Takuya Osakada

Our study during my postdoc training has finally come out! Hypothalamic oxytocin signaling is important to learn superior conspecifics in social hierarchy. Thank you so much for generous support from all the members of @moccalin lab and U19 OXT in NYULMC! nature.com/articles/s4158…

What has changed in mama bear brain (well, actually mice) to make her risk her life to attack a potential threat and protect her young? Oxytocin is the key! Happy to share our new study led by two awesome postdocs: Takashi Yamaguchi and Rongzhen Yan. nature.com/articles/s4158…

The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain. Explore this free and open resource at: knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes #BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek

Astrocytes enable amygdala neural representations supporting memory nature.com/articles/s4158…

We just published our Science Advances paper introducing YORU, an AI tool for real-time animal behavior detection using an object-based approach—built for closed-loop experiments and precise feedback at the moment a behavior occurs. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #Neuroethology

Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research go.nature.com/4qses4u

My Own Lab at Westlake University is OPEN! We are recruiting cool people at all levels NOW! By tinkering behaviors and neural circuits in distinct animal species (mouse, sugar glider, etc), we are exploring new ways of doing social neuroscience in vivo, in silico and at home!

Online now: Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum dlvr.it/TNRPCh

Our next profile is here! Dr. Christine Constantinople (@constan_lab) studies the neural mechanisms of decision-making. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠 storiesofwin.org/profiles/2025/… #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuro

More than thrilled to announce that I will open my lab @IRIS_UNIST (unist.ac.kr/about-unist/) in South Korea early 2026! Our lab (sites.google.com/view/nagahama-…) will explore biological commonalities across diverse psychiatric and neurological disorders at cellular and synaptic scales.

【Session】C-04 Neuroscience at the Cutting Edge: Insights from Rising Researchers Oct 1, 13:30-15:00/Room202A Two young researchers who have recently published their findings in top science journals share the latest insights. tsukuba-conference.com/sessions/c-04 #TsukubaConference

🔥A new study led by @FelixFelxfel lab at @NeuroAlc is published on @NatureComms 🔝 Researchers show how an autism-linked mutation reduces vasopressin and alters social behavior More info 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos/i…

Our latest study, “Parvalbumin interneurons in the insular cortex control social familiarity and emotion recognition “, has just been published in Cell Reports. doi.org/10.1016/j.celr…

【生化学】 創刊100周年「生化学」誌97巻4号電子版が発刊されました。 「生化学」誌は今年、創刊100周年を迎えました。 特別企画も通年掲載いたしますのでぜひご覧ください。 seikagaku.jbsoc.or.jp

Our short commentary introducing Ding Liu et al. (Nature), the amazing work identified ‘loneliness’ neurons, was featured in Jikken Igaku (Experimental Medicine). The writing done by a talented postdoc, Takehiro @take_asai. Please check this out if any chance (only in Japanese)!

Excited to share that our paper is now published! Together with Aki Watarai, we have discovered how the mouse brain integrates multiple social features, such as sex, into cohesive social memories. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

My pre-PhD work is out @CurrentBiology! We studied Alston’s singing mice, neotropical rodent that produces loud, human-audible 'songs' and engages in vocal turn-taking. Using thermal imaging in semi-natural arena, we probed song use across social contexts. cell.com/current-biolog…

Want to test the effect of events/behavior at every trial time-point in photometry analyses? Paper with @erjiastats, @LovingerDavid, @fpereira. “A Statistical Framework for Analysis of Trial-Level Temporal Dynamics in Fiber Photometry Experiments.” python and R packages! 1/13

Congrats to Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee for being named a 2025 Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Science!  🎉 cshl.edu/banerjee-named…

If you are interested in what happens deep in the brain during puberty, please check our new paper in @NeuroCellPress. We visualize how nutritional status shapes sexual maturation in female mice.

Antipsychotics are often prescribed to suppress hyperaggression. Do they really suppress aggression or just cause sedation? Antipsychotics target dopamine receptors. Our new study, published today @Nature, uncovered the role of dopamine in aggression. nature.com/articles/s4158…