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Neuroscience Research at Children's National Research Institute
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Glass MR, Waxman EA, Yamashita S, Lafferty M, Beltran A, Farah T, Patel NK, Matoba N, Ahmed S, Srivastava M, Drake E, Davis LT, Yeturi M, Sun K, Love MI, Hashimoto-Torii K*, French DL*, Stein JL*. Cross-site reproducibility of human cortical organoids reveals consistent cell type composition and architecture. bioRxiv. 2023 doi: 10.1101/2023.07.28.550873. Preprint.
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Dutta DJ, Sasaki J, Bansal A, Sugai K, Yamashita S, Lazarski C, Sasaki T, Carryl H, Suzuki R, Odawara M, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Rakic P, Torii M, Hashimoto-Torii K. Alternative splicing events as peripheral biomarkers for motor learning deficit in offspring exposed to adverse prenatal environments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Batabyal RA, Bansal A, Cechinel LR, Authelet K, Goldberg M, Nadler E, Keene CD, Jayadev D, Domoto-Reilly K, Li G, Peskind E, Hashimoto-Torii K, Buchwald D, Freishtat RJ. Adipocyte-derived small extracellular vesicles from patients with Alzheimer’s disease carry miRNAs predicted to target the CREB signaling pathway in neurons. Int J Mol Sci. 13;24(18):14024. 2023
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Nandkishore P, Matos H, Sebaoui S, Tsai L, Tran T, Aromolaran A, Atrachji I, Campbell N, Goodrich M, Hernandez-Pineda D, Herrero M, Lischinsky J, Martinez W, Torii S, Yamashita S, Sokolowski K, Esumi S, Imamura Y, Hashimoto-Torii K, Jones K, Corbin JG. Molecular diversity and connectivity of accessory olfactory system neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology
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Maeda T, Saric N, Somaa AF, Hsu C, Li J, Leonetti C, Stinnett GR, Ulrey R, Vyas P, Imamura KY, Hashimoto-torii K, Tu T-W, Wang PC, Hanley PJ, Frank JA, Gallo F, Jonas RA, Ishibashi N. Mesenchymal stromal cell delivery via cardiopulmonary bypass provides neuroprotection in a juvenile porcine model. JACC: Basic to Translational Science
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Hwang H, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Basha A, Mohammad S, Ito M, Hashimoto-Torii K. Fatty acid metabolism changes in association with neurobehavioral deficits in animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Commun. Biol. 6(1):736. 2023
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Kaji AA, Torii M, Ishii S. Caspase-3 inhibition toward perinatal protection of the developing brain from environmental stress. Dev Neurosci. 2023 Jan 13.
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Sarić, N., Jevtović-Todorović, V. and Ishibashi, N. Non-apoptotic caspases: neurotoxicity of a different kind. Trends Neurosci. S0166-2236(22)00058-3
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Bakalar, D., O'Reilly, J.J., Lacaille, H., Salzbank, J., Ellegood, J., Lerch, J.P., Sasaki, T., Imamura, Y., Hashimoto-Torii, K., Vacher , C-M., Penn, A.A. Lack of placental neurosteroid alters cortical development and female somatosensory function. Front. Endocrinol. 2022 Oct 13;13:972033.
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Abbah J, Vacher CM, Goldstein EZ, Li Z, Kundu S, Talbot B, Bhattacharya S, Hashimoto-Torii K, Wang L, Banerjee P, Scafidi J, Smith NA, Chew LJ, Gallo V. Oxidative Stress-Induced Damage to the Developing Hippocampus Is Mediated by GSK3β. J Neurosci. 2022 Jun 15;42(24):4812-4827.
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Hwang, H.M. and Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex ameliorates anxiety in a preclinical model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Transl. Psychiatry 2022 Jan 20;12(1):24
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Vacher, C.M., O’Reilly,J.J., Salzbank, J., Lacaille, H., Bakalar, D., Sebaoui-Illoul, S., Liere, P., Clarkson-Paredes, C., Sasaki, T., Imamura, Y., Sathyanesan, A., Kratimenos, P., Popratiloff, A., ., Gallo, V. Schumacher, M., Anna A. Penn. Placental neurosteroids shape cerebellar development and social behavior. Nat. Neuro. 2021 Oct;24(10):1392-1401
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Ishii S, Sasaki T, Mohammad S, Hwang H, Tomy E, Somaa F, Ishibashi N, Okano H, Rakic P, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. Primary cilia safeguard cortical neurons in neonatal mouse forebrain from environmental stress-induced dendritic degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jan 5;118(1):e2012482118.
Ku RY, Torii M. New Molecular Players in the Development of Callosal Projections. Cells. 2020 Dec 26;10(1):29.
Mohammad S, Page SJ, Sasaki T, Ayvazian N, Rakic P, Kawasawa YI, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. Long-term spatial tracking of cells affected by environmental insults. J Neurodev Disord. 2020 Dec 16;12(1):38.
Son AI, Mohammad S, Sasaki T, Ishii S, Yamashita S, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. Dual Role of Rbpj in the Maintenance of Neural Progenitor Cells and Neuronal Migration in Cortical Development. Cereb Cortex. 2020 Nov 3;30(12):6444-6457.
