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2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Neuroendocrinology of Social Behavior

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H05724
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

小川 園子  筑波大学, 人間系, 教授 (50396610)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小出 剛  国立遺伝学研究所, 遺伝形質研究系, 准教授 (20221955)
坂本 浩隆  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 准教授 (20363971)
高橋 阿貴  筑波大学, 人間系, 准教授 (30581764)
Pavlides C  筑波大学, 人間系, 教授 (50712808)
塚原 伸治  埼玉大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (90318824)
Project Period (FY) 2015-05-29 – 2020-03-31
Keywords性ステロイドホルモン / エストラジオールとテストステロン / エストロゲン受容体アルファとベータの局在と機能 / 社会行動の調節を司る神経ネットワーク / 雌雄の各々に特徴的な性・攻撃・養育関連行動 / 社会的探索・不安・選好性の測定 / 行動と脳機能の性分化に果たす思春期の役割 / 視床下部・大脳辺縁系・中脳背側縫線核
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

エストロゲン受容体、アルファ(ERa)とベータ(ERb)は、性ステロイドホルモンによる社会行動の発現制御・調節に重要な役割を果たしている。本研究では、性ステロイドホルモンが、脳内のどこで、いつ、どのようにERaあるいはERbに作用することによって、社会行動の神経基盤が形成され、適応的な行動表出とその個体差や多様性が生み出されるのかについて、マウスモデルを用いて解析した。ERa、ERbの各々を発現する細胞の神経活動を特異的に操作、記録するために、すでに他のグループによって開発されたERa-CreマウスをJAX Laboratoryから導入すると共に、ERb-Creマウスを新たに作製した。これらのマウスを用いて、(1)ERa、ERb発現神経細胞の神経投射領域の解析、(2)光遺伝学、DREADD法を用いたERa、ERb発現細胞の神経活動の操作による行動の変容の解析、(3)ファイバーフォトメトリーを用いたカルシウムイメージング法による社会行動表出中のERa、ERb発現細胞の神経活動の測定を進めた。最終年度の研究では、雄マウスが発情雌に対して示す選好性の制御における内側扁桃体のERb発現細胞の役割とその投射経路、雌マウスの性的受容性の調節に果たす背側縫線核に局在するERb発現細胞の役割、及び雄マウスの社会的不安行動の抑制に果たす外側中隔のERb発現細胞の役割を中心に解析した。その結果、これまで報告されていなかったERbの役割とその作用機序に関する新たな知見が得られた。これまでの一連の解析の結果から、社会行動の制御・調節において、ERaとERbとの間には明確な役割分担があり、主に視床下部に局在するERaが行動表出のON-OFF決定に関わるのに対し、大脳辺縁系や中脳に局在するERbは、社会的選好性や社会的不安関連行動の発現レベルやタイミングの調節に関わっていると結論された。

Research Progress Status

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

  • Research Products

    (66 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 9 results) Presentation (47 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 29 results,  Invited: 11 results) Remarks (2 results) Funded Workshop (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Sao Paulo(ブラジル)

    • Country Name
      BRAZIL
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Sao Paulo
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Tromso(ノルウェー)

    • Country Name
      NORWAY
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Tromso
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Cornell University/Emory University/Rockefeller University(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      Cornell University/Emory University/Rockefeller University
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Reading University(英国)

    • Country Name
      UNITED KINGDOM
    • Counterpart Institution
      Reading University
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Monash University, Malaysia(マレーシア)

    • Country Name
      MALAYSIA
    • Counterpart Institution
      Monash University, Malaysia
  • [Journal Article] Neuronal activation of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area in female and male rats during copulation and its sex differences.2021

    • Author(s)
      Morishita M, Kamada A, Tsukahara S
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Letters

      Volume: 755 Pages: 135915

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135915

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Combined change of behavioral traits for domestication and gene‐networks in mice selectively bred for active tameness.2021

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto Y, Nagayama H, Akaoka H, Toyoda A, Goto T, Koide T
    • Journal Title

      Genes, Brain and Behavior

      Volume: 20 Pages: e12721

    • DOI

      10.1111/gbb.12721

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Estrogenic regulation of social behavior and sexually dimorphic brain formation.2020

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S, Tsukahara S, Choleris E, Vasudevan N
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review

      Volume: 110 Pages: 46-59

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.10.012

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Detection and characterization of estrogen receptor beta expression in the brain with newly developed transgenic mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Sagoshi S, Maejima S, Morishita M, Takenawa S, Otubo A, Takanami K, Sakamoto T, Sakamoto H, Tsukahara S, Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience

      Volume: 438 Pages: 182-197

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.04.047

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Actions of peripubertal gonadal steroids in the formation of sexually dimorphic brain regions in mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Morishita M, Koiso R, Tsukahara S
    • Journal Title

      Endocrinology

      Volume: 161 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1210/endocr/bqaa063

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sexually dimorphic formation of the preoptic area and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis by neuroestrogens.2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsukahara S, Morishita M
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Neuroscience

