ryota Homma, and Pramod K. Dash

J Neurotrauma . 2023 Aug 23. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0078.

Dissection of insular cortex layer 5 reveals two sublayers with opposing modulatory roles in appetitive drinking behavior

Emotional association enhances perceptual memory through amygdalo-cortical inputs during NREM sleep

Yoshihito Saito, Yuma Osako, Maya Odagawa, Yasuhiro Oisi, Chie Matsubara, Shigeki Kato, Kazuto Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Morita, Joshua P. Johansen, Masanori Murayama

bioRxiv 2023 May doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.23.541852

Parabrachial-to-parasubthalamic nucleus pathway mediates fear-induced suppression of feeding in male mice

Takashi Nagashima, Suguru Tohyama, Kaori Mikami, Masashi Nagase, Mieko Morishima, Atsushi Kasai, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Ayako M. Watabe

Nat Commun . 2022 Dec 30;13(1):7913. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35634-2

Hippocampus as a sorter and reverberatory integrator of sensory inputs

Masanori Nomoto, Emi Murayama, Shuntaro Ohno, Reiko Okubo-Suzuki, Shin-ichi Muramatsu, Kaoru Inokuchi

Nat Commun . 2022 Dec 20;13(1):7413. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35119-2.

Rhythmic activation of excitatory neurons in the mouse frontal cortex improves the prefrontal cortex-mediated cognitive function

Debabrata Hazra, Satoshi Yoshinaga, Keitaro Yoshida, Norio Takata, Kenji F Tanaka, Ken-Ichiro Kubo, Kazunori Nakajima

Cereb Cortex . 2022 Nov 21;32(23):5243-5258. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac011.

Distinct roles of dopamine receptor subtypes in the nucleus accumbens during itch signal processing

Tong-Yu Liang, Hua Zhou, Yan-Gang Sun

J Neurosci . 2022 Oct 13;JN-RM-0821-22. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0821-22.2022.

Glutamatergic neurons from the medial prefrontal cortex to the dorsal raphe nucleus regulate maternal aggression in lactating mice

Yoshikage Muroi, Toshiaki Ishii

Neurosci Res . 2022 Jul 8;S0168-0102(22)00190-0. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.07.001.

A light-inducible protein clustering system for in vivo analysis of α-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson disease

Morgan Be´rard, Razan Sheta, Sarah Malvaut, Raquel Rodriguez-Aller, Maxime Teixeira, Walid Idi, Roxanne Turmel, Melanie Alpaugh, Marilyn Dubois, Manel Dahmene, Charleen Salesse, Je´roˆme LamontagneProulx, Marie-Kim St-Pierre, Omid Tavassoly , Wen Luo, Esther Del CidPellitero, Raza Qazi, Jae-Woong Jeong, Thomas M. Durcan, Luc Vallières, Marie-Eve Tremblay, Denis Soulet, Martin Le´vesque, Francesca Cicchetti, Edward A. Fon, Armen Saghatelyan, Abid Oueslati

PLoS Biol . 2022 Mar 9;20(3):e3001578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001578. eCollection 2022 Mar

Dissection of insular cortex layer 5 reveals sublayers with opposing modulatory roles in appetitive behavior

Makoto Takemoto, Shigeki Kato, Kazuto Kobayashi, Wen-Jie Song

bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.15.494020

Adolescent social isolation induces distinct changes in the medial and lateral OFC-BLA synapse and social and emotional alterations in adult mice

Hiroshi Kuniishi, Yuko Nakatake, Masayuki Sekiguchi, Mitsuhiko Yamada

Neuropsychopharmacology . 2022 Jun 13. doi: 10.1038/s41386-022-01358-6

Claustrum mediates bidirectional and reversible control of stress-induced anxiety responses

Misaki Niu, Atsushi Kasai, Masato Tanuma, Kaoru Seiriki, Hisato Igarashi, Takahiro Kuwaki, Kazuki Nagayasu, Keita Miyaji, Hiroki Ueno, Wataru Tanabe, Kei Seo, Rei Yokoyama, Jin Ohkubo, Yukio Ago, Misuzu Hayashida, Ken-Ichi Inoue, Masahiko Takada, Shun Yamaguchi, Takanobu Nakazawa, Shuji Kaneko, Hiroyuki Okuno, Akihiro Yamanaka, Hitoshi Hashimoto

Sci Adv . 2022 Mar 18;8(11):eabi6375. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abi6375

Optogenetic manipulations of CeA-CRF neurons modulate pain- and anxiety-like behaviors in neuropathic pain and control rats

Mariacristina Mazzitelli, Vadim Yakhnitsa, Benjamin Neugebauer, Volker Neugebauer

Neuropharmacology . 2022 Mar 15;210:109031. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109031

Frontal-Sensory Cortical Projections Become Dispensable for Attentional Performance Upon a Reduction of Task Demand in Mice

Kevin J Norman, Julia Bateh, Priscilla Maccario, Christina Cho, Keaven Caro, Tadaaki Nishioka, Hiroyuki Koike, Hirofumi Morishita

Front Neurosci . 2022 Jan 11;15:775256. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.775256.

Role of Autism Risk Genes on Frontal-Thalamic Projections Underlying Social Processing in Mice

Brandon Stevens

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2022. 29254523.

Ventral motor thalamic input to prelimbic cortex, but not to striatum, mediates cost-benefit decision-making in rats

Bianca Sieveritz, Shannon Hayashi Duke, Jeffery R. Wickens, Gordon W. Arbuthnott

bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.11.480170

In Vivo Wireless Optogenetic Control of Skilled Motor Behavior

Diana L Rodriguez-Munoz, Omar Jaidar, Marcela Palomero-Rivero, Mario A Arias-Garcia, Gordon W Arbuthnott, Violeta G Lopez-Huerta

J Vis Exp . 2021 Nov 22:(177). doi: 10.3791/63082.

Multiplexed representation of itch and mechanical and thermal sensation in the primary somatosensory cortex

Xiao-Jun Chen, Yan-He Liu, Ning-Long Xu, Yan-Gang Sun

J Neurosci . 2021 Oct 29;JN-RM-1445-21. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1445-21.2021.

Optogenetic activation of DRN 5-HT neurons induced active wakefulness, not quiet wakefulness

Rika Moriya, Mitsuko Kanamaru, Naoki Okuma, Akira Yoshikawa, Kenji F Tanaka, Satoshi Hokari, Yasuyoshi Ohshima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Motoyasu Honma, Hiroshi Onimaru, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Masahiko Izumizaki

Brain Res Bull . 2021 Sep 24;177:129-142. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.09.019.

The parabrachial-to-amygdala pathway provides aversive information to induce avoidance behavior in mice

Mariko Ito, Masashi Nagase, Suguru Tohyama, Kaori Mikami, Fusao Kato, Ayako M. Watabe

Mol Brain . 2021 Jun 24;14(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s13041-021-00807-5.

Optogenetic Manipulations of Amygdala Neurons Modulate Spinal Nociceptive Processing and Behavior Under Normal Conditions and in an Arthritis Pain Model

Mariacristina Mazzitelli, Kendall Marshall, Andrew Pham, Guangchen, Volker Neugebauer

Front Pharmacol. (2021) May 25;12:668337. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.668337

Post-error recruitment of frontal sensory cortical projections promotes attention in mice

Kevin J. Norman, Justin S. Riceberg, Hiroyuki Koike, Julia Bateh, Sarah E. McCraney, Keaven Caro, Daisuke Kato, Ana Liang, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Meghan E. Flanigan, Korey Kam, Elisa N. Falk, Daniel M. Brady, Christina Cho, Masato Sadahiro, Kohei Yoshitake, Priscilla Maccario, Michael P. Demars, Leah Waltrip, Andrew W. Varga, Scott J. Russo, Mark G. Baxter, Matthew L. Shapiro, Peter H. Rudebeck, Hirofumi Morishita

Neuron (2021) Feb doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.001

Astrocytic cAMP modulates memory via synaptic plasticity

Zhiwen Zhou, Kazuki Okamoto, Junya Onodera, Toshimitsu Hiragi, Megumi Andoh, Masahito Ikawa, Kenji F Tanaka, Yuji Ikegaya, Ryuta Koyama

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2021 Jan 19;118(3):e2016584118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016584118.

Striatal bilateral control of skilled forelimb movement

Violeta G Lopez-Huerta, Jai A Denton, Yoko Nakano, Omar Jaidar, Marianela Garcia-Munoz, Gordon W Arbuthnott

Cell Rep. (2021) Jan 19;34(3):108651. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108651.

Kappa opioid receptor activation in the amygdala disinhibits CRF neurons to generate pain-like behaviors

Matthew Heina, Guangchen Ji, Dalton Tidwell, Preston D'Souza, Takaki Kiritoshi, Vadim Yakhnitsa, Edita Navratilova, Frank Porreca, Volker Neugebauer

Neuropharmacology (2021) Jan 12;185:108456. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108456

Fiberless Optogenetics

Srikanta Chowdhury, Akihiro Yamanaka

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1293:407-416. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-8763-4_26.

Mesolimbic GluA1 AMPA Receptor Signaling in Dopaminergic Neurons Plays a Critical Role in the Induction of Cross-Sensitization to Psychostimulants in Response to Social Stress

Megan Leigh Rudolph

Arizona State University 2020 August

Oxytocin Influences Male Sexual Activity via Non-synaptic Axonal Release in the Spinal Cord

Takumi Oti, Keita Satoh, Daisuke Uta, Junta Nagafuchi, Sayaka Tateishi, Ryota Ueda, Keiko Takanami, Larry J Young, Antony Galione, John F Morris, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Hirotaka Sakamoto

Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 23;S0960-9822(20)31502-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.089.

Somatostatin neurons in the central amygdala mediate anxiety by disinhibition of the central sublenticular extended amygdala

Yajie Sun, Lei Qian, Li Xu, Sarah Hunt, Pankaj Sah

Molecular Psychiatry (2020) Oct 1; doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00894-1

Maturation of Prefrontal Parvalbumin Interneurons Requires Social Experience During Sensitive Developmental Windows to Regulate Adult Social Behavior

Lucy King Bicks

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2020. 28094880The University of Arizona ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2020. 27736945

Optogenetic Manipulation of Posterior Caudatoputamen Indirect Pathway Neurons Causes Auditory Cortical Activation in Rats

Zachary George Yellowman

The University of Arizona ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2020. 27736945.

A prefrontal–paraventricular thalamus circuit requires juvenile social experience to regulate adult sociability in mice

Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Lucy K. Bicks, Michael B. Leventhal, Daisuke Kato, Susanna Im, Meghan E. Flanigan, Yury Garkun, Kevin J. Norman, Keaven Caro, Masato Sadahiro, Klas Kullander, Schahram Akbarian, Scott J. Russo, Hirofumi Morishita

Nature Neuroscience (2020) Oct; 23(10): 1240-1252. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0695-6

Stress induces insertion of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors in the OFC-BLA synapse and modulates emotional behaviours in mice

Hiroshi Kuniishi, Daisuke Yamada, Keiji Wada, Mitsuhiko Yamada, Masayuki Sekiguchi

Translational Psychiatry 2020 May; 10(1) doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0837-3

Using loss-and gain-of-function approaches to target amygdala-projecting serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus that enhance anxiety-related and conditioned fear behaviors

Cristian S Bernabe, Izabela F Caliman, William A Truitt, Andrei I Molosh, Christopher A Lowry, Anders Hay-Schmidt, Anantha Shekhar, Philip L Johnson

J Psychopharmacol. 2020 Apr;34(4):400-411. doi: 10.1177/0269881119900981. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

Prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons require juvenile social experience to establish adult social behavior

Lucy K. Bicks, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Meghan E. Flanigan, Julia Minjung Kim, Daisuke Kato, Elizabeth K. Lucas, Hiroyuki Koike, Michelle S. Peng, Daniel M. Brady, Sandhya Chandrasekaran, Kevin J. Norman, Milo R. Smith, Roger L. Clem, Scott J. Russo, Schahram Akbarian, Hirofumi Morishita

Nature Communications 2020 Feb 21;11(1):1003. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14740-z

Dissecting the Functional Heterogeneity of Serotonergic Systems That Regulate Fear and Panic

Cristian Setubal Bernabe

IUPUI ScholarWorks Repository 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/2077

REM sleep-active MCH neurons are involved in forgetting hippocampus dependent memories

Shuntaro Izawa, Srikanta Chowdhury, Toh Miyazaki, Yasutaka Mukai, Daisuke Ono, Ryo Inoue, Yu Ohmura, Hiroyuki Mizoguchi, Kazuhiro Kimura, Mitsuhiro Yoshioka, Akira Terao, Thomas S. Kilduff, Akihiro Yamanaka

Science 2019 Sep; Vol.365, Issue 6459, pp. 1308-1313 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax9238

Correlative study using structural MRI and super-resolution microscopy to detect structural alterations induced by long-term optogenetic stimulation of striatal medium spiny neurons.

Yoshifumi Abe, Yuji Komaki, Fumiko Seki, Shinsuke Shibata, Hideyuki Okano, Kenji F. Tanaka

Neurochem Int. 2019 May; 125:163-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2019.02.017.

