Peng Y#, Tsuno Y#, Maejima T, Wang M, Jung J, Matsui A, Mieda M.   (#equally contributed)
A GABAergic network from AVP- to VIP-neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus sets the timing of circadian behavior rhythms.
PLOS Biology, in press.

Wang M, Tsuno Y, Peng Y, Islam MT, Matsui A, Maejima T, Mieda M.
Neuronal feedback loop of the suprachiasmatic nucleus generates robust circadian rhythms.
Nature Communications, 17, 1505 (2026).
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Miura K, Morishige JI, Abe J, Xu P, Shi Y, Jing Z, Nagata N, Miyazaki R, Sakane N, Mieda M, Ono M, Maida Y, Fujiwara T, Fujiwara H, Ando H.
Imeglimin profoundly affects the circadian clock in mouse embryonic fibroblasts.
J Pharmacol Sci 153, 215-220 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.jphs.2023.10.001.

Onodera K, Tsuno Y, Hiraoka Y, Tanaka K, Maejima T, Mieda M.
In vivo recording of the circadian calcium rhythm in Prokineticin 2 neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Scientific Reports, 13, 16974 (2023) .

Ohno-Shosaku T, Yoneda M, Maejima T, Wang M, Kikuchi Y, Onodera K, Kanazawa Y, Takayama C, Mieda M.
Action sequence learning is impaired in genetically modified mice with the suppressed GABAergic transmission from the thalamic reticular nucleus to the thalamus.
Neuroscience, 532, 87-102 (2023) .

Tsuno Y, Peng Y, Horike S, Wang M, Matsui A, Yamagata K, Sugiyama M, Nakamura TJ, Daikoku T, Maejima T, Mieda M.
In vivo recording of suprachiasmatic nucleus dynamics reveals a dominant role of arginine vasopressin neurons in circadian pacesetting.
PLOS Biology 21, e3002281 (2023).
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Nomura S, Hosono T, Ono M, Daikoku T, Mieda M, Kagami K, Iizuka T, Chen Y, Shi Y, Morishige JI, Fujiwara T, Fujiwara H, Ando H.
J Nutr. S0022-3166(23)72424-3, (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.06.018. Online ahead of print.

Asano F, Kim SJ, Fujiyama T, Miyoshi C, Hotta-Hirashima N, Asama N, Iwasaki K, Kakizaki M, Mizuno S, Mieda M, Sugiyama F, Takahashi S, Shi S, Hirano A, Funato H, Yanagisawa M.
SIK3-HDAC4 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus regulates the timing of arousal at the dark onset and circadian period in mice.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120, e2218209120 (2023). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218209120.

Park G, Fukasawa K, Horie T, Masuo Y, Inaba Y, Tatsuno T, Yamada T, Tokumura K, Iwahashi S, Iezaki T, Kaneda K, Kato Y, Ishigaki Y, Mieda M, Tanaka T, Ogawa K, Ochi H, Sato S, Shi YB, Inoue H, Lee H, Hinoi E.
L-type amino acid transporter 1 in hypothalamic neurons in mice maintains energy and bone homeostasis.
JCI Insight, e154925 (2023). doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.154925.

Roboon J, Hattori T, Nguyen DT, Ishii H, Takarada-Iemata M, Kannon T, Hosomichi K, Maejima T, Saito K, Shinmyo Y, Mieda M, Tajima A, Kawasaki H, Hori O.
Isolation of ferret astrocytes reveals their morphological, transcriptional, and functional differences from mouse astrocytes.
Front Cell Neurosci, 16, 877131 (2022). doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.877131

Tonsfeldt KJ, Cui LJ, Lee J, Walbeek TJ, Brusman LE, Jin Y, Mieda M, Gorman MR, Mellon PL.
Female fertility does not require Bmal1 in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons expressing arginine vasopressin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, or neuromedin-S.
Front Endocrinol, 13:956169 (2022). doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.956169.

Islam MT, Rumpf F, Tsuno Y, Kodani S, Sakurai T, Matsui A, Maejima T, Mieda M.
Vasopressin neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus promote wakefulness via lateral hypothalamic orexin neurons.
Current Biology, 32, 3871-3885 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.020
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Islam MT, Maejima T, Matsui A, Mieda M.
Paraventricular hypothalamic vasopressin neurons induce self-grooming in mice.
Molecular Brain, 15:47, (2022).

Peng Y, Tsuno Y, Matsui A, Hiraoka Y, Tanaka K, Horike S, Daikoku T, Mieda M.
Cell type-specific genetic manipulation and impaired circadian rhythms in Vip-tTA knock-in mice.
Frontiers in Physiology, 13:895633, (2022). doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.895633

Hosono T, Ono M, Daikoku T, Mieda M, Nomura S, Kagami K, Iizuka T, Nakata R, Fujiwara T, Fujiwara H, Ando H.
Time-Restricted Feeding Regulates Circadian Rhythm of Murine Uterine Clock.
Curr Dev Nutr, 5, nzab064 (2021). doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab064.

Hasan N, Nagata N, Morishige JI, Islam MT, Jing Z, Harada KI, Mieda M, Ono M, Fujiwara H, Daikoku T, Fujiwara T, Maida Y, Ota T, Shimba S, Kaneko S, Fujimura A, Ando H.
Brown adipocyte-specific knockout of Bmal1 causes mild but significant thermogenesis impairment in mice.
Mol Metab, 49, 101202 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101202.

Maejima T, Tsuno Y, Miyazaki S, Tsuneoka Y, Hasegawa E, Islam MT, Enoki R, Nakamura TJ, Mieda M.
GABA from vasopressin neurons regulates the time at which suprachiasmatic nucleus molecular clocks enable circadian behavior.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 118, e2010168118 (2021)
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Shioda N, Imai Y, Yabuki Y, Sugimoto W, Yamaguchi K, Wang Y, Hikida T, Sasaoka T, Mieda M, Fukunaga K.
Dopamine D2L Receptor Deficiency Causes Stress Vulnerability through 5-HT1A Receptor Dysfunction in Serotonergic Neurons.
J Neurosci 39, 7551-7563 (2019). doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0079-19.2019.

Fujiwara T, Nakata R, Ono M, Mieda M, Ando H, Daikoku T, Fujiwara H.
Time Restriction of Food Intake During the Circadian Cycle Is a Possible Regulator of Reproductive Function in Postadolescent Female Rats.
Current Developments in Nutrition 3,nzy093 (2019)

Zhang T, Yanagida J, Kamii H, Wada S, Domoto M, Sasase H, Deyama S, Takarada T, Hinoi E, Sakimura K, Yamanaka A, Maejima T, Mieda M, Sakurai T, Nishitani N, Nagayasu K, Kaneko S, Minami M, Kaneda K.
Glutamatergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex mediate the formation and retrieval of cocaine-associated memories in mice.
Addict Biol. doi: 10.1111/adb.12723 (2019)

Rigney N, Whylings J, Mieda M, de Vries G, Petrulis A.
Sexually dimorphic vasopressin cells modulate social investigation and communication in sex-specific ways.
eNeuro, ENEURO.0415-18 (2019)

Saito Y*, Maejima T*, Nishitani M, Hasegawa E, Yanagawa Y, Mieda M, Sakurai T.
Monoamines Inhibit GABAergic Neurons in Ventrolateral Preoptic Area that make Direct Synaptic Connections to Hypothalamic Arousal Neurons.
J Neurosci 38, 6366-6378, (2018)
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Soya S, Takahashi TM, McHugh TJ, Maejima T, Herlitze S, Abe M, Sakimura K, Sakurai T.
Orexin modulates behavioral fear expression through the locus coeruleus. Nat Commun 8, 1606 (2017)

Nakazato R, Kawabe K, Yamada D, Ikeno S, Mieda M, Shimba S, Hinoi E, Yoneda Y, Takarada T.
Disruption of Bmal1 Impairs Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity via Pericyte Dysfunction.
J Neurosci37,10052-10062 (2017)