      Volume: 14 Pages: 797

    • DOI

      10.3389/ fnins.2020.00797

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The glutamatergic system in the preoptic area is involved in the retention of maternal behavior in maternally experienced female rats.2020

    • Author(s)
      Okino E, Morita S, Hoshikawa Y, Tsukahara S
    • Journal Title

      Psychoneuroendocrinology

      Volume: 120 Pages: 104792

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104792

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Estrogen receptor a and b in the central amygdala and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus: Sociosexual behaviors, fear and arousal in female rats during emotionally challenging events.2019

    • Author(s)
      Le Moene O, Stavarache M, Ogawa S, Musatov S, Agmo A
    • Journal Title

      Behavioural Brain Research

      Volume: 367 Pages: 128-142

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbr.2019.03.045.

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 性ステロイドホルモンによる社会行動神経ネットワークの構築と機能調節2019

    • Author(s)
      小川園子・佐野一広
    • Journal Title

      細胞

      Volume: 51 Pages: 41-43

  • [Journal Article] Region-specific effects of copulation on dendritic spine morphology and gene expression related to spinogenesis in the medial preoptic nucleus of male rats2019

    • Author(s)
      Nakashima S, Morisita M, Ueno K, Tsukahara S
    • Journal Title

      Psychoneuroendocrinology

      Volume: 108 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.025

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Newly identified role of estrogen receptor b expressing neurons in social behavior neural network2022

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Sex and age difference in the distribution of estrogen receptors throughout the development.2022

    • Author(s)
      Moraes L, Hatsukano T, Sano K, Nakata M, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Role of estrogen receptor beta expressing neurons in the medial amygdala in the control of sexual preference in male mice.2022

    • Author(s)
      Takenawa S, Nagasawa Y, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A histological study of vasoactive intestinal peptide neurons establishing sexually dimorphisms in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in mice.2022

    • Author(s)
      Arai H, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of growth environment on sexual activity in transsexual female rats.2022

    • Author(s)
      Wakayama K, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Role of calbindin neurons establishing sexually dimorphism of the medial preoptic area in the control of male sexual behavior.2022

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi K, Mitsuzuka M, Morishita M, Tsuneoka Y, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Role of estrogen receptor beta-expressing neurons in the neural networks of social behaviour.2022

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S, Takenawa S, Murakawa T, Hasunuma K, Moraes L, Sagoshi S, Nakata M, Sano K.
    • Organizer
      Tthe 11th International Meeting on Steroids and Nervous System.
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Effect of Esr1 polymorphisms in maternal behavior in mouse.2021

    • Author(s)
      Devi L, Tanave A, Imai Y, Koide T
    • Organizer
      The 50th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Estrogen receptor beta-expressing cells in the dorsal raphe nucleus play a role in etsrous cycle-stage dependent expression of lordosis behavior in female mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Murakawa T, Hata K, Sano K, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] Lateral septum estrogen receptor b is involved in the regulation of aggressive behavior and social anxiety in male mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Hasunuma K, Sano K, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] The distribution of Estrogen Receptors expression throughout development.2021

    • Author(s)
      Moraes L, Sano K, Nakata M, .Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] 内側視索前野の性的二型性を確立するニューロンの形態学的特性、生理機能および性差構築機構の解析2021

    • Author(s)
      森下雅大、三塚萌理、小野浩太、恒岡洋右、堀尾修平、加藤成樹、小林和人、塚原伸治
    • Organizer
      第47回日本神経内分泌学会学術集会
  • [Presentation] 雌マウスの背側縫線核に局在するエストロゲン受容体β陽性神経細胞の神経投射先の解析2021

    • Author(s)
      木暮理沙, 村川友哲, 小川園子
    • Organizer
      第34回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] Life-long hormonal action on social brain2021

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      Tsukuba Conference, 2021
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Newly identified function of estrogen receptor beta in neural networks for social behavior.2021

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Distribution and neuronal projection patterns of estrogen receptor a and b expressing cells in the lateral septum in male mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Hasunuma K,Sano K, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Morphology and physiological function of calbindin neuronsin the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Ono K, Morishita M, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on “Emergence of Life-Nano-Bio Science"
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Involvement of calbindin neurons in sexually dimorphic nuclei on the control of social behaviors in male and female mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuzuka M, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on “Emergence of Life-Nano-Bio Science"
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A histological analysis of sex hormone receptors in the sexually dimorphic nucleus in pubertal mice.2021

    • Author(s)
      Koiso R, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on “Emergence of Life-Nano-Bio Science"
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Newly identified function of estrogen receptor beta in social behavioral neural networks.2021

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      East/South East Asia Social Brain Symposium
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Excitatory Neural Activity of Estrogen Receptor b+ Cells in the Dorsal Raphe Nuclues Reduces Lordosis in Estrous Female Mice2020

