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YAMAMOTO NAOKI
 
Organization
Faculty of Science Department of Biology Assistant Professor
School of Sciences Department of Biology（Concurrent）
Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences Department of Systems Life Sciences（Concurrent）
Title
Assistant Professor
Profile
Since April 2024, I have been appointed as an assistant professor at the Institute of Science’s Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory. I am researching how memories are formed at the neural circuit and cellular group levels, using mice as a model. In particular, I am interested in elucidating how ‘body memory’ affects higher brain functions and manifests as behavior.
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Degree

  • Doctor of Science

Research History

  • 2015-2018年 星薬科大学 先端生命科学研究センター 特任助教   

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme： Anatomical Structure for modular spatial information processing in the medical entorhinal cortex

    Keyword： Entorhinal cortex, ephrinB2, Grid cell

    Research period： 2018.4 - 2024.3

  • Research theme： Development of AAV-mediated epigenome editing with modified CRISPR/Cas9

    Keyword： Epigenome editing, AAV, CRISPR

    Research period： 2016.4 - 2018.3

  • Research theme： Functional long non-coding RNA for neural differentiation

    Keyword： long non-coding RNA, epigenetic

    Research period： 2009.4 - 2015.3

Awards

  • 田邊賞

    2021.4   日本毒性学会  

  • 日本学術振興会海外特別研究員

    2018.8   日本学術振興会  

  • 「特別奨励学生」「海外渡航奨励賞」卓越した大学院拠点形成支援

    2013.6   文部科学省  

  • 日本学術振興会特別研究員（DC1）

    2013.4   日本学術振興会  

Papers

  • Bidirectional promoters link cAMP signaling with irreversible differentiation through promoter-associated non-coding RNA (pancRNA) expression in PC12 cells Reviewed International journal

    @Naoki Yamamoto, Kiyokazu Agata, @Kinichi Nakashima, Takuya Imamura.

    Nucleic Acids Res   2016.6

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  • Inhibitory effects of extracts from Eucalyptus gunnii on α-synuclein amyloid fibrils

    So, M; Ono, M; Oogai, S; Kondo, M; Yamazaki, K; Nachtegael, C; Hamajima, H; Mutoh, R; Kato, M; Kawate, H; Oki, T; Kawata, Y; Kumamoto, S; Tokui, N; Takei, T; Shimizu, K; Inoue, A; Yamamoto, N; Unoki, M; Tanabe, K; Nakashima, K; Sasaki, H; Hojo, H; Nagata, Y; Suetake, I

    BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   2024.9   （ ISSN:0916-8451 eISSN:1347-6947 ）

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  • Chronic ingestion of soy peptide supplementation reduces aggressive behavior and abnormal fear memory caused by juvenile social isolation

    Tamura, H; Miyazaki, A; Kawamura, T; Gotoh, H; Yamamoto, N; Narita, M

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS   14 ( 1 )   11557   2024.5   （ ISSN:2045-2322 ）

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    Juvenile loneliness is a risk factor for psychopathology in later life. Deprivation of early social experience due to peer rejection has a detrimental impact on emotional and cognitive brain function in adulthood. Accumulating evidence indicates that soy peptides have many positive effects on higher brain function in rodents and humans. However, the effects of soy peptide use on juvenile social isolation are unknown. Here, we demonstrated that soy peptides reduced the deterioration of behavioral and cellular functions resulting from juvenile socially-isolated rearing. We found that prolonged social isolation post-weaning in male C57BL/6J mice resulted in higher aggression and impulsivity and fear memory deficits at 7 weeks of age, and that these behavioral abnormalities, except impulsivity, were mitigated by ingestion of soy peptides. Furthermore, we found that daily intake of soy peptides caused upregulation of postsynaptic density 95 in the medial prefrontal cortex and phosphorylation of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein in the hippocampus of socially isolated mice, increased phosphorylation of the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase in the hippocampus, and altered the microbiota composition. These results suggest that soy peptides have protective effects against juvenile social isolation-induced behavioral deficits via synaptic maturation and cellular functionalization.