Hasegawa E, Maejima T, Yoshida T, Masseck OA, Herlitze S, Yoshioka M, Sakurai T, Mieda M*.
Serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe mediate the anticataplectic action of orexin neurons by reducing amygdala activity.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114, E3526-E3535 (2017)
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Tso CF, Simon T, Greenlaw AC, Puri T, Mieda M, Herzog ED.
Astrocytes Regulate Daily Rhythms in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Behavior.
Curr Biol 27, 1055-1061 (2017)

Takarada T, Xu C, Ochi H, Nakazato R, Yamada D, Nakamura S, Kodama A, Shimba S, Mieda M, Fukasawa K, Ozaki K, Iezaki T, Fujikawa K, Yoneda Y, Numano R, Hida A, Tei H, Takeda S, Hinoi E.
Bone Resorption Is Regulated by Circadian Clock in Osteoblasts.
J Bone Miner Res 32, 872-881 (2017)

Nakazato R, Hotta S, Yamada D, Kou M, Nakamura S, Takahata Y, Tei H, Numano R, Hida A, Shimba S, Mieda M, Hinoi E, Yoneda Y, Takarada T.
The intrinsic microglial clock system regulates interleukin-6 expression.
Glia 65, 198-208 (2017)

Mieda M*, Hasegawa E, Kessaris N, Sakurai T.
Fine-Tuning Circadian Rhythms: The Importance of Bmal1 Expression in the Ventral Forebrain.
Front Neurosci 11, 55 (2017)

Enoki R, Oda Y, Mieda M, Ono D, Honma S, Honma KI.
Synchronous circadian voltage rhythms with asynchronous calcium rhythms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114, E2476-E2485 (2017)

Okamoto K, Yamasaki M, Takao K, Soya S, Iwasaki M, Sasaki K, Magoori K, Sakakibara I, Miyakawa T, Mieda M, Watanabe M, Sakai J, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T.
QRFP-Deficient Mice Are Hypophagic, Lean, Hypoactive and Exhibit Increased Anxiety-Like Behavior.
PLoS One 11, e0164716 (2016)

Mieda M*, Okamoto H, Sakurai T.
Manipulating the Cellular Circadian Period of Arginine Vasopressin Neurons Alters the Behavioral Circadian Period.
Curr Biol 26, 2535-2542 (2016)
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Mieda M*, Ono D, Hasegawa E, Okamoto H, Honma K, Honma S, Sakurai T.
Cellular clocks in AVP neurons of the SCN are critical for interneuronal coupling regulating circadian behavior rhythm.
Neuron 85, 1103-1116 (2015)
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Hasegawa E, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T, Mieda M*.
Orexin neurons suppress narcolepsy via 2 distinct efferent pathways.
J Clin Invest 124, 604-616 (2014)
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Masseck OA, Spoida K, Dalkara D, Maejima T, Rubelowski JM, Wallhorn L, Deneris ES, Herlitze S.
Vertebrate cone opsins enable sustained and highly sensitive rapid control of Gi/o signaling in anxiety circuitry.
Neuron 81, 1263-1273 (2014)

Soya S, Shoji H, Hasegawa E, Hondo M, Miyakawa T, Yanagisawa M, Mieda M, Sakurai T.
Orexin receptor-1 in the locus coeruleus plays an important role in cue-dependent fear memory consolidation.
J Neurosci 33, 14549-14557 (2013)

Saito YC, Tsujino N, Hasegawa E, Akashi K, Abe M, Mieda M, Sakimura K, Sakurai T.
GABAergic neurons in the preoptic area send direct inhibitory projections to orexin neurons.
Front Neural Circuits 7, 192 (2013)

Furutani N, Hondo M, Kageyama H, Tsujino N, Mieda M, Yanagisawa M, Shioda S, Sakurai T.
Neurotensin co-expressed in orexin-producing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus plays an important role in regulation of sleep/wakefulness states.
PLoS One 8, e62391 (2013)

