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Naofumi Uesaka

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h-index: 21
Works: 64
Citations: 1,900

Most-cited papers

Consensus Paper: Cerebellar Development
K. Leto, Marife Arancillo, Esther B. E. Becker, A. Buffo +25 more
2015Cerebellum411 citations Open access
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Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex
Hiroaki Sacai, Kazuto Sakoori, Kohtarou Konno, Kenichiro Nagahama +5 more
2020Nature Communications137 citations Open access
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Retrograde semaphorin signaling regulates synapse elimination in the developing mouse brain
Naofumi Uesaka, M. Uchigashima, Takayasu Mikuni, T. Nakazawa +5 more
2014Science136 citations
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Arc/Arg3.1 is a postsynaptic mediator of activity-dependent synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum.
Takayasu Mikuni, Naofumi Uesaka, H. Okuno, H. Hirai +3 more
2013Neuron111 citations Open access
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Activity Dependence of Cortical Axon Branch Formation: A Morphological and Electrophysiological Study Using Organotypic Slice Cultures
Naofumi Uesaka, S. Hirai, T. Maruyama, Edward S. Ruthazer +1 more
2005Journal of Neuroscience110 citations Open access
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Retrograde BDNF to TrkB signaling promotes synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum
Myeongjeong Choo, T. Miyazaki, M. Yamazaki, M. Kawamura +7 more
2017Nature Communications107 citations Open access
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Nucleocytoplasmic translocation of HDAC9 regulates gene expression and dendritic growth in developing cortical neurons
N. Sugo, Hiroaki Oshiro, Mitsuhiro Takemura, Toshiaki Kobayashi +4 more
2010European Journal of Neuroscience85 citations
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Multiple Phases of Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination in the Developing Cerebellum
M. Kano, Takaki Watanabe, Naofumi Uesaka, M. Watanabe
2018Cerebellum84 citations
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Setd1a Insufficiency in Mice Attenuates Excitatory Synaptic Function and Recapitulates Schizophrenia-Related Behavioral Abnormalities.
Kenichiro Nagahama, Kazuto Sakoori, Takaki Watanabe, Y. Kishi +7 more
2020Cell Reports68 citations Open access
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Interplay between Laminar Specificity and Activity-Dependent Mechanisms of Thalamocortical Axon Branching
Naofumi Uesaka, Yasufumi Hayano, A. Yamada, N. Yamamoto
2007Journal of Neuroscience60 citations Open access
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Synapse type-independent degradation of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol after retrograde synaptic suppression
A. Tanimura, M. Uchigashima, M. Yamazaki, Naofumi Uesaka +6 more
2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America52 citations Open access
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Role of pre- and postsynaptic activity in thalamocortical axon branching
A. Yamada, Naofumi Uesaka, Yasufumi Hayano, T. Tabata +2 more
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America49 citations Open access
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Whole-brain spatial transcriptional analysis at cellular resolution.
Shigeaki Kanatani, J. C. Kreutzmann, Yue Li, Zoe West +25 more
2024Science48 citations Open access
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Comprehensive analysis of a novel mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a model with the most common 3.0-Mb deletion at the human 22q11.2 locus
R. Saito, M. Koebis, T. Nagai, Kimiko Shimizu +15 more
2020Translational Psychiatry48 citations Open access
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ATP activation of peritubular cells drives testicular sperm transport
David Fleck, L. Kenzler, Nadine Mundt, M. Strauch +8 more
2020bioRxiv41 citations Open access
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AUTS2 Governs Cerebellar Development, Purkinje Cell Maturation, Motor Function and Social Communication
Kunihiko Yamashiro, Kei Hori, Esther S.K. Lai, Ryo Aoki +10 more
2020bioRxiv41 citations Open access
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Retrograde Signaling from Progranulin to Sort1 Counteracts Synapse Elimination in the Developing Cerebellum.
