Original Articles (*: co-first authors, #: co-corresponding authors)

Son S*, Nagahama K*, Lee J*, Jung K*, Kwak C, Kim J, Noh YW, Kim E, Lee S#, Kwon HB#, Heo WD#. Real-time visualization of structural dynamics of synapses in live cells in vivo. Nat. Methods. 2024 Feb;21(2):353-360. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-02122-4. Epub 2024 Jan 8. PMID: 38191933.

Obi-Nagata K, Suzuki N, Miyake R, MacDonald ML, Fish KN, Ozawa K, Nagahama K, Okimura T, Tanaka S, Kano M, Fukazawa Y, Sweet RA, Hayashi-Takagi A. Distorted neurocomputation by a small number of extra-large spines in psychiatric disorders. Sci. Adv. 2023 Jun 9;9(23):eade5973. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade5973. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37294752; PMCID: PMC10256173.

Hyun JH*, Nagahama K*, Namkung H*, Mignocchi N, Roh SE, Hannan P, Krüssel S, Kwak C, McElroy A, Liu B, Cui M, Lee S, Lee D, Huganir RL, Worley PF, Sawa A, Kwon HB. Tagging active neurons by soma-targeted Cal-Light. Nat. Commun. 2022 Dec 12;13(1):7692. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35406-y. PMID: 36509775; PMCID: PMC9744738.

Toriumi K, Berto S, Koike S, Usui N, Dan T, Suzuki K, Miyashita M, Horiuchi Y, Yoshikawa A, Asakura M, Nagahama K, Lin HC, Sugaya Y, Watanabe T, Kano M, Ogasawara Y, Miyata T, Itokawa M, Konopka G, Arai M. Combined glyoxalase 1 dysfunction and vitamin B6 deficiency in a schizophrenia model system causes mitochondrial dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex. Redox Biol. 2021 Sep;45:102057. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102057. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 34198071; PMCID: PMC8253914.

Nagahama K*#, Fujino S*, Watanabe T, Uesaka N, Kano M#. Combining electrophysiology and optogenetics for functional screening of pyramidal neurons in the mouse prefrontal cortex. STAR Protoc. 2021 Apr 15;2(2):100469. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100469. PMID: 33937875; PMCID: PMC8079664.

Sacai H, Sakoori K, Konno K, Nagahama K, Suzuki H, Watanabe T, Watanabe M, Uesaka N, Kano M. Autism spectrum disorder-like behavior caused by reduced excitatory synaptic transmission in pyramidal neurons of mouse prefrontal cortex. Nat. Commun. 2020 Oct 12;11(1):5140. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18861-3. PMID: 33046712; PMCID: PMC7552417.

Nagahama K, Sakoori K, Watanabe T, Kishi Y, Kawaji K, Koebis M, Nakao K, Gotoh Y, Aiba A, Uesaka N#, Kano M#. Setd1a Insufficiency in Mice Attenuates Excitatory Synaptic Function and Recapitulates Schizophrenia-Related Behavioral Abnormalities. Cell Rep. 2020 Sep 15;32(11):108126. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108126. PMID: 32937141.

Saito R, Koebis M, Nagai T, Shimizu K, Liao J, Wulaer B, Sugaya Y, Nagahama K, Uesaka N, Kushima I, Mori D, Maruyama K, Nakao K, Kurihara H, Yamada K, Kano M, Fukada Y, Ozaki N, Aiba A. Comprehensive analysis of a novel mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a model with the most common 3.0-Mb deletion at the human 22q11.2 locus. Transl. Psychiatry 2020 Feb 5;10(1):35. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0723-z. PMID: 32066675; PMCID: PMC7026107.

Review Articiles

Nagahama K*, Jung VH*, Kwon HB. Cutting-edge methodologies for tagging and tracing active neuronal coding in the brain. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2025 Jun;92:102997. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2025.102997. Epub 2025 Mar 8. PMID: 40056794; PMCID: PMC12162242.

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