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Rika Kitano

Kyoto Prefectural University

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1

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Kento OhbayashiiD· 2 shared Yusaku IwasakiiD· 2 shared Yuta MasudaiD· 2 shared Chikara AbeiD· 1 shared Hiroshi InoueiD· 1 shared Hirotaka NagaiiD· 1 shared Kengo Iba· 1 shared Mamoru TanidaiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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Lateralized vagal oxytocin signaling separately controls feeding and socioemotional functions via hypothalamic oxytocin signaling

Kengo Iba, Yuta Masuda, Rika Kitano, Kento Ohbayashi, Yukio Ago, Hirotaka Nagai, Tomoyuki Furuyashiki, Chikara Abe, Yusaku Iwasaki

This study shows that left and right vagal oxytocin signaling differentially control feeding and socioemotional behaviors via hypothalamic oxytocin neurons in mice.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology

A vagal sensory--hypothalamic oxytocin--brown adipose tissue pathway mediates cholecystokinin-induced thermogenesis

Yuta Masuda, Miyuki Kawase, Rika Kitano, Kento Ohbayashi, Toshiki Yabe‐Wada, Hiroshi Inoue, Mamoru Tanida, Yusaku Iwasaki

This study identifies a vagal sensory-hypothalamic oxytocin-brown adipose tissue pathway that mediates CCK-induced thermogenesis.

bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology