Yuka Imamura

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Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

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Recent Publications

Outer radial glia promotes white matter regeneration after neonatal brain injury

Jinnou, H., Rosko, L. M., Yamashita, S., Henmi, S., Prasad, J., Lam, V. K., Agaronyan, A., Tu, T. W., Imamura, Y., Kuboyama, K., Sawamoto, K., Hashimoto-Torii, K., Ishibashi, N. & Gallo, V., Mar 18 2025, In: Cell Reports Medicine. 6, 3, 101986.

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Prenatal alcohol exposure perturbs the development of radial glial cells in the fetal olfactory bulb

Kawasawa, Y. I., Hashimoto-Torii, K., Torii, M. & Imamura, F., Nov 2025, In: Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research. 49, 11, p. 2494-2501 8 p.

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Temporal changes in mouse hippocampus transcriptome after pilocarpine-induced seizures

Popova, E. Y., Kawasawa, Y. I., Leung, M. & Barnstable, C. J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18, 1384805.

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Connectivity and molecular profiles of Foxp2- and Dbx1-lineage neurons in the accessory olfactory bulb and medial amygdala

Prakash, N., Matos, H. Y., Sebaoui, S., Tsai, L., Tran, T., Aromolaran, A., Atrachji, I., Campbell, N., Goodrich, M., Hernandez-Pineda, D., Herrero, M. J., Hirata, T., Lischinsky, J., Martinez, W., Torii, S., Yamashita, S., Hosseini, H., Sokolowski, K., Esumi, S. & Kawasawa, Y. I. & 3 others, Hashimoto-Torii, K., Jones, K. S. & Corbin, J. G., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532, 2, e25545.

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Neuronally enriched microvesicle RNAs are differentially expressed in the serums of Parkinson’s patients

Aguilar, M. A., Ebanks, S., Markus, H., Lewis, M. M., Midya, V., Vrana, K., Huang, X., Hall, M. A. & Kawasawa, Y. I., 2023, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17, 1145923.

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Native American genetic ancestry and pigmentation allele contributions to skin color in a Caribbean population

Ang, K. C., Canfield, V. A., Foster, T. C., Harbaugh, T. D., Early, K. A., Harter, R. L., Reid, K. P., Leong, S. L., Kawasawa, Y. I., Liu, D. J., Hawley, J. W. & Cheng, K. C., Jun 9 2023, In: eLife. 12

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Neurexins in serotonergic neurons regulate neuronal survival, serotonin transmission, and complex mouse behaviors

Cheung, A., Konno, K., Imamura, Y., Matsui, A., Abe, M., Sakimura, K., Sasaoka, T., Uemura, T., Watanabe, M. & Futai, K., Jan 25 2023, In: eLife. 12

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Alternative splicing events as peripheral biomarkers for motor learning deficit caused by adverse prenatal environments

Dutta, D. J., Sasaki, J., Bansal, A., Sugai, K., Yamashita, S., Li, G., Lazarski, C., Wang, L., Sasaki, T., Yamashita, C., Carryl, H., Suzuki, R., Odawara, M., Kawasawa, Y. I., Rakic, P., Toriia, M. & Kazue, H. T., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 50, e2304074120.

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Fatty acid metabolism changes in association with neurobehavioral deficits in animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Hwang, H. M., Kawasawa, Y. I., Basha, A., Mohammad, S., Ito, M. & Hashimoto-Torii, K., Dec 2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 736.

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Objective and subjective measures of sleep initiation are differentially associated with DNA methylation in adolescents

Larsen, M., He, F., Kawasawa, Y. I., Berg, A., Vgontzas, A. N., Liao, D., Bixler, E. O. & Fernandez-Mendoza, J., Dec 2023, In: Clinical Epigenetics. 15, 1, 136.

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Treatment response to isotretinoin correlates with specific shifts in Cutibacterium acnes strain composition within the follicular microbiome

Nolan, Z. T., Banerjee, K., Cong, Z., Gettle, S. L., Longenecker, A. L., Kawasawa, Y. I., Zaenglein, A. L., Thiboutot, D. M., Agak, G. W., Zhan, X. & Nelson, A. M., Jul 2023, In: Experimental Dermatology. 32, 7, p. 955-964 10 p.

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Nutrient-regulated dynamics of chondroprogenitors in the postnatal murine growth plate

Oichi, T., Kodama, J., Wilson, K., Tian, H., Imamura Kawasawa, Y., Usami, Y., Oshima, Y., Saito, T., Tanaka, S., Iwamoto, M., Otsuru, S. & Enomoto-Iwamoto, M., Dec 2023, In: Bone Research. 11, 1, 20.

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Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Delivery Via Cardiopulmonary Bypass Provides Neuroprotection in a Juvenile Porcine Model

Sarkislali, K., Kobayashi, K., Sarić, N., Maeda, T., Henmi, S., Somaa, F. A., Bansal, A., Tu, S. C., Leonetti, C., Hsu, C. H., Li, J., Vyas, P., Kawasawa, Y. I., Tu, T. W., Wang, P. C., Hanley, P. J., Hashimoto-Torii, K., Frank, J. A., Jonas, R. A. & Ishibashi, N., Dec 2023, In: JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 8, 12, p. 1521-1535 15 p.

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Multiomics endotyping of preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension—A pilot study

Siddaiah, R., Oji-Mmuo, C., Aluquin, V. P. R., Kawasawa, Y. I., Donnelly, A., Rousselle, D., Fuentes, N., Austin, E. D. & Silveyra, P., Apr 2023, In: Pulmonary Circulation. 13, 2, e12232.

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Global role of IGF2BP1 in controlling the expression of Wnt/β-catenin-regulated genes in colorectal cancer cells

Singh, V., Walter, V., Elcheva, I., Imamura Kawasawa, Y. & Spiegelman, V. S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11, 1236356.

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