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Shigeo Okabe

RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceORCID 0000-0003-1216-8890Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 2, 2026

BMP4 Restricts Axonal Ramification and Bouton Density in Cholinergic Projections from the Basal Forebrain

Takahito Higashi, Yasushi Kobayashi, Akiko Seki…·Kiyomasa Nishii

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.30.755469

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedAug 11, 2026

Decoding spine nanostructure in cultured neurons derived from mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorder reveals a schizophrenia-linked role for Ecrg4

Yutaro Kashiwagi, Qingrui Liu, Yasuhiro Go…·Shigeo Okabe

The paper analyzes dendritic spine nanostructure in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders, identifying schizophrenia and autism-related spine morphology changes and a role for Ecrg4 in spine dynamics.

DOI 10.7554/elife.109083.4

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintMay 20, 2025

Intercellular communication in the brain via dendritic nanotubular network

Minhyeok Chang, Sarah Krüssel, Laxmi Kumar Parajuli…·Hyung‐Bae Kwon

This study identifies dendritic nanotubular networks in mammalian brains that facilitate intercellular communication and are implicated in Alzheimer's disease pathology.

1 citation

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedSep 1, 2023

Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment

Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori…·Michihiro Igarashi

The paper investigates brain pH and lactate levels in animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders, finding decreased pH and increased lactate levels as common features across multiple models.

18 citations

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