{"title":"Enhancement of beta rebound elicited by proprioceptive stimulation in the sensorimotor cortex by transcranial alternating current stimulation matched to the dominant beta frequency","authors":"Mayu Akaiwa , Ryo Kurokawa , Yuya Matsuda , Yasushi Sugawara , Rin Kosuge , Hidekazu Saito , Eriko Shibata , Takeshi Sasaki , Kazuhiro Sugawara","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can modulate endogenous brain oscillations in a frequency-specific manner. Previous studies have reported that beta tACS modulates the excitability of primary motor cortex and improves task performance. Tactile and proprioceptive stimuli also elicit event-related synchronization of the beta rhythm in contralateral sensorimotor cortex, termed beta rebound, and a strong correlation was reported between proprioception-induced rebound strength and clinical recovery in stroke patients. We investigated the effects of tACS matched to the dominant beta frequency on the strength of proprioception-induced beta rebound.We recorded the beta rebound from 14 healthy young adults in response to passive index finger movement by electroencephalography to determine individual peak beta frequency. Electroencephalograms (EEG) were recorded during passive movements before and after active or sham tACS. We recorded beta rebound of all participants to determine their individual peak frequency of beta rebound prior to this experiment. Active tACS at individually matched frequencies increased beta rebound strength during subsequent passive movement compared to sham tACS in the majority of participants, while the remaining participants demonstrated no significant change or a decrease. These findings on healthy participants provide an essential foundation for further studies on the effects of beta frequency-matched tACS for stroke patient rehabilitation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104896"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143753639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.008
Norihito Uemura
{"title":"Fibril-seeded animal models of synucleinopathies: Pathological mechanisms, disease modeling, and therapeutic implications","authors":"Norihito Uemura","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accumulating evidence suggests that prion-like spread of misfolded α-Synuclein (αSyn) underlies the pathological progression of Lewy body diseases (LBD). Animal models injected with αSyn preformed fibrils (PFFs) have provided strong evidence for the prion hypothesis in LBD. Moreover, αSyn PFFs can be administered to various hosts and regions, contributing to the elucidation of pathological mechanisms and disease modeling. These models have also been used to identify biomarkers and develop new disease-modifying therapies for LBD. In contrast, it remains unknown how the prion-like properties of αSyn contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple system atrophy (MSA). Recent studies indicate that conformationally distinct αSyn fibrils induce different pathological features in animals, supporting the strain hypothesis, which suggests that conformational variations in αSyn fibrils contribute to the clinicopathological heterogeneity in synucleinopathies. However, the study of disease-specific αSyn fibrils in pathological mechanisms and disease modeling is still in its early stages. This review aims to highlight recent advances in αSyn fibril-seeded animal models with an emphasis on their unique features and utility in exploring pathological mechanisms and identifying novel disease-modifying therapies. In addition, I discuss future directions for refining these models in light of the emerging strain hypothesis in synucleinopathies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104905"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2024.12.004
Yifan Wang , Dayu Lin
{"title":"Stress and parental behaviors","authors":"Yifan Wang , Dayu Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In nearly all mammalian species, newborn pups are weak and vulnerable, relying heavily on care and protection from parents for survival. Thus, developmentally hardwired neural circuits are in place to ensure the timely expression of parental behaviors. Furthermore, several neurochemical systems, including estrogen, oxytocin, and dopamine, facilitate the emergence and expression of parental behaviors. However, stress can adversely affect these systems, impairing parental behaviors. In this review, we will summarize our current knowledge regarding the impact of stress on pup-directed behavior circuits that lead to infant neglect, abuse, and, in extreme cases, killing. We will discuss various stressors that influence parental behaviors at different life stages and how stress induces changes in the neurochemical systems that support parental care, ultimately leading to its poor performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104866"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-05-11DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.05.001
Jonathon Cavaleri , Shivani Sundaram , Roberto Martin Del Campo-Vera , Xiecheng Shao , Ryan S. Chung , Miguel Parra , Adith Swarup , Selena Zhang , Alexandra Kammen , Angad Gogia , Xenos Mason , Ryan McGinn , Christi Heck , Charles Y. Liu , Spencer S. Kellis , Brian Lee
