Haruhiko Bito

This study introduces an improved social learning test in mice that allows learning of valence-linked knowledge without firsthand experience, showing differential hippocampal involvement in learning and recall.

The paper examines IEG expression patterns in mouse visual cortex after visual and visuomotor experiences, finding differential IEG expression linked to activity types.

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.

This study uses orexin-Flp knock-in mice to distinguish orexin-dependent and -independent functions of orexin neurons, finding orexin is essential for sustained arousal and basic neuronal properties.

The paper uses two-photon imaging in transgenic mice to study how IEG expression and neural activity change in CA1 during learning, finding a correlation between IEG levels and learning-related activity changes.

The paper identifies a novel GABAergic neuron population in the olfactory cortex of mice that project to the lateral hypothalamus and integrate olfactory and top-down inputs.

The paper investigates visual responses of astrocytes in the mouse visual cortex and finds they respond with a 5-second delay relative to neurons.

The paper shows that local synaptic plasticity, mediated by Arc, coordinates potentiation and depression of adjacent spines to shape functional neuronal responses in vivo.

This study shows that increasing Arc expression in adult mice restores juvenile-like plasticity in the visual cortex, suggesting Arc plays a key role in age-related declines in neural plasticity.