    DOI： 10.1038/s41598-024-62534-w

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  • Outer layer of Vb neurons in medial entorhinal cortex project to hippocampal dentate gyrus in mice Invited Reviewed International journal

    Naoki Yamamoto, Jun Yokose, Kritika Ramesh, Takashi Kitamura, Sachie K Ogawa

    Molecular Brain   2024.2

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  • Optogenetic activation of dopamine D1 receptors in island cells of medial entorhinal cortex inhibits temporal association learning Invited Reviewed International journal

    Jun Yokose, @Naoki Yamamoto, Sachie K Ogawa, Takashi Kitamura

    Molecular brain   2023.9

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  • Entorhinal cortical Island cells regulate temporal association learning with long trace period Reviewed International journal

    Jun Yokose, William D Marks, @Naoki Yamamoto, Sachie K Ogawa, Takashi Kitamura

    Learning and Memory   2021.9

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  • Development of a new in vitro assay system for evaluating the effects of chemicals on DNA methylation Reviewed International journal

    Maky Ideta-Otsuka, Misato Miyai, @Naoki Yamamoto, Ayaka Tsuchimoto, Hideki Tamura, Kentaro Tanemura, Makoto Shibutani, Katsuhide Igarashi

    The Journal of Toxicological Sciences   2021.1

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  • Single-stranded noncoding RNAs mediate local epigenetic alterations at gene promoters in rat cell lines Reviewed International journal

    Junko Tomikawa, Hiroko Shimokawa, Masahiro Uesaka, @Naoki Yamamoto, Yuji Mori, Hiroko Tsukamura, Kei-ichiro Maeda, Takuya Imamura

    Journal of Biological Chemistry   2011.10

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Presentations

MISC

  • Complementary roles of differential medial entorhinal cortex inputs to the hippocampus for the formation and integration of temporal and contextual memory (Systems Neuroscience) Reviewed

    William D Marks, @Naoki Yamamoto, Takashi Kitamura

    European Journal of Neuroscience   2021.10

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  • Cell-type-specific optogenetic techniques reveal neural circuits crucial for episodic memories Reviewed

    @Naoki Yamamoto, William D Marks, Takashi Kitamura

    Springer Singapore   2021.8

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  • Roles of epigenetics in the neural stem cell and neuron Reviewed

    @Naoki Yamamoto, Masahiro Uesaka, Takuya Imamura, @Kinichi Nakashima

    Academic Press   2021.1

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  • Extra neural ensemble disrupts memory recall Reviewed

    Ryang Kim, Naoki Yamamoto, Takashi Kitamura

    Nature neuroscience   2020.8

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Professional Memberships

  • Japan Neuroscience Society

  • THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY

  • The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

Academic Activities

  • 科学的に頭を良くする方法

    2023.1

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  • チューター

    日本神経化学学会 若手キャリアセミナー  （ Japan ） 2022.7

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  • カンデル神経科学 日本語訳 第2版

    2021.10 - 2022.9

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Research Projects

  • 過去の出来事と現在の状況を統合し意思決定に導く神経回路基盤の解明

    2018 - 2019

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad

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    Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Joint research

  • 新規開発レポーターマウスを用いた実践的エピジェネティック毒性評価システムの確立

    2017 - 2020

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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    Authorship：Coinvestigator(s)  Grant type：Scientific research funding

  • 臨床応用を見据えた幼少期ストレス由来脳機能異常に対するエピゲノム治療研究

    2017 - 2018

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

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  • 非コードゲノム領域の強制転写技術を利用した革新的DNAメチル化制御技術の開発研究代表者

    2015 - 2016

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)

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    Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Scientific research funding

  • エピジェネティック毒性の通常毒性試験での検出を可能とするレポーターマウスの開発

    2013 - 2017

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

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    Authorship：Coinvestigator(s)  Grant type：Scientific research funding

  • 配列特異的DNA 脱メチル化を促す非コードRNA による哺乳類神経分化制御機構の解明

    2012 - 2015

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Research Fellowships for Young Scientists

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    Authorship：Principal investigator  Grant type：Joint research

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Class subject

  • 基礎科学実習

    2024.12 - 2025.2   Winter quarter

  • 自然科学総合実験

    2024.10 - 2024.12   Fall quarter

  • 自然科学総合実験

    2024.10 - 2024.12   Fall quarter

Travel Abroad

  • 2018.4 - 2024.3

    Staying countory name 1：United States   Staying institution name 1：The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center