Naofumi Uesaka, Manabu Abe, Kohtarou Konno, M. Yamazaki +7 more
2018Neuron41 citations Open access
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The Role of Neural Activity in Cortical Axon Branching
Naofumi Uesaka, Edward S. Ruthazer, N. Yamamoto
2006The Neuroscientist40 citations
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Role of RhoA in Activity-Dependent Cortical Axon Branching
Soichiro Ohnami, M. Endo, S. Hirai, Naofumi Uesaka +3 more
2008Journal of Neuroscience39 citations Open access
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The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 Mediates Experience-Dependent Maintenance of Mature Synaptic Connectivity in the Visual Thalamus.
M. Narushima, M. Uchigashima, Yuki Yagasaki, Takeshi Harada +7 more
2016Neuron29 citations Open access
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Organotypic Coculture Preparation for the Study of Developmental Synapse Elimination in Mammalian Brain
Naofumi Uesaka, Takayasu Mikuni, K. Hashimoto, H. Hirai +2 more
2012Journal of Neuroscience29 citations Open access
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Presynaptic Mechanisms Mediating Retrograde Semaphorin Signals for Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination During Postnatal Cerebellar Development
Naofumi Uesaka, M. Kano
2018Cerebellum15 citations
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Single cell electroporation method for axon tracing in cultured slices
Naofumi Uesaka, M. Nishiwaki, N. Yamamoto
2008Development, Growth and Differentiation15 citations
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Direct and indirect pathways for heterosynaptic interaction underlying developmental synapse elimination in the mouse cerebellum
H. Nakayama, T. Miyazaki, M. Abe, M. Yamazaki +10 more
2024Communications Biology11 citations
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Tonic GABAergic Inhibition Is Essential for Nerve Injury-Induced Afferent Remodeling in the Somatosensory Thalamus and Ectopic Sensations.
Yasuyuki Nagumo, Yoshifumi Ueta, H. Nakayama, H. Osaki +4 more
2020Cell Reports11 citations Open access
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Whole-Brain Three-Dimensional Imaging of RNAs at Single-Cell Resolution
Shigeaki Kanatani, J. C. Kreutzmann, Yue Li, Zoe West +12 more
2022bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Phospholipase C β3 is required for climbing fiber synapse elimination in aldolase C-positive compartments of the developing mouse cerebellum.
Y. Rai, Takaki Watanabe, Kyoko Matsuyama, K. Sakimura +2 more
2020Neuroscience10 citations
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Retrograde Signaling for Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination
Naofumi Uesaka, M. Uchigashima, Takayasu Mikuni, H. Hirai +2 more
2014Cerebellum10 citations Open access
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Xanthan gum-based fluid thickener decreases postprandial blood glucose associated with increase of Glp1 and Glp1r expression in ileum and alteration of gut microbiome
Yuki Nagasawa, S. Katagiri, K. Nakagawa, T. Hirota +9 more
2022Journal of Functional Foods9 citations Open access
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Molecular mechanisms of thalamocortical axon targeting.
N. Yamamoto, T. Maruyama, Naofumi Uesaka, Yasufumi Hayano +2 more
2007Novartis Foundation symposium6 citations
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Nasal obstruction during development leads to defective synapse elimination, hypersynchrony, and impaired cerebellar function
Moe Tanigawa, Meng-Ke Liu, Mariko Sekiguchi, Kyosuke Goda +3 more
2024Communications Biology5 citations Open access
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Chromatin modification abnormalities by CHD7 and KMT2C loss promote medulloblastoma progression.
