Wataru Ito

This study shows that an auditory conditioned stimulus induces affiliation in mice, revealing shared neural pathways for learned and innate threat responses.

This study investigates sex differences in fear synchrony between mouse dyads under stress and social conditions, finding sex-specific behavioral strategies and resilience in opposite-sex pairs.

This study investigates sex differences in socially coordinated fear responses in mice, finding that stress and unfamiliarity affect male and female dyads differently, with heterosexual pairs showing resilience.

The paper identifies somatostatin-expressing interneurons as a gatekeeper for LTP in the dmPFC-BLA pathway and demonstrates a method to induce LTP through their suppression.

The paper shows that observing fear in mice leads to silent synapses in the dmPFC-BLA pathway, which supports plasticity and enhances inhibitory avoidance memory consolidation.

The paper shows that overexpressing ChR2 in somatostatin-positive interneurons of the prefrontal cortex interferes with GABAb receptor-mediated suppression of GABA release.