High Hes1 expression and resultant Ascl1 suppression regulate quiescent vs. active neural stem cells in the adult mouse brain.

Risa Sueda, Itaru Imayoshi, Yukiko Harima, Ryoichiro Kageyama

Genes Dev. 2019 Mar 12 DOI: 10.1101/gad.323196.118.

Crucial role of feedback signals from prelimbic cortex to baolateral amygdala in the retrieval of morphine withdrawal memory.

Jiaojiao Song, Da Shao, Xinli Guo, Yanfang Zhao, Dongyang Cui, Qianqian Ma, Huan Sheng, Lan Ma, Bin Lai, Ming Chen, Ping Zheng

Science Advances 2019 Feb 20;5(2):eaat3210. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat3210.

Synchronized activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways underlies the behavior in unilateral dopamine-depleted mice.Synchronized activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways underlies the behavior in unilateral dopamine-depleted mice.

Omar Jáidar, Luis Carrillo-Reid, Yuko Nakano, Violeta Gisselle Lopez-Huerta, Arturo Hernandez-Cruz, José Bargas, Marianela Garcia-Munoz, Gordon William Arbuthnott

Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Jan 11. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14344

Excitatory connections between the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex show a role for the prelimbic cortex in fear extinction.

Roger Marek, Li Xu, Robert K. P. Sullivan, Pankaj Sah

Nature Neuroscience (2018) 21(5):654-658. DOI: 10.1038

Perspective: Implantable optical systems for neuroscience research in behaving animal models—Current approaches and future directions

Philipp Gutruf, Cameron H. Good, John A. Rogers

APL Photonics 3, 120901 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5040256

Top-down cortical input during NREM sleep consolidates perceptual memory.

Miyamoto D, Hirai D, Fung CCA, Inutsuka A, Odagawa M, Suzuki T, Boehringer R, Adaikkan C, Matsubara C, Matsuki N, Fukai T, McHugh TJ, Yamanaka A, Murayama M

Science (2016) 352(6291): 1315-8. DOI: 10.1126

Htr2a-Expressing Cells in the Central Amygdala Control the Hierarchy between Innate and Learned Fear.

Isosaka T, Matsuo T, Yamaguchi T, Funabiki K, Nakanishi S, Kobayakawa R, Kobayakawa K

Cell (2015) 163(5):1153-64

A Top-Down Cortical Circuit for Accurate Sensory Perception.

Manita S, Suzuki T, Homma C, Matsumoto T, Odagawara M, Yamada K, Ota K, Matsubara C, Inutsuka A, Sato M, Ohkura M, Yamanaka A, Yanagawa Y, Nakai J, Hayashi Y, Larkum ME, Murayama M

Neuron (2015) 86:1304-16

The lateral parabrachial nucleus is actively involved in the acquisition of fear memory in mice.

Sato M, Ito M, Nagase M, Sugimura YK, Takahashi Y, Watabe AM, Kato F

Molecular Brain (2015) 8:22

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Estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl use via suppression of opioid-evoked dopamine activity in males

Jessica A Higginbotham, Julian G Abt, Rachel H Teich, Joanna J Dearman, Tania Lintz, Jose A Morón

Neuron. 2025 Mar 6:S0896-6273(25)00131-X. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.02.013.

Peripheral opioid receptor antagonism alleviates fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression and is devoid of aversive behavior

Brian C Ruyle, Sarah Masud, Rohith Kesaraju, Mubariz Tahirkheli, Juhi Modh, Caroline G Roth, Sofia Angulo-Lopera, Tania Lintz, Jessica A Higginbotham, Nicolas Massaly, Jose A Moron

eLife. Apr 1, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.104469.3

Striosome circuitry stimulation inhibits striatal dopamine release and locomotion

Taro Okunomiya, Dai Watanabe, Haruhiko Banno, Takayuki Kondo, Keiko Imamura, Ryosuke Takahashi, Haruhisa Inoue

J Neurosci . 2025 Jan e0457242024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0457-24.2024

Protocol for synchronized wireless fiber photometry and video recordings in rodents during behavior

Suhel Tamboli, Dimitry Topolnik, Risna Radhakrishnan, Daphnée Veilleux-Lemieux, Lisa Topolnik

STAR Protoc . 2024 Oct 18;5(4):103407. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103407.

