Research field (2):
Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
, Neuroscience - general
Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2021 - 2025 Sensitive period for sensorimotor learning: behavioral neurophysiology of bird song acquisition
2020 - 2023 小鳥の求愛行動における発声と身体運動を協調するコミュニケーション神経機構
Papers (36):
Toshiyuki Fujita, Naoya Aoki, Chihiro Mori, Koichi J. Homma, Shinji Yamaguchi. Molecular characterization of chicken DA systems reveals that the avian personality gene, DRD4, is expressed in the mitral cells of the olfactory bulb. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 2025. 19
Naoya Aoki, Chihiro Mori, Shouta Serizawa, Toshiyuki Fujita, Shinji Yamaguchi, Koichi J. Homma. Perihatch surge of thyroid hormone drives cognitive flexibility in newborn chicks. Science Advances. 2024. 10. 41
Toshiyuki Fujita, Naoya Aoki, Chihiro Mori, Koichi J. Homma, Shinji Yamaguchi. SoxC and MmpReg promote blastema formation in whole-body regeneration of fragmenting potworms Enchytraeus japonensis. Nature Communications. 2024
Takafumi Iizuka, Chihiro Mori, Kazuo Okanoya. Song-related brain auditory activity in Bengalese finches as examined by immediate early gene expressions: comparison of arousal states and the correlational analyses between brain regions. Neuroscience research. 2023
Shouta Serizawa, Naoya Aoki, Chihiro Mori, Toshiyuki Fujita, Shinji Yamaguchi, Toshiya Matsushima, Koichi J Homma. Temporal hampering of thyroid hormone synthesis just before hatching impeded the filial imprinting in domestic chicks. Frontiers in physiology. 2023. 14. 1084816-1084816
橘 亮輔, 森 千紘, 柳原 真, 戸張 靖子. 騒音暴露による聴覚フィードバック阻害がさえずり発達に与える影響-Effect of auditory feedback disruption by continuous noise exposure on song development in songbirds. 聴覚研究会資料 = Proceedings of the auditory research meeting. 2023. 53. 4. 97-101
橘 亮輔, 森 千紘, 柳原 真, 安部 志織, 川田 ゆい, 堀田 音, 戸張 靖子. さえずりの発達過程 : 騒音暴露による学習阻害からの回復-Developmental process of birdsong learning : recovery from disturbed feedback with strong noise exposure. 聴覚研究会資料 = Proceedings of the auditory research meeting. 2023. 53. 2. 35-38