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Tohru Kurotani

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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Neuroscience· 2 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Kazuhisa Sakai· 2 shared Noritaka IchinoheiD· 2 shared Akiko NakagamiiD· 1 shared Anna Maria Hadjiev· 1 shared Izuru Miyawaki· 1 shared Jun NoguchiiD· 1 shared Kayo Sumida· 1 shared Kazuo OkanoyaiD· 1 shared

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Heightened gaze responsiveness and mutual gaze instability at close distances characterize dyadic coordination in a marmoset model of autism

Madoka Nakamura, Tomoko Sato, Tohru Kurotani, Kazuhisa Sakai, Anna Maria Hadjiev, Shuntaro Sasai, Koki Mimura, Nobuyuki Kawai, Tsuyoshi Shimmura, Noritaka Ichinohe

This study examines dyadic coordination in a marmoset model of autism, finding heightened gaze responsiveness and unstable mutual gaze at close distances in affected pairs.

Scientific Reports · Oct 28, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Interval timing clock property in the rat granular retrosplenial cortex

Tohru Kurotani, Ken’ichi Nixima, Tomohiro Tanaka, Yoshio Sakurai, Kazuo Okanoya

This study investigates the role of the rat granular retrosplenial cortex in interval timing by analyzing neural activity during trace fear conditioning.

bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Distinct synaptic and related transcriptional abnormalities in neonatal, childhood and mature autism model of primate: implications for early-age therapeutic intervention

Satoshi Watanabe, Tohru Kurotani, Tomofumi Oga, Jun Noguchi, Risa Isoda, Akiko Nakagami, Kazuhisa Sakai, Keiko Nakagaki, Kayo Sumida, Kohei Hoshino, Koichi Saito, Izuru Miyawaki, Masayuki Sekiguchi, Keiji Wada, Takafumi Minamimoto, Noritaka Ichinohe

This study identifies distinct synaptic and gene expression abnormalities in primate ASD models across developmental stages, suggesting potential targets for early therapeutic intervention.

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience