Naotaka Nakazawa
naotaka-n.bsky.social
Naotaka Nakazawa
@naotaka-n.bsky.social
PI at Kindai University in Japan. Views are my own. | Mechanobiology, Developmental biology of nervous system, Tumour-cell invasion and migration
Our latest paper is out! We found that a mechanosensing mechanism of neurons is critical for their confined migration.

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PIEZO1-dependent mode switch of neuronal migration in heterogeneous microenvironments in the developing brain
Nakazawa et al. show that the cerebellar granule cell is equipped with multiple actomyosin engines to migrate in the heterogeneous microenvironment of developing brain tissue. In a 3D confined environ...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM