Y Masuda
ma-su-da-19.bsky.social
Y Masuda
@ma-su-da-19.bsky.social
Post-doc fellow @ Kyoto Prefectural Univ. for Physiology; Ph.D. @ Waseda BTFL; JSPO- AT/ Kyoto, Japan
Midbrain's Edinger-Westphal nucleus: Urocortin-1 neurons activate with feeding, drinking, and stress. They suppress feeding & boost anxiety/aversion.
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#Neuroscience #StressResponse #BrainResearch #Urocortin
Edinger-Westphal Urocortin-1 neurons regulate consumption and affect
Bluett et al. generate a UcnCre mouse line, showing that Edinger-Westphal Urocortin-1 neuron activity exhibits a biphasic pattern during hedonic consumption and increases during active coping. The act...
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June 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Greg Suh Lab (Neuron) finds: Gut glucose sensing inhibits PVH CRF neurons (spinal nerve link), crucial for glucose intake. These neurons activate with fat, showing a bidirectional gut-brain response!
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#Neuroscience #GutBrainAxis #GlucoseMetabolism
Encoding the glucose identity by discrete hypothalamic neurons via the gut-brain axis
Animals need daily intakes of three macronutrients: sugar, protein, and fat. Under fasted conditions, however, animals prioritize sugar as a primary s…
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June 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Specialized neurons in the brain have been found to store “meal memories” — detailed records of the time and content of past meals.
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Ventral hippocampus neurons encode meal-related memory
Nature Communications - The ability to encode and recall information about food is critical for survival. We reveal that ventral hippocampus projections to the lateral hypothalamus encode...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hi Bluesky! I'm a physiology-focused researcher based in Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵.

Here I’ll post:
– preprints and papers (including mine)
– papers I find insightful
– thoughts on integrative physiology

#physiology #gutbrainaxis #feeding #earlycareerresearcher
June 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM