平野 匡佑 (ヒラノ キヨウスケ)
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- [Deep brain imaging by using GRIN lens].
Kyosuke Hirano, Hiroshi Nomura
Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica, 160, 1, 53, 57, 2025年, [国内誌]
日本語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Elucidating the neural mechanisms governing changes in individual animal behavior is a key goal in neuroscience. Such research has important implications for behavioral pharmacology and could lead to the development of treatments for psychiatric and neurological disorders. Given that the brain likely represents vast amounts of information through the combined activity of multiple neurons, studying these mechanisms requires the simultaneous recording of many neurons. Recent years have seen significant advancements in techniques for multi-cellular activity recording. Calcium imaging utilizing fluorescent sensors has emerged as a powerful method, enabling the concurrent acquisition of spatial arrangements and temporal activity changes in neuronal populations. This article focuses on deep brain imaging using GRIN lenses, particularly deep brain calcium imaging in freely behaving animals with miniaturized head-mounted microscopes. We compare the strengths and limitations of this approach to other calcium imaging methods, electrophysiological techniques, and fiber photometry. Finally, we discuss future developments in this field, including two-photon microscopy for imaging beyond cell bodies, membrane potential imaging using voltage sensors, and single-cell resolution manipulation of neural activity by integrating spatial light modulators and electrically tunable lenses. - Regulation of wakefulness by neurotensin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus
Fumito Naganuma, Mudasir Khanday, Sathyajit Sai Bandaru, Whidul Hasan, Kyosuke Hirano, Takeo Yoshikawa, Ramalingam Vetrivelan
Experimental Neurology, 383, 115035, 115035, Elsevier BV, 2025年01月
研究論文(学術雑誌) - Pharmacological inhibition of histamine N-methyltransferase extends wakefulness and suppresses cataplexy in a mouse model of narcolepsy
Fumito Naganuma, Birkan Girgin, Anne Bernadette S Agu, Kyosuke Hirano, Tadaho Nakamura, Kazuhiko Yanai, Ramalingam Vetrivelan, Takatoshi Mochizuki, Masashi Yanagisawa, Takeo Yoshikawa
SLEEP, 48, 1, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2024年10月23日
研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract
Histamine, a neurotransmitter, plays a predominant role in maintaining wakefulness. Furthermore, our previous studies showed that histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT), a histamine-metabolizing enzyme, is important for regulating brain histamine concentration. However, the effects of pharmacological HNMT inhibition on mouse behavior, including the sleep–wake cycle and cataplexy, in a mouse model of narcolepsy have not yet been investigated. In the present study, we investigated the effects of metoprine, an HNMT inhibitor with high blood-brain barrier permeability, in wild-type (WT) and orexin-deficient (OxKO) narcoleptic mice. Metoprine increased brain histamine concentration in a time- and dose-dependent manner without affecting peripheral histamine concentrations. Behavioral tests showed that metoprine increased locomotor activity in both novel and familiar environments, but did not alter anxiety-like behavior. Sleep analysis showed that metoprine increased wakefulness and decreased non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep through the activation of the histamine H1 receptor (H1R) in WT mice. In contrast, the reduction of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep by metoprine occurred independent of H1R. In OxKO mice, metoprine was found to prolong wakefulness and robustly suppress cataplexy. In addition, metoprine has a greater therapeutic effect on cataplexy than pitolisant, which induces histamine release in the brain and has been approved for patients with narcolepsy. These data demonstrate that HNMT inhibition has a strong effect on wakefulness, demonstrating therapeutic potential against cataplexy in narcolepsy. - The impact of pitolisant, an H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, on perirhinal cortex activity in individual neuron and neuronal population levels
Kyosuke Hirano, Yoshikazu Morishita, Masabumi Minami, Hiroshi Nomura
Scientific Reports, 12, 1, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022年05月12日
研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract
Histamine is a neurotransmitter that modulates neuronal activity and regulates various brain functions. Histamine H3 receptor (H3R) antagonists/inverse agonists enhance its release in most brain regions, including the cerebral cortex, which improves learning and memory and exerts an antiepileptic effect. However, the mechanism underlying the effect of H3R antagonists/inverse agonists on cortical neuronal activity in vivo remains unclear. Here, we show the mechanism by which pitolisant, an H3R antagonist/inverse agonist, influenced perirhinal cortex (PRh) activity in individual neuron and neuronal population levels. We monitored neuronal activity in the PRh of freely moving mice using in vivo Ca2+ imaging through a miniaturized one-photon microscope. Pitolisant increased the activity of some PRh neurons while decreasing the activity of others without affecting the mean neuronal activity across neurons. Moreover, it increases neuron pairs with synchronous activity in excitatory-responsive neuronal populations. Furthermore, machine learning analysis revealed that pitolisant altered the neuronal population activity. The changes in the population activity were dependent on the neurons that were excited and inhibited by pitolisant treatment. These findings indicate that pitolisant influences the activity of a subset of PRh neurons by increasing the synchronous activity and modifying the population activity.
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- 神経細胞に発現するヒスタミン代謝酵素の重要性について
平野 匡佑, 海老名 蓮, 長沼 史登, 吉川 雄朗
APPW2025, 2025年03月17日, 英語, ポスター発表
2025年03月18日 - 2025年03月19日 - 学習における複数の脳深部領域のセルアセンブリ
平野匡佑, 南雅文, 野村洋
第75回日本薬理学会北部会, 2024年09月21日, 日本語, 口頭発表(一般)
2024年09月21日 - 2024年09月21日 - 情動行動に関連する多領域の細胞集団活動
平野匡佑, 南雅文, 野村洋
情動研究会2024, 2024年09月17日, 日本語, 口頭発表(一般)
2024年09月17日 - 2024年09月18日 - 連合学習における多領域の神経集団活動
平野匡佑, 南雅文, 野村洋
第33回 神経行動薬理若手研究者の集い, 2023年12月13日, 口頭発表(一般)
2023年12月13日 - 2023年12月13日 - 連合学習時の多領域にわたる神経集団活動
平野 匡佑, 南 雅文, 野村 洋
NEURO2022, 2022年07月02日, 英語, ポスター発表
2022年06月30日 - 2022年07月03日 - ヒスタミン神経系による大脳皮質神経活動の調節
平野匡佑, 森下良一, 南雅文, 野村洋
時間生成学第2回領域会議, 2022年02月13日, 日本語, ポスター発表 - ヒスタミンH3受容体逆作動薬Pitolisantは、嗅周皮質の一部の細胞の活動、同期性を変化させ細胞集団全体の活動を調節する
平野 匡佑, 清水目 倫太郎, 南 雅文, 野村 洋
第140回 日本薬理学会近畿部会, 2021年11月13日, 日本語, 口頭発表(一般)
2021年11月13日 - 2021年11月13日 - ヒスタミンH3受容体逆アゴニストによる嗅周皮質神経活動の調節
平野匡佑, 久保絢女, 南雅文, 野村洋
日本薬学会北海道支部第148 回例会, 2021年05月22日, 日本語, 口頭発表(一般)
2021年05月22日 - 2021年05月22日 - ヒスタミンH3 受容体逆作動薬による嗅周皮質神経活動の調節作用
平野匡佑, 久保絢女, 南雅文, 野村洋
第30回神経行動薬理若手研究者の集い, 2021年03月03日
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科学研究費助成事業
2024年07月31日 - 2026年03月31日
平野 匡佑
日本学術振興会, 研究活動スタート支援, 北海道大学, 24K23228