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Yasushi Hojo

Saitama Medical UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0977-792XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ayumi Hirao· 2 shared Gen MurakamiiD· 2 shared Miki Hashizume· 2 shared Naonori Uozumi· 2 shared Rina Ito· 2 shared Takayuki Murakoshi· 2 shared Arisa Munetomo· 1 shared Asami Kato· 1 shared

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MHC class II in dopaminergic neurons prunes GABAergic synapses in neurodevelopmental disorders

Gen Murakami, Masataka Hirasaki, Miki Hashizume, Ayumi Hirao, Rina Ito, Yasushi Hojo, Takanari Nakano, Naonori Uozumi, Takayuki Murakoshi

This study shows MHC class II upregulation in dopaminergic neurons due to maternal immune activation leads to reduced GABAergic synapses and behavioral deficits.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

The rhythmic bimodal sensory stimulation in synchronous manner entrains the network oscillation in basolateral amygdala

Miki Hashizume, Rina Ito, Ayumi Hirao, Yasushi Hojo, Gen Murakami, Takayuki Murakoshi, Naonori Uozumi

The paper shows that synchronous bimodal sensory stimulation at 5 Hz transiently increases the oscillation frequency in basolateral amygdala neurons.

bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Age-related decline of synaptic plasticity is regulated by neuro-androgen and neuro-estrogen in normal aging of hippocampus

Suguru Kawato, Yasushi Hojo, Mari Ogiue‐Ikeda, Mika Soma, Minoru Saito, Jonghyuk Kim, Arisa Munetomo, Shimpei Higo, Hirotaka Ishii, Asami Kato, Hideo Mukai, Ayako Hiragushi, Takuji Shirasawa, Takahiko Shimizu, Shigeo Horie

The paper shows that age-related decline in hippocampal dendritic spine density in male rats is linked to decreased neuro-androgen levels and partially offset by estrogen.

bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience