Shin‐ichi Higashijima

This study shows oxytocin signaling is essential for maturing TN-GnRH3 circuits and regulating mate preference in medaka, with C1q-dependent synaptic mechanisms involved.

This study shows larval zebrafish use a VCR-like behavior for head stabilization through specific body flexions and neural circuits, similar to mammals.

This study shows adult zebrafish use body flexion during roll tilts to control posture, similar to larvae, and swim bladder deflation impairs this recovery.

The paper shows that tau load in specific brainstem neurons predicts balance deficits before cell death in zebrafish.

The paper shows that later ablation of vestibulospinal neurons in larval zebrafish causes greater postural instability, indicating their role in developmental balance refinement.

The paper identifies evolutionary conserved and specialized pathways in the zebrafish cortico-basal ganglia circuit using transgenic tools and single-cell RNA sequencing.

This study shows that Pax3 and Pax7 work with Mitf to control melanophore and xanthophore development in medaka and zebrafish, revealing a conserved but complex regulatory network.

This study identifies neural circuits in larval zebrafish that enable vestibular-induced fine postural control through a body bend reflex.

This study identifies dscaml1 as critical for CRH neuron development and stress axis function in zebrafish, showing its role in regulating cell number and stress hormone levels.

The paper develops viral tools for conditional and transneuronal gene expression in zebrafish to study neuronal circuits.

The paper uses voltage imaging to identify spinal circuits in zebrafish that modulate locomotor adaptation by characterizing a novel sub-population of V3 neurons.

This study investigates how vestibulospinal neurons in larval zebrafish encode body tilt and contribute to movement timing, coordination, and posture stability.

This study demonstrates that convergence of otolith afferents with similar or differing preferred directions shapes the tuning complexity of central vestibular neurons in zebrafish.

The paper identifies two subclasses of V2b neurons in zebrafish that modulate locomotor speed through ipsilateral inhibition.