{"title":"Beta-band power modulation in the human amygdala during a Direct Reach arm reaching task","authors":"Jonathon Cavaleri , Shivani Sundaram , Roberto Martin Del Campo-Vera , Xiecheng Shao , Ryan S. Chung , Miguel Parra , Adith Swarup , Selena Zhang , Alexandra Kammen , Angad Gogia , Xenos Mason , Ryan McGinn , Christi Heck , Charles Y. Liu , Spencer S. Kellis , Brian Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The human amygdala is primarily known for its involvement in processing emotional and fearful responses, but newer evidence has identified a role for this structure in motor processing. Our lab previously utilized an arm-reaching task and observed significant beta-band (13–30 Hz) modulation in the hippocampus. Given these results, we sought to characterize the role of beta-band modulation in the amygdala during movement execution in participants with stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) depth electrodes in the amygdala for seizure localization. We show that 9 of 13 participants (69.2 %) showed decreased beta-band power in the amygdala during the Response (movement execution) phase of an arm-reaching task when compared to Fixation (baseline). Secondary analyses show that there are no statistically significant differences in beta-band modulation between ipsilateral and contralateral implanted electrodes, but there is a small difference between male and female participants. The decrease in beta-band power in the amygdala during the Response phase of a Direct Reach task is consistent with our previous findings in the hippocampus. Our study is the first to report beta-band modulation in the amygdala during motor processing and sets the stage for further studies into the involvement of the amygdala in motor control.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104906"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.003
Takuma Kurachi , Kazutaka Shinozuka , Chihiro Yoshihara , Saori Yano-Nashimoto , Ayako Y. Murayama , Junichi Hata , Hideyuki Okano , Atsuko Saito , Kumi O. Kuroda
{"title":"Behavioral competition between infant care and sexual behavior in male but not female common marmosets","authors":"Takuma Kurachi , Kazutaka Shinozuka , Chihiro Yoshihara , Saori Yano-Nashimoto , Ayako Y. Murayama , Junichi Hata , Hideyuki Okano , Atsuko Saito , Kumi O. Kuroda","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sexual desire and parenthood sometimes compete in a sexually dimorphic manner, but the neural mechanism for this remains to be clarified. Here we show that, in the family-living primate common marmoset, fathers temporarily reduce infant care during the postpartum mating period leading to conception, whereas mothers do not. Functional suppression of the calcitonin receptor-expressing MPOA subregion (cMPOA) scalably disrupts infant care in both sexes and abolishes sexual behavior in males. The neuronal activation pattern induced by infant care is not identical to, but overlaps with that induced by male mating in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the forebrain. These data suggest that the commonality of the neural mechanism required for infant care and sexual behavior in the MPOA may lead to competition between these behaviors in fathers. Further studies are needed to identify the precise neuronal mechanism regulating this phenomenon in marmosets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104900"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.01.007
Kansai Fukumitsu , Chihiro Yoshihara , Arthur J. Huang , Thomas J. McHugh , Kumi O. Kuroda
{"title":"In vivo recording from calcitonin receptor-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area during affiliative social behaviors","authors":"Kansai Fukumitsu , Chihiro Yoshihara , Arthur J. Huang , Thomas J. McHugh , Kumi O. Kuroda","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social animals, including mice, are motivated to seek social contact and avoid being alone due to the benefit of the group living in survival and reproductive values. We have previously reported that pup exposure and co-housing with adult female mice can induce the expression of c-Fos in calcitonin receptor (Calcr) neurons located in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of female mice. These neurons mediate maternal and social contact behaviors among adult virgin females. However, the correlation of the activity of MPOA<sup>Calcr+</sup> neurons with specific social behaviors remains unclear. In this study, we used in vivo fiber photometry to study MPOA<sup>Calcr+</sup> neuron activity during affiliative social behaviors. We found that MPOA<sup>Calcr+</sup> neurons are activated during proactive contact with adult female mice but not during passive contact, suggesting that motivation to seek social contacts is associated with the activation of these neurons. MPOA<sup>Calcr+</sup> neurons are not activated during contact with non-social objects, such as novel foods and nesting materials, supporting their specific involvement in social behavior. Furthermore, these neurons are more robustly activated during alloparental behaviors such as pup retrieval. Overall, this study demonstrates the involvement of MPOA<sup>Calcr+</sup> neurons in motivated social interactions with pups and peer females.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104878"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.002
Petra Baum , Thomas Ebert , Nora Klöting , Sontje Krupka , Matthias König , Sabine Paeschke , Peggy Stock , Michal Bulc , Matthias Blüher , Katarzyna Palus , Marcin Nowicki , Joanna Kosacka
