Hiroshi Kawasaki

The paper identifies Adam23 as a non-canonical imprinted gene in ferrets, showing paternal expression and linking imprinting to gyrencephalic brain development.

This paper investigates how astrocytes influence cortical folding through tensile cues, finding that their proliferation in response to tension leads to deeper folds.

This study shows YAP activity is necessary and sufficient for basal progenitor proliferation and abundance in the developing neocortex, linking it to neocortical expansion during evolution.

The paper introduces a transposon-based system for genetic manipulation of the vertebrate CNS, enabling long-term conditional experiments across cell types and species.

This study shows that laminar positioning of cortical neurons affects dendritic and synaptic development, with misplaced neurons showing severe defects in dendrite and synapse formation.