Maejima T, Wollenweber P, Teusner LU, Noebels JL, Herlitze S, Mark MD.
Postnatal loss of P/Q-type channels confined to rhombic-lip-derived neurons alters synaptic transmission at the parallel fiber to purkinje cell synapse and replicates genomic Cacna1a mutation phenotype of ataxia and seizures in mice.
J Neurosci 33, 5162-5174 (2013)

Maejima T, Masseck OA, Mark MD, Herlitze S.
Modulation of firing and synaptic transmission of serotonergic neurons by intrinsic G protein-coupled receptors and ion channels.
Front Integr Neurosci 7, 40 (2013)

Takarada T, Kodama A, Hotta S, Mieda M, Shimba S, Hinoi E, Yoneda Y.
Clock genes influence gene expression in growth plate and endochondral ossification in mice.
J Biol Chem 287, 36081-36095 (2012)

Sasaki K, Suzuki M, Mieda M*, Tsujino N, Roth B, Sakurai T*.
Pharmacogenetic modulation of orexin neurons alters sleep/wakefulness states in mice.
PLoS One 6, e20360 (2011)

Nagata-Kuroiwa R, Furutani N, Hara J, Hondo M, Ishii M, Abe T, Mieda M, Tsujino N, Motoike T, Yanagawa Y, Kuwaki T, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T.
Critical role of neuropeptides B/W receptor 1 signaling in social behavior and fear memory.
PLoS One 6, e16972 (2011)

Mieda M*, Sakurai T.
Bmal1 in the nervous system is essential for normal adaptation of circadian locomotor activity and food intake to periodic feeding.
J Neurosci 31, 15391-15396 (2011)

Mieda M*, Hasegawa E, Kisanuki YY, Sinton CM, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T*.
Differential roles of orexin receptor-1 and -2 in the regulation of non-REM and REM sleep.
J Neurosci 31, 6518-6526 (2011)

Mark MD, Maejima T, Kuckelsberg D, Yoo JW, Hyde RA, Shah V, Gutierrez D, Moreno RL, Kruse W, Noebels JL, Herlitze S.
Delayed postnatal loss of P/Q-type calcium channels recapitulates the absence epilepsy, dyskinesia, and ataxia phenotypes of genomic Cacna1a mutations.
J Neurosci 31, 4311-4326 (2011)

Gutierrez DV, Mark MD, Masseck O, Maejima T, Kuckelsberg D, Hyde RA, Krause M, Kruse W, Herlitze S.
Optogenetic control of motor coordination by Gi/o protein-coupled vertebrate rhodopsin in cerebellar Purkinje cells.
J Biol Chem 286, 25848-25858 (2011)

Oh E, Maejima T, Liu C, Deneris E, Herlitze S.
Substitution of 5-HT1A receptor signaling by a light-activated G protein-coupled receptor.
J Biol Chem 285, 30825-30836 (2010)

Liu C, Maejima T, Wyler SC, Casadesus G, Herlitze S, Deneris ES.
Pet-1 is required across different stages of life to regulate serotonergic function.
Nat Neurosci 13, 1190-1198 (2010)

Hashimotodani Y, Ohno-Shosaku T, Maejima T, Fukami K, Kano M.
Pharmacological evidence for the involvement of diacylglycerol lipase in depolarization-induced endocanabinoid release.
Neuropharmacology 54, 58-67 (2008)

Sato S, Hanada R, Kimura A, Abe T, Matsumoto T, Iwasaki M, Inose H, Ida T, Mieda M, Takeuchi Y, Fukumoto S, Fujita T, Kato S, Kangawa K, Kojima M, Shinomiya K, Takeda S.
Central control of bone remodeling by neuromedin U. Nat Med 13, 1234-1240 (2007)

Aoki M, Mieda M, Ikeda T, Hamada Y, Nakamura H, Okamoto H.
R-spondin3 is required for mouse placental development.
Dev Biol 301, 218-226 (2007)

Mieda M, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Tanaka K, Yanagisawa M.
The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus as a putative food-entrainable circadian pacemaker.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103, 12150-12155 (2006)

Matsugami TR, Tanemura K, Mieda M, Nakatomi R, Yamada K, Kondo T, Ogawa M, Obata K, Watanabe M, Hashikawa T, Tanaka K.
Indispensability of the glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT1 to brain development.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103, 12161-12166 (2006)