{"title":"Inflammation and autophagy in peripheral nerves of rodent models with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus","authors":"Petra Baum , Thomas Ebert , Nora Klöting , Sontje Krupka , Matthias König , Sabine Paeschke , Peggy Stock , Michal Bulc , Matthias Blüher , Katarzyna Palus , Marcin Nowicki , Joanna Kosacka","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are associated with inflammation and the accumulation of macrophages in peripheral nerves, which increases the risk of developing peripheral neuropathy (PN). We have previously investigated that macrophage infiltration in the peripheral nerves of animals with T2D (leptin-deficient <em>ob/ob</em> mice, leptin receptor-deficient <em>db/db</em>) correlated with PN, whereas this process in animals with MetS (Wistar Ottawa Karlsburg W (<em>RT1u</em>) <em>WOKW</em> rat) did not lead to neuropathic changes. Additional data presented in this study suggest an association between increased mRNA expression of the anti-inflammatory marker IL-10 and autophagy in the prevention of neuropathy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104899"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.006
Kaixi Li , Nan Li , Yuanyuan Chen , Xiangyu Li , Yanling Qiao , Dan Wang , Bin Di , Peng Xu
{"title":"A systematic study of changes in monoamine neurotransmitters in the rat brain following acute administration of alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), 5-methoxy-alpha-methyltryptamine (5-MeO-AMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DiPT)","authors":"Kaixi Li , Nan Li , Yuanyuan Chen , Xiangyu Li , Yanling Qiao , Dan Wang , Bin Di , Peng Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2025.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), 5-methoxy-alpha-methyltryptamine (5-MeO-AMT), and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DiPT) are three synthetic tryptamines with hallucinogenic properties that are widely abused worldwide. The hallucinogenic effects of tryptamines are primarily related to activation of the 5-HT receptor, and among the many subtypes of 5-HT receptors, the 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor is the key receptor for hallucinogenic effects. In the present study, the monoamine neurotransmitters DA and its metabolites 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA), 5-HT and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were systematically investigated in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), nucleus accumbent (NAc), dorsolateral striatum (DLS) and hippocampus (HIP) using a validated HPLC-ECD analytical method after administration of the three tryptamines at different doses. The results showed that the three tryptamines had certain effects and the effects were different in different brain regions and showed that AMT, 5-MeO-AMT and 5-MeO-DiPT had significant effects on monoaminergic neurotransmitters in rat brains. Among them, DAergic and serotonergic play important roles, and this study provides valuable information for further research on the neurochemical effects of tryptamine hallucinogens in the brain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"216 ","pages":"Article 104903"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.003
Ran Wang , Zhe Sage Chen
{"title":"Large-scale foundation models and generative AI for BigData neuroscience","authors":"Ran Wang , Zhe Sage Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent advances in machine learning have led to revolutionary breakthroughs in computer games, image and natural language understanding, and scientific discovery. Foundation models and large-scale language models (LLMs) have recently achieved human-like intelligence thanks to BigData. With the help of self-supervised learning (SSL) and transfer learning, these models may potentially reshape the landscapes of neuroscience research and make a significant impact on the future. Here we present a mini-review on recent advances in foundation models and generative AI models as well as their applications in neuroscience, including natural language and speech, semantic memory, brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), and data augmentation. We argue that this paradigm-shift framework will open new avenues for many neuroscience research directions and discuss the accompanying challenges and opportunities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"215 ","pages":"Pages 3-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience ResearchPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-15DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.004
Masayuki Sakamoto, Tatsushi Yokoyama
{"title":"Probing neuronal activity with genetically encoded calcium and voltage fluorescent indicators","authors":"Masayuki Sakamoto, Tatsushi Yokoyama","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Monitoring neural activity in individual neurons is crucial for understanding neural circuits and brain functions. The emergence of optical imaging technologies has dramatically transformed the field of neuroscience, enabling detailed observation of large-scale neuronal populations with both cellular and subcellular resolution. This transformation will be further accelerated by the integration of these imaging technologies and advanced big data analysis. Genetically encoded fluorescent indicators to detect neural activity with high signal-to-noise ratios are pivotal in this advancement. In recent years, these indicators have undergone significant developments, greatly enhancing the understanding of neural dynamics and networks. This review highlights the recent progress in genetically encoded calcium and voltage indicators and discusses the future direction of imaging techniques with big data analysis that deepens our understanding of the complexities of the brain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":"215 ","pages":"Pages 56-63"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141399282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}