Yuki Mochizuki
moon240.bsky.social
Yuki Mochizuki
@moon240.bsky.social
Ph.D
NMS postdoctoral fellow
Pinned
My first paper has been published!
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Distinct neural responses of ventromedial prefrontal cortex-projecting nucleus reuniens neurons during aversive memory extinction | Molecular Brain
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Reposted by Yuki Mochizuki
Female veterans with military sexual trauma history and posttraumatic stress disorder display impaired fear extinction learning
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
Redirecting
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June 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Yuki Mochizuki
🚨New paper alert! 🚨 Inactivation of the nucleus reuniens causes relapse of extinguished fear. Here we show this “circuit-induced relapse” depends on hippocampal fear memories and is mediated by hippocampal engrams. Congrats to the team!
Hippocampal ensembles regulate circuit-induced relapse of extinguished fear
Molecular Psychiatry - Hippocampal ensembles regulate circuit-induced relapse of extinguished fear
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May 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Yuki Mochizuki
The reuniens thalamus recruits recurrent excitation in the medial prefrontal cortex
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The reuniens thalamus recruits recurrent excitation in the medial prefrontal cortex | PNAS
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, decision making, and emotional regulation. While ventral CA1...
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March 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thrilled to see my colleague’s excellent paper out now!

Time- and sex-dependent effects of juvenile social isolation on mouse ... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Time- and sex-dependent effects of juvenile social isolation on mouse brain morphology
During early life stages, social isolation disrupts the proper brain growth and brain circuit formation, which is associated with the risk of mental d…
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March 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Reposted by Yuki Mochizuki
Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus
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Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus
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March 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Yuki Mochizuki
My first paper has been published!
rdcu.be/ecpZ1
Distinct neural responses of ventromedial prefrontal cortex-projecting nucleus reuniens neurons during aversive memory extinction | Molecular Brain
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March 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM