Happy to share our new work in Sci Adv! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...　We found a robust representation of pup retrieval in the orbitofrontal cortex of female mice, which positively regulates VTA dopamine neurons during the acquisition of maternal behavior. Congrats to Gen-ichi and the team!

The new paper is out in @PLOSONE: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti.... We introduce a novel knock-in mouse line for rabies-based trans-synaptic tracing, with a detailed discussion of its strengths and limitations.

If you are interested in what happens deep in the brain during puberty, please check our new paper in Neuron. We visualize how nutritional status shapes sexual maturation in female mice: A flagship study by an excellent postdoc Teppei Goto. (1/N

If you are interested in organ sensation and organ neural control, this is the place to be! The 11th NSN in Kobe symposium will be held on February 21 at the Kobe University School of Medicine campus (and zoom). It is free but registration is required. Please come and join us!

If you are interested in the neuroscience of lactation, here is my new review paper('ω')ノ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The placebo treatment, working simply because it is perceived as a drug, has even been observed in rats. Dr. Cui’s research investigates the neural mechanisms underlying the placebo analgesic effect, to which I contributed by supporting the RV tracing system. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

new work out from the lab @cellreports.bsky.social A brave phd student Ayano revealed the mechanism how immune activation disrupts renal tubules! The key is a nonsecretory antimicrobial peptide! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Published! We've made a collection of knock-in strains to label endogenous active zone proteins. 'A modular system to label endogenous presynaptic proteins using split fluorophores in C. elegans' academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

Thanks for the many citations this year🥰 The TRAP paper is experiencing a breakthrough over ten years after its publication! Since transcriptome types and active neurons don’t always correlate in many cases, I anticipate that methods like this will continue to be useful😄

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How do individual oxytocin neurons behave during lactation? We may not need to know this to live, but perhaps it’s how we survived infancy. If you’re interested, please check out our new paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/

The sympathetic nervous system may control selective organs, but how this specificity is achieved is unknown. Our new study @NatureComms www.nature.com/articles/s41...　uncovers a parallel labeled-line organization within the lower thoracic spinal cord. 1/

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... I just enjoy reading this fascinating observation: the suppression of SFO putative thirst neurons in hibernating squirrels!

Our review has been out! We summarised the current view how diet, esp. amino acids, regulate ageing and lifespan. It highlights context dependency, lifestage, sex, and others, and proposes how early life nutrient signals impact longevity. Check it! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Happy to introduce our new preprint ('ω')ノ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We have established microendoscopic imaging of individual oxytocin neurons in lactating mother mice. As lactation progresses, the waveform and intensity of individual neurons change dynamically.

I am also excited about sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord. While the classical view suggests that the sympathetic outflow systemically and uniformly regulates all organs under stressful conditions, our recent findings challenge this notion.

I just joined this platform and am excited to share some of my scientific thoughts and achievements. Since 2018, I’ve been studying how mesoscopic neural circuits in the hypothalamus adapt and change. This brain region is key for instinctive behaviors and regulating the body’s physiology.

📢Register for the RIKEN BDR Symposium 2025 "Towards Redesigning Lifecycles," which will be held March 3-5, 2025 at @BDR_RIKEN Kobe Campus, Japan. Participation fee: FREE (separate fees required for lunch/banquet- optional) For details & deadlines👇 🔗https://www2.bdr.riken.jp/sympo/2025/