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Masanari Ohtsuka

Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of TokyoORCID 0000-0002-7083-9325Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:perturbation response prediction· 1

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Haruo KasaiiD· 2 shared Hitoshi OkazakiiD· 2 shared Siqi ZhouiD· 2 shared Takeshi SawadaiD· 2 shared Tomoki Arima· 2 shared Atsushi MiyawakiiD· 1 shared Haruhiko BitoiD· 1 shared Hideyuki OkanoiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceeNeuroPeer-reviewedSep 1, 2026

uniSynK: a ratio-optimized bicistronic chemically induced dimerization tool for robust induction of dendritic spine enlargement

Kota Homma, Masanari Ohtsuka, Siqi Zhou…·Takeshi Sawada

The paper develops uniSynK, a single-vector chemogenetic tool that optimizes the expression ratio of two components to robustly induce dendritic spine enlargement with fewer off-target effects.

DOI 10.1523/eneuro.0157-26.2026

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 6, 2025

Rapid associative spine enlargement is required for cognitive function and stable wakefulness

Siqi Zhou, Takeshi Sawada, Hitoshi Okazaki…·Haruo Kasai

This study shows that rapid associative spine enlargement is necessary for maintaining cognitive function and stable wakefulness in mice.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.06.686434

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 29, 2021

Novel System to Monitor In Vivo Neural Graft Activity After Spinal Cord Injury

Kentaro Ago, Narihito Nagoshi, Kent Imaizumi…·Hideyuki Okano

This paper introduces a non-invasive in vivo imaging system to monitor neural graft activity after spinal cord injury and shows graft integration with host behavior.

DOI 10.1101/2021.08.29.458127

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