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neurophysiology, development, gene manipulation, testis, synapse, Glia, cerebellum
Japan

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Institute of Science Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

2020-04-01 to present (Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences)
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Naofumi Uesaka

Education and qualifications (1)

Osaka University: Osaka, JP

2001-04-01 to 2006-03-31
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Naofumi Uesaka

Works (25)

Direct and indirect pathways for heterosynaptic interaction underlying developmental synapse elimination in the mouse cerebellum.

Communications biology
2024-07-03 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Nakayama H; Miyazaki T; Abe M; Yamazaki M; Kawamura Y; Choo M; Konno K; Kawata S; Naofumi Uesaka; Hashimoto K et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Editorial: Functional and molecular insights of neural circuit adaptation, refinement, and remodeling.

Frontiers in cellular neuroscience
2023-05-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander Matthias Walter; Uesaka N; Midorikawa M
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Naofumi Uesaka

Endocannabinoid-dependent formation of columnar axonal projection in the mouse cerebral cortex.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2022-09-06 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Itami C; Naofumi Uesaka; Huang JY; Hui-Chen Lu; Sakimura K; Masanobu Kano; Fumitaka Kimura
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Naofumi Uesaka

Combining electrophysiology and optogenetics for functional screening of pyramidal neurons in the mouse prefrontal cortex.

STAR protocols
2021-04-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Kenichiro Nagahama; Fujino S; Watanabe T; Uesaka N; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

ATP activation of peritubular cells drives testicular sperm transport.

eLife
2021-01-27 | Journal article
Contributors: David Fleck; Lina Kenzler; Nadine Mundt; Strauch M; Uesaka N; Robert Moosmann; Felicitas Brüntgens; Missel A; Artur Mayerhofer; Dorit Merhof et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

AUTS2 Governs Cerebellar Development, Purkinje Cell Maturation, Motor Function and Social Communication.

iScience
2020-11-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Kunihiko Yamashiro; Hori K; Suk King Lai; Aoki R; Shimaoka K; Arimura N; Egusa SF; Sakamoto A; Abe M; Sakimura K et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex.

Nature communications
2020-10-12 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Sacai H; Sakoori K; Konno K; Kenichiro Nagahama; Suzuki H; Watanabe T; Watanabe M; Naofumi Uesaka; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Setd1a Insufficiency in Mice Attenuates Excitatory Synaptic Function and Recapitulates Schizophrenia-Related Behavioral Abnormalities.

Cell reports
2020-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kenichiro Nagahama; Sakoori K; Watanabe T; Yusuke Kishi; Kawaji K; Koebis M; Nakao K; Gotoh Y; Atsu Aiba; Uesaka N et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Tonic GABAergic Inhibition Is Essential for Nerve Injury-Induced Afferent Remodeling in the Somatosensory Thalamus and Ectopic Sensations.

Cell reports
2020-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Nagumo Y; Yoshifumi Ueta; Nakayama H; Osaki H; Yuichi Takeuchi; Uesaka N; Masanobu Kano; Mariko Miyata
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Naofumi Uesaka

Phospholipase C β3 is Required for Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination in Aldolase C-positive Compartments of the Developing Mouse Cerebellum.

Neuroscience
2020-04-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Rai Y; Watanabe T; Matsuyama K; Sakimura K; Uesaka N; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

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.

Translational psychiatry
2020-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Saito R; Koebis M; Taku Nagai; Kimiko Shimizu; Jingzhu Liao; Bolati Wulaer; Sugaya Y; Kenichiro Nagahama; Uesaka N; Itaru Kushima et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Multiple Phases of Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination in the Developing Cerebellum.

Cerebellum (London, England)
2018-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Masanobu Kano; Watanabe T; Uesaka N; Watanabe M
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Naofumi Uesaka

Presynaptic Mechanisms Mediating Retrograde Semaphorin Signals for Climbing Fiber Synapse Elimination During Postnatal Cerebellar Development.

Cerebellum (London, England)
2018-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Retrograde Signaling from Progranulin to Sort1 Counteracts Synapse Elimination in the Developing Cerebellum.

Neuron
2018-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Abe M; Konno K; Yamazaki M; Sakoori K; Watanabe T; Tzu-Hue Kao; Takayasu Mikuni; Watanabe M; Kenji Sakimura et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Retrograde BDNF to TrkB signaling promotes synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum.

Nature communications
2017-08-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Choo M; Miyazaki T; Yamazaki M; Kawamura M; Takanobu NAKAZAWA; Zhang J; Asami Tanimura; Uesaka N; Watanabe M; Sakimura K et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Consensus Paper: Cerebellar Development.

Cerebellum (London, England)
2016-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Leto K; Arancillo M; Esther B E Becker; Annalisa Buffo; Chiang C; Ding B; William Dobyns; Isabelle Dusart; PARTHIV HALDIPUR; Hatten ME et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

[Mechanisms of synapse pruning in the developing cerebellum].

Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society
2016-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Watanabe T; Uesaka N; Kano M
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Naofumi Uesaka

The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 Mediates Experience-Dependent Maintenance of Mature Synaptic Connectivity in the Visual Thalamus.

Neuron
2016-08-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Madoka Narushima; Uchigashima M; Yagasaki Y; Harada T; Nagumo Y; Uesaka N; Kouichi Hashimoto; Atsu Aiba; Watanabe M; Mariko Miyata et al.
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Naofumi Uesaka

Retrograde signaling for climbing fiber synapse elimination.

Cerebellum (London, England)
2015-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Uchigashima M; Takayasu Mikuni; Hirokazu Hirai; Watanabe M; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

[Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse elimination in the Mammalian brain].

Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo
2014-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Kawata S; Kano M
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Naofumi Uesaka

Retrograde semaphorin signaling regulates synapse elimination in the developing mouse brain.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2014-05-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Uchigashima M; Takayasu Mikuni; Takanobu NAKAZAWA; Harumi Nakao; Hirokazu Hirai; Atsu Aiba; Watanabe M; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Arc/Arg3.1 is a postsynaptic mediator of activity-dependent synapse elimination in the developing cerebellum.

Neuron
2013-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Takayasu Mikuni; Uesaka N; HIROYUKI OKUNO; Hirokazu Hirai; Deisseroth K; Haruhiko Bito; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Organotypic coculture preparation for the study of developmental synapse elimination in mammalian brain.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
2012-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Uesaka N; Takayasu Mikuni; Kouichi Hashimoto; Hirokazu Hirai; Sakimura K; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Synapse type-independent degradation of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol after retrograde synaptic suppression.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2012-07-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Asami Tanimura; Uchigashima M; Yamazaki M; Uesaka N; Takayasu Mikuni; Abe M; Kouichi Hashimoto; Watanabe M; Sakimura K; Masanobu Kano
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Naofumi Uesaka

Role of pre- and postsynaptic activity in thalamocortical axon branching.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2010-04-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yamada A; Uesaka N; Hayano Y; Tabata T; Masanobu Kano; Nobuhiko Yamamoto
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Naofumi Uesaka

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