Wan-Chen Wang, Kohei Kumegawa, Owen S. Chapman, Ryo Shiraishi +12 more
2025Cell Reports4 citations Open access
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Reduced GABAergic inhibition and impaired synapse elimination by neuroligin-2 deletion from Purkinje cells of the developing cerebellum
Esther S.K. Lai, Naofumi Uesaka, T. Miyazaki, K. Hashimoto +2 more
2025Frontiers in Neural Circuits4 citations Open access
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Endocannabinoid-dependent formation of columnar axonal projection in the mouse cerebral cortex
Chiaki Itami, Naofumi Uesaka, Jui-Yen Huang, Hui-Chen Lu +3 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America4 citations Open access
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The transcription factor ZFP64 promotes activity-dependent synapse elimination during postnatal cerebellar development
Jianling Zhang, Takaki Watanabe, T. Miyazaki, Miwako Yamasaki +7 more
2025iScience3 citations Open access
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Combining electrophysiology and optogenetics for functional screening of pyramidal neurons in the mouse prefrontal cortex
Kenichiro Nagahama, Shuhei Fujino, Takaki Watanabe, Naofumi Uesaka +1 more
2021STAR Protocols3 citations Open access
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Synaptic transmission is dispensable for selecting the winner input but is crucial for the subsequent events of synapse elimination
Tzu-Huei Kao, Yuto Okuno, Kyoko Matsuyama, Takaki Watanabe +2 more
2025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2 citations Open access
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Intermittent breaking of isolation may ameliorate decrease in physical activity caused by isolation
Aritoshi Uchida, K. Nakagawa, K. Yoshimi, Yuki Nagasawa +3 more
2024PLoS ONE2 citations Open access
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Innate liking and disgust reactions elicited by intraoral capsaicin in male mice
Yibin Han, Daisuke H. Tanaka, Naofumi Uesaka
2024bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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Editorial: Functional and molecular insights of neural circuit adaptation, refinement, and remodeling
A. Walter, Naofumi Uesaka, M. Midorikawa
2023Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience2 citations Open access
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[Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse elimination in the Mammalian brain].
Naofumi Uesaka, Shinya Kawata, M. Kano
2014Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo2 citations
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Single Cell Electroporation Method for Mammalian CNS Neurons in Organotypic Slice Cultures
Naofumi Uesaka, Yasufumi Hayano, A. Yamada, N. Yamamoto
20092 citations
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Inhibitory circuits restrain adult glioma progression by suppressing calcium-driven oncogenic programs.
Naofumi Uesaka, Kohei Kumegawa, Takaki Watanabe, Miwako Yamasaki +16 more
2026Neuron1 citations
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Automatic quantification of disgust reactions in mice using machine learning
Shizuki Inaba, Naofumi Uesaka, Daisuke H. Tanaka
2025bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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The ER/Golgi Protein FNDC3B Facilitates Climbing Fibre to Purkinje Cell Synapse Elimination in the Developing Mouse Cerebellum
C. Mercier, Takaki Watanabe, Yuto Okuno, Kyoko Matsuyama +10 more
2026European Journal of Neuroscience0 citations Open access
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Juvenile soft-diet feeding disrupts cerebellar timing and impairs balance in mice.
Meng-Ke Liu, Nene Yamaguchi, Kyosuke Goda, Mariko Sekiguchi +3 more
2026Brain Research Bulletin0 citations Open access
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Developmental oligodendrocytes regulate brain function through the mediation of synchronized spontaneous activity
Ryo Masumura, Kyosuke Goda, Mariko Sekiguchi, Naofumi Uesaka
2026bioRxiv0 citations
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Cell type-specific Ca2+ signals govern mouse seminiferous tubule physiology
Justine Fischoeder, David Fleck, Jerome Schröer, Christopher Wiesbrock +12 more
2026PLoS Biology0 citations Open access
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Convergent Recruitment of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Mechanistically Diverse General Anesthetics
Nozomi Utsumi, Daisuke H. Tanaka, Ayaka Nakai, Shizuki Inaba +3 more
2025Journal of Neurochemistry0 citations Open access
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Viral vectors with cluster of differentiation gene promoters to target specific cell types in the brain
Naofumi Uesaka, Mariko Sekiguchi, Atsuya Takeuchi, Ryo Masumura
2024bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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