Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2021 - 2024 In vivo study of the maternal envionment and delivery system.
2021 - 2024 雌マウスを用いた新たなうつ病モデルの開発と病態解析
2018 - 2021 Pathophysiological mechanisms for microcephaly and macrocephaly
2016 - 2018 Generation of myogenic stem cells from iPS cells via blastocyst complementation.
2011 - 2013 新規病態関連分子をターゲットとしたポリグルタミン病の治療効果
Papers (26):
Masumi Ito, Hikaru Ito, Kaori Miyoshi, Masami Kanai-Azuma. Chronic non-discriminatory social defeat stress during the perinatal period induces depressive-like outcomes in female mice. Brain Research. 2023. 148734-148734
Wan-Ru Li, Takashi Nakano, Kohta Mizutani, Takanori Matsubara, Masahiro Kawatani, Yasutaka Mukai, Teruko Danjo, Hikaru Ito, Hidenori Aizawa, Akihiro Yamanaka, et al. Neural mechanisms underlying uninstructed orofacial movements during reward-based learning behaviors. Current Biology. 2023. 33. 16. 3436-3451.e7
Yoshifumi Fujioka, Hirosuke Shiura, Masayuki Ishii, Ryuichi Ono, Tsutomu Endo, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Yoshikazu Hirate, Hikaru Ito, Masami Kanai-Azuma, Takashi Kohda, et al. Targeting retrovirus-derived Rtl8a and 8b causes late onset obesity and neurodevelopmental defects. 2023
Hiroshi YOMOGITA, Hikaru ITO, Kento HASHIMOTO, Akihiko KUDO, Toshiaki FUKUSHIMA, Tsutomu ENDO, Yoshikazu HIRATE, Yoshihiro AKIMOTO, Masayuki KOMADA, Yoshiakira KANAI, et al. A possible function of Nik-related kinase in the labyrinth layer of delayed delivery mouse placentas. Journal of Reproduction and Development. 2023. 69. 1. 32-40
Wanru Li, Takashi Nakano, Kohta Mizutani, Masahiro Kawatani, Takanori Matsubara, Teruko Danjo, Yasutaka Mukai, Akihiro Yamanaka, Hikaru Ito, Hidenori Aizawa, et al. Primary motor cortex drives expressive facial movements related to reward processing in mice. 2022