Kawamura Y, Fukaya M, Maejima T, Yoshida T, Miura E, Watanabe M, Ohno-Shosaku T, Kano M.
The CB1 cannabinoid receptor is the major cannabinoid receptor at excitatory presynaptic sites in the hippocampus and cerebellum.
J Neurosci 26, 2991-3001 (2006)

Maejima T, Oka S, Hashimotodani Y, Ohno-Shosaku T, Aiba A, Wu D, Waku K, Sugiura T, Kano M.
Synaptically driven endocannabinoid release requires Ca2+-assisted metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1 to phospholipase Cbeta4 signaling cascade in the cerebellum.
J Neurosci 25, 6826-6835 (2005)

Hashimotodani Y, Ohno-Shosaku T, Tsubokawa H, Ogata H, Emoto K, Maejima T, Araishi K, Shin HS, Kano M.
Phospholipase Cbeta serves as a coincidence detector through its Ca2+ dependency for triggering retrograde endocannabinoid signal.
Neuron 45, 257-268 (2005)

Mieda M, Willie JT, Hara J, Sinton CM, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
Orexin peptides prevent cataplexy and improve wakefulness in an orexin neuron-ablated model of narcolepsy in mice.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101, 4649-4654 (2004)

Mieda M, Williams SC, Sinton CM, Richardson JA, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
Orexin neurons function in an efferent pathway of a food-entrainable circadian oscillator in eliciting food-anticipatory activity and wakefulness.
J Neurosci 24, 10493-10501 (2004)

Yamanaka A, Beuckmann CT, Willie JT, Hara J, Tsujino N, Mieda M, Tominaga M, Yagami K, Sugiyama F, Goto K, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T.
Hypothalamic orexin neurons regulate arousal according to energy balance in mice.
Neuron 38, 701-713 (2003)

Georgescu D, Zachariou V, Barrot M, Mieda M, Willie JT, Eisch AJ, Yanagisawa M, Nestler EJ, DiLeone RJ.
Involvement of the lateral hypothalamic peptide orexin in morphine dependence and withdrawal.
J Neurosci 23, 3106-3111 (2003)

Yoshida T, Hashimoto K, Zimmer A, Maejima T, Araishi K, Kano M.
The cannabinoid CB1 receptor mediates retrograde signals for depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition in cerebellar Purkinje cells.
J Neurosci 22, 1690-1697 (2002)

Ohno-Shosaku T, Maejima T, Kano M.
Endogenous cannabinoids mediate retrograde signals from depolarized postsynaptic neurons to presynaptic terminals.
Neuron 29, 729-738 (2001)

Maejima T, Ohno-Shosaku T, Kano M.
Endogenous cannabinoid as a retrograde messenger from depolarized postsynaptic neurons to presynaptic terminals.
Neurosci Res 40, 205-210 (2001)

Maejima T, Hashimoto K, Yoshida T, Aiba A, Kano M.
Presynaptic inhibition caused by retrograde signal from metabotropic glutamate to cannabinoid receptors.
Neuron 31, 463-475 (2001)

Hirate Y, Mieda M, Harada T, Yamasu K, Okamoto H.
Identification of ephrin-A3 and novel genes specific to the midbrain-MHB in embryonic zebrafish by ordered differential display.
Mech Dev 107, 83-96 (2001)

Mieda M, Kikuchi Y, Hirate Y, Aoki M, Okamoto H.
Compartmentalized expression of zebrafish ten-m3 and ten-m4, homologues of the Drosophila ten(m)/odd Oz gene, in the central nervous system.
Mech Dev 87, 223-227 (1999)

Mieda M, Haga T, Saffen DW.
Expression of the rat m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene is regulated by the neuron-restrictive silencer element/repressor element 1.
J Biol Chem 272, 5854-5860 (1997)

Mieda M, Haga T, Saffen DW.
Promoter region of the rat m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene contains a cell type-specific silencer element.
J Biol Chem 271, 5177-5182 (1996)