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Noriko Osumi

Noriko Osumi

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Noriko Osumi is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. This includes substantial work in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cancer Research.

The main topics addressed in their publications center around Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research. Additional research areas include MicroRNA in disease regulation, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and Renal and related cancers.

Recent papers by Noriko Osumi include the following:

  • Study Profile of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study, 2020, Journal of Epidemiology
  • Paternal age affects offspring via an epigenetic mechanism involving REST/NRSF, 2021, EMBO Reports
  • Sex differences in the effects of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on autism-related genes and their relationships with the hippocampus functions, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy promotes recovery from stroke by enhancing angio-neurogenesis in mice in vivo, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Synaptic pruning through glial synapse engulfment upon motor learning, 2022, Nature Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors in Noriko Osumi's collaborations include:

  • Takako Kikkawa (20 co-authored papers)
  • Hitoshi Inada (13 co-authored papers)
  • Misako Tatehana (6 co-authored papers)
  • Ryuichi Kimura (5 co-authored papers)
  • Shohei Ochi (5 co-authored papers)

Their research has been published repeatedly in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 5 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 4 publications
  • EMBO Reports with 3 publications
  • The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine with 3 publications
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology with 3 publications

Noriko Osumi was awarded the title of Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2012. Their work spans multiple aspects of molecular biology with an emphasis on neurodevelopmental and epigenetic mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Concise Review: Pax6 Transcription Factor Contributes to both Embryonic and Adult Neurogenesis as a Multifunctional Regulator

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  • Pax6 Is Required for Making Specific Subpopulations of Granule and Periglomerular Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb

    Minoree Kohwi;Noriko Osumi;John L. R. Rubenstein;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Cardiac neural crest cells contribute to the dormant multipotent stem cell in the mammalian heart

    Yuichi Tomita;Keisuke Matsumura;Yoshio Wakamatsu;Yumi Matsuzaki

  • The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Design and Mission

    Shinichi Kuriyama;Nobuo Yaegashi;Fuji Nagami;Tomohiko Arai

  • Mammalian ELAV-like neuronal RNA-binding proteins HuB and HuC promote neuronal development in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems

    Wado Akamatsu;Hirotaka J. Okano;Noriko Osumi;Takayoshi Inoue

  • Pax-6 is involved in the specification of hindbrain motor neuron subtype.

    Noriko Osumi;Arisa Hirota;Hideyo Ohuchi;Masato Nakafuku

  • Transcription factors Mash-1 and Prox-1 delineate early steps in differentiation of neural stem cells in the developing central nervous system

    Masa Aki Torii;Fumio Matsuzaki;Noriko Osumi;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Human mesenchymal stem cells in rodent whole-embryo culture are reprogrammed to contribute to kidney tissues

    Takashi Yokoo;Toya Ohashi;Jin Song Shen;Ken Sakurai

  • Cooperative action of Sox9, Snail2 and PKA signaling in early neural crest development.

    Daisuke Sakai;Takashi Suzuki;Noriko Osumi;Yoshio Wakamatsu

  • Fabp7 Maps to a Quantitative Trait Locus for a Schizophrenia Endophenotype

    Akiko Watanabe;Tomoko Toyota;Yuji Owada;Takeshi Hayashi

  • Fate mapping of the mouse prosencephalic neural plate

    Takayoshi Inoue;Shun Nakamura;Noriko Osumi

  • Bimodal functions of Notch-mediated signaling are involved in neural crest formation during avian ectoderm development

    Yukinori Endo;Noriko Osumi;Yoshio Wakamatsu;Yoshio Wakamatsu

  • Role of Fabp7, a Downstream Gene of Pax6, in the Maintenance of Neuroepithelial Cells during Early Embryonic Development of the Rat Cortex

    Yoko Arai;Nobuo Funatsu;Keiko Numayama-Tsuruta;Tadashi Nomura

  • Pax6 is required for production and maintenance of progenitor cells in postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Motoko Maekawa;Noriko Takashima;Noriko Takashima;Yoko Arai;Tadashi Nomura

  • Cohort Profile: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study): rationale, progress and perspective.

    Shinichi Kuriyama;Hirohito Metoki;Hirohito Metoki;Masahiro Kikuya;Masahiro Kikuya;Taku Obara

  • Role of cadherins in maintaining the compartment boundary between the cortex and striatum during development.

    Takayoshi Inoue;Taro Tanaka;Masatoshi Takeichi;Osamu Chisaka

  • Pax6 regulates specification of ventral neurone subtypes in the hindbrain by establishing progenitor domains

    Masanori Takahashi;Noriko Osumi

  • Multiple roles of Sox2, an HMG‐box transcription factor in avian neural crest development

    Yoshio Wakamatsu;Yoshio Wakamatsu;Yukinori Endo;Noriko Osumi;James A. Weston

  • Gene transfer into cultured mammalian embryos by electroporation.

    Noriko Osumi;Takayoshi Inoue

  • Genome-wide expression analysis detects eight genes with robust alterations specific to bipolar I disorder: relevance to neuronal network perturbation

    Noriaki Nakatani;Eiji Hattori;Tetsuo Ohnishi;Brian Dean

  • Study Profile of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study

    Atsushi Hozawa;Kozo Tanno;Naoki Nakaya;Naoki Nakaya;Tomohiro Nakamura

  • Ex vivo whole-embryo culture of caspase-8-deficient embryos normalize their aberrant phenotypes in the developing neural tube and heart

    K Sakamaki;T Inoue;M Asano;M Asano;K Sudo

  • Spatially- and temporally-restricted expression of meltrin alpha (ADAM12) and beta (ADAM19) in mouse embryo.

    Tomohiro Kurisaki;Aki Masuda;Noriko Osumi;Yo-ichi Nabeshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Takashi Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki Tohoku University
Tomohiro Kono
Tomohiro Kono Tokyo University of Agriculture
Kaoru Inokuchi
Kaoru Inokuchi University of Toyama
Yasuhisa Matsui
Yasuhisa Matsui Tohoku University
Daisuke Sakai
Daisuke Sakai Tokai University
Kazuto Kobayashi
Kazuto Kobayashi Fukushima Medical University
Jun-ichi Miyazaki
Jun-ichi Miyazaki Osaka University
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
Matsuhiko Nishizawa
Matsuhiko Nishizawa Tohoku University

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