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Oct 23, 2025
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Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channelsWe have discovered over ten novel microbial rhodopsins—named Apusomonad rhodopsins—from protists, and demonstr…
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Oct 03, 2025
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Fingolimod treatment exacerbates tau phosphorylation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy with accumulated brain CD8+ T cellsFingolimod reduces peripheral T cells but increases brain CD8⁺ T cells in P301S-tau transgenic mice, exacerbat…
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Sep 09, 2025
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FMR1 Mutant Marmosets Show Fragile X Syndrome PhenotypesFragile X syndrome (FXS), caused by FMR1 silencing, was modeled in common marmosets carrying FMR1 mutations. M…
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Aug 27, 2025
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SeeThrough: a rationally designed skull clearing technique for in vivo brain imagingA collaborative team led by Drs. Mikuni, Tainaka (Niigata University) and Murayama (RIKEN CBS) developed SeeTh…
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Aug 07, 2025
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Aversive experiences induce valence plasticity of instructive signals to change future learning rules in micePast experiences can alter emotional valence, such as pain, but the neuronal mechanisms remain unclear. A rese…
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May 01, 2025
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Type I collagen secreted in white matter lesions inhibits remyelination and functional recoveryThere is still no effective treatment for white matter injury. In addition, the mechanisms underlying impaired…
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Mar 17, 2025
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Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordinationAn international research group led by Kentaro Miyamoto (RIKEN Center for Brain Science) has psychologically i…
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Feb 25, 2025
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Schizophrenia-related Xpo7 haploinsufficiency leads to behavioral and nuclear transport pathologiesXPO7 haploinsufficiency increases risk of schizophrenia. The research group discovered that Xpo7 haploinsuffic…
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Feb 04, 2025
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Amygdalo-cortical dialogue underlies memory enhancement by emotional associationPositive emotional association enhances perceptual memory The research group uncovered how a positive experien…
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Dec 06, 2024
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Evolutionary changes leading to efficient glymphatic circulation in the mammalian brainProf. Hiroshi Kawasaki and associate prof. Satoru Okuda and colleagues of Kanazawa University uncovered sulcus…
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Dec 06, 2024
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Orthogonalization of spontaneous and stimulus-driven activity by hierarchical neocortical areal network in primatesThe research group compared the spatial patterns of spontaneous activity and visual responses in the visual co…
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Nov 08, 2024
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Generalizable and transportable resting-state neural signatures characterized by functional networks, neurotransmitters, and clinical symptoms in autismUsing resting-state fMRI and a machine learning method, Dr. Itahashi and colleagues identified resting-state f…
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Nov 08, 2024
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Characterization of patients with major psychiatric disorders with AMPA receptor positron emission tomographyA research team led by Professor Takuya Takahashi from the Department of Physiology at Yokohama City Universit…