Mohammad S, Page SJ, Wang L, Ishii S, Li P, Sasaki T, Basha A, Salzberg A, Quezado Z, Imamura F, Nishi H, Isaka K, Corbin JG, Liu JS, Kawasawa YI, Torii M, Hashimoto-Torii K. Kcnn2 blockade reverses learning deficits in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Nat Neurosci. 2020 Apr;23(4):533-543.
Forbes TA, Goldstein EZ, Dupree JL, Jablonska B, Scafidi J, Adams KL, Imamura Y, Hashimoto-Torii K, Gallo V. Environmental enrichment ameliorates perinatal brain injury and promotes functional white matter recovery. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 19;11(1):964.
Gupta A, Bansal A, Hashimoto-Torii K. HSP70 and HSP90 in neurodegenerative diseases. Neurosci Lett. 2020 Jan 18;716:134678.
Hwang HM, Ku RY, Hashimoto-Torii K. Prenatal Environment That Affects Neuronal Migration. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2019 Jul 17;7:138.
Hashimoto-Torii K, Sasaki M, Chang YW, Hwang H, Waxman SG, Kocsis JD, Rakic P, Torii M. Detection of local and remote cellular damage caused by spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury using a heat shock signaling reporter system. IBRO Rep. 2018 Nov 6;5:91-98.
Oshigiri T, Sasaki T, Sasaki M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Nakazaki M, Oka S, Morita T, Hirota R, Yoshimoto M, Yamashita T, Hashimoto-Torii K, Honmou O. Intravenous Infusion of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Alters Motor Cortex Gene Expression in a Rat Model of Acute Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Feb 1;36(3):411-420.
Son AI, Opfermann JD, McCue C, Ziobro J, Abrahams JH 3rd, Jones K, Morton PD, Ishii S, Oluigbo C, Krieger A, Liu JS, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. An Implantable Micro-Caged Device for Direct Local Delivery of Agents. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 15;7(1):17624.
Kawasawa YI, Mohammad S, Son AI, Morizono H, Basha A, Salzberg AC, Torii M, Hashimoto-Torii K. Genome-wide profiling of differentially spliced mRNAs in human fetal cortical tissue exposed to alcohol. Alcohol. 2017 Aug;62:1-9.
Ho CY, Ames HM, Tipton A, Vezina G, Liu JS, Scafidi J, Torii M, Rodriguez FJ, du Plessis A, DeBiasi RL. Differential neuronal susceptibility and apoptosis in congenital Zika virus infection. Ann Neurol. 2017 Jul;82(1):121-127.
Ishii S, Torii M, Son AI, Rajendraprasad M, Morozov YM, Kawasawa YI, Salzberg AC, Fujimoto M, Brennand K, Nakai A, Mezger V, Gage FH, Rakic P, Hashimoto-Torii K. Variations in brain defects result from cellular mosaicism in the activation of heat shock signalling. Nat Commun. 2017 May 2;8:15157.
Son AI, Fu X, Suto F, Liu JS, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M. Proteome dynamics during postnatal mouse corpus callosum development. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 28;7:45359.
Torii M, Sasaki M, Chang YW, Ishii S, Waxman SG, Kocsis JD, Rakic P, Hashimoto-Torii K. Detection of vulnerable neurons damaged by environmental insults in utero. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 28;114(9):2367-2372.
King JR, Velasquez JC, Torii M, Bonnin A. Effect of Maternal ±Citalopram Exposure on P11 Expression and Neurogenesis in the Mouse Fetal Brain. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2017 May 17;8(5):1019-1025.
Son AI, Hashimoto-Torii K, Rakic P, Levitt P, Torii M. EphA4 has distinct functionality from EphA7 in the corticothalamic system during mouse brain development. J Comp Neurol. 2016 Jul 1;524(10):2080-92.
Ishii S, Hashimoto-Torii K. Impact of prenatal environmental stress on cortical development. Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 May 27;9:207.
El Fatimy R, Miozzo F, Le Mouël A, Abane R, Schwendimann L, Sabéran-Djoneidi D, de Thonel A, Massaoudi I, Paslaru L, Hashimoto-Torii K, Christians E, Rakic P, Gressens P, Mezger V. Heat shock factor 2 is a stress-responsive mediator of neuronal migration defects in models of fetal alcohol syndrome. EMBO Mol Med. 2014 Aug;6(8):1043-61.
Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M, Fujimoto M, Nakai A, El Fatimy R, Mezger V, Ju MJ, Ishii S, Chao SH, Brennand KJ, Gage FH, Rakic P. Roles of heat shock factor 1 in neuronal response to fetal environmental risks and its relevance to brain disorders. Neuron. 2014 May 7;82(3):560-72.
Brennand K, Savas JN, Kim Y, Tran N, Simone A, Hashimoto-Torii K, Beaumont KG, Kim HJ, Topol A, Ladran I, Abdelrahim M, Matikainen-Ankney B, Chao SH, Mrksich M, Rakic P, Fang G, Zhang B, Yates JR 3rd, Gage FH. Phenotypic differences in hiPSC NPCs derived from patients with schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;20(3):361-8.
Han K, Gennarino VA, Lee Y, Pang K, Hashimoto-Torii K, Choufani S, Raju CS, Oldham MC, Weksberg R, Rakic P, Liu Z, Zoghbi HY. Human-specific regulation of MeCP2 levels in fetal brains by microRNA miR-483-5p. Genes Dev. 2013 Mar 1;27(5):485-90.
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