Signal flow in the NMDA receptor-dependent phosphoproteome regulates postsynaptic plasticity for aversive learning

Yasuhiro Funahashi, Rijwan Uddin Ahammad, Xinjian Zhang, Emran Hossen, Masahiro Kawatani, Shinichi Nakamuta, Akira Yoshimi, Minhua Wu, Huanhuan Wang, Mengya Wu, Xu Li, Md Omar Faruk, Md Hasanuzzaman Shohag, You-Hsin Lin, Daisuke Tsuboi, Tomoki Nishioka, Keisuke Kuroda, Mutsuki Amano, Yukihiko Noda, Kiyofumi Yamada, Kenji Sakimura, Taku Nagai, Takayuki Yamashita, Shigeo Uchino, Kozo Kaibuchi

Sci Signal . 2024 Sep 10;17(853):eado9852. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.ado9852. Epub 2024 Sep 10.

Rapid adaptation to spatial goals through activation of the ventral tegmental area-hippocampal dopaminergic pathway

Yuta Tamatsu

Doshisha University 2024

Cognitive deficits in social isolation-reared mice

Rei Yokoyama, Yukio Ago, Hisato Igarashi, Momoko Higuchi, Masato Tanuma, Yuto Shimazaki, Takafumi Kawai, Kaoru Seiriki, Misuzu Hayashida, Shun Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Takanobu Nakazawa, Yasushi Okamura, Kenji Hashimoto, Atsushi Kasai, Hitoshi Hashimoto

Osaka University 2025

Peripheral opioid receptor antagonism alleviates fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression and is devoid of aversive effects

Brian C. Ruyle, Sarah Masud, Rohith Kesaraju, Mubariz Tahirkheli, Juhi Modh, Sofia Angulo-Lopera, Tania Lintz, Jessica A. Higginbotham, Nicolas Massaly, Jose A Moron

bioRxiv 2024 September 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.16.613257

Mouse hippocampal CA1 VIP interneurons detect novelty in the environment and support recognition memory

Suhel Tamboli, Sanjay Singh, Dimitry Topolnik, Mohamed El Amine Barkat, Risna Radhakrishnan, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, Lisa Topolnik

Cell Rep . 2024 Apr 23;43(4):114115. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114115.

Individual Differences in Dopamine Signaling in a Rodent Model of Substance Use Disorder Vulnerability

Amy Leach

Wake Forest University. 2024 May

(R)-ketamine restores anterior insular cortex activity and cognitive deficits in social isolation-reared mice(R)-ketamine restores anterior insular cortex activity and cognitive deficits in social isolation-reared mice

Rei Yokoyama, Yukio Ago, Hisato Igarashi, Momoko Higuchi, Masato Tanuma, Yuto Shimazaki, Takafumi Kawai, Kaoru Seiriki, Misuzu Hayashida, Shun Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Tanaka, Takanobu Nakazawa, Yasushi Okamura, Kenji Hashimoto, Atsushi Kasai, Hitoshi Hashimoto

Mol Psychiatry . 2024 Feb 23. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02419-6.

Altered firing output of VIP interneurons and early dysfunctions in CA1 hippocampal circuits in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Felix Michaud, Ruggiero Francavilla, Dimitry Topolnik, Parisa Iloun, Suhel Tamboli, Frederic Calon, Lisa Topolnik

bioRxiv 2024 Jan. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.12.575331

NMDAR Phosphoproteome Controls Synaptic Growth and Learning

Yasuhiro Funahashi, Rijwan Uddin Ahammad, Xinjian Zhang, Emran Hossen, Masahiro Kawatani, Shinichi Nakamuta, Akira Yoshimi, Minhua Wu, Huanhuan Wang, Mengya Wu, Xu Li, Md Omar Faruk, Md Hasanuzzaman Shohag, You-Hsin Lin, Daisuke Tsuboi, Tomoki Nishioka, Keisuke Kuroda, Mutsuki Amano, Yukihiko Noda, Kiyofumi Yamada, Kenji Sakimura, Taku Nagai, Takayuki Yamashita, Shigeo Uchino, Kozo Kaibuchi

bioRxyv 2023 Dec doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.15.571360

Fiber photometry: a novel methodology for in vivo calcium imaging in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to ventrolateral periaqueductal grey (vlPAG) projecting neurons during fear conditioning.

Hulshof, Lauren Genevieve

Northeastern University 2023 April, doi: https://doi.org/10.17760/D20483135

Optogenetic activation of the ventral tegmental area-hippocampal pathway facilitates rapid adaptation to changes in spatial goals

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