    • Author(s)
      Hata K, Murakawa T, Sano K, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 80th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] 雄マウスの社会的選好性を司る内側扁桃体エストロゲンβ陽性細胞の機能 (1)行動中の神経活動の記録および神経活動抑制が行動に及ぼす影響の検討2020

    • Author(s)
      武縄聡、長澤裕太郎、 佐野一広、高橋阿貴、小川園子
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] 雄マウスの社会的選好性を司る内側扁桃体エストロゲンβ陽性細胞の機能 (2)オプトジェネティクスによる神経活動の活性化が下流脳領域の活動および行動に及ぼす影響の検討2020

    • Author(s)
      長澤裕太郎、 武縄聡、佐野一広、高橋阿貴、小川園子
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] 排卵期の翌日に雌の性行動が抑制される神経内分泌学的メカニズムの検討2020

    • Author(s)
      村川友哲、武縄聡、佐野一広、小川 園子
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] 外側中隔におけるエストロゲン受容体αとβの分布パターンの比較2020

    • Author(s)
      蓮沼寛介、佐野一広、高橋阿貴、小川園子
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] 形態学的な性差と領域特性を示すGABA作動性カルビンディンニューロンの生理機能の探索2020

    • Author(s)
      三塚萌理、森下雅大、小野浩太、塚原伸治
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] 中脳腹側被蓋野へ投射する内則視索前野のカルビンディンニューロンは勃起の制御に関与する2020

    • Author(s)
      森下雅大、三塚萌理、恒岡洋右、塚原伸治
    • Organizer
      第32回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] Role of ER beta neurons in the medial amygdala for the formation of social preference in male mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Takenawa S, Nagasawa Y, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Expression and function of estrogen receptor beta in social behavioral neural networks in mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S, Sagoshi S, Takanawa S
    • Organizer
      FENS 2020
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 社会行動神経ネットワークにおけるエストロゲン受容体ベータの発現とその機能2020

    • Author(s)
      小川園子
    • Organizer
      第50回日本神経精神薬理学会年会・第42回日本生物学的精神医学会・第4回日本精神薬学会総会・学術集会
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Sexually dimorphic neural projections of calbindin-D28K neurons in the medial preoptic area of mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Morishita M, Ono K, Tsuneoka Y, Horio S, Kato S, Kobayashi K, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 97th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural networks for the regulation of sex-typical social behavior.2019

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 7th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society of China
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Activities of ERb+ neuron in the DRN regulate the lordosis as estrus cycle dependent manner.2019

    • Author(s)
      Murakawa T, Sano K, Takenawa S, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 79th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] Role of ER beta neurons in the medial amygdala for the formation of social preference.2019

    • Author(s)
      Takenawa S, Nagasawa Y, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 79th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Psychology
  • [Presentation] Life-long action of steroid hormones on neural networks of social behavior2019

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Neuroscience Society
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Life-long action of steroid hormones on the neural networks for the regulation of sex-typical social behavior.2019

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      IBRO2019
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Affect of Esr1 polymorphisms in maternal behavior in mouse.2019

    • Author(s)
      Devi L, Tanave A, Imai Y, Koide T
    • Organizer
      IBRO2019
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Behavioral, neurological and genetic basis of tameness in mice.2019

    • Author(s)
      Koide T
    • Organizer
      The 33rd International Mammalian Genome Conference
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 内側視索前野におけるエストロゲン受容体α、β陽性細胞の分布と神経投射2019

    • Author(s)
      村川 友哲; 高橋 阿貴; 小川 園子
    • Organizer
      第31回日本行動神経内分泌研究会
  • [Presentation] The role of estrogen receptors in the regulation of male and female social behaviors.2019

    • Author(s)
      Sano K, Hatsukano T, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Sexual differentiation of calbindin neuron in the preoptic area.2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The difference of activated estrogen receptor positive cells in the medial preoptic area of hypothalamus between postpartum and virgin female mice during pup exposure.2019

    • Author(s)
      Murakawa T, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The modulatory role of estrogen receptor b in the expression of aggressive behavior in male mice2019

    • Author(s)
      Hasunuma K, Takahashi A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Synergism of estrogen receptor α and androgen receptors in the regulation of male social behavior in mice.2019

    • Author(s)
      Sagoshi S, Sano K, Morishita M, Tsukahara S, Agmo A, Ogawa S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Analyses for the role of Esr1 polymorphisms in mouse genome.2019

    • Author(s)
      Devi L, Tanave A, Imai Y, Koide T
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A sex difference in the activity of neurons expressing calbindin-D-28K in the medial preoptic area during copulation in rats.2019

    • Author(s)
      Morishita M, Kamada A, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Functional sex difference in calbindin neurons in the medial preoptic area on the control of sexual behavior in rats2019

    • Author(s)
      Ueno K, Maejima S, Morishita M, Tsukahara S
    • Organizer
      The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 筑波大学人間系行動神経内分泌学研究室

    • URL

      https://www.kansei.tsukuba.ac.jp/~ogawalab/?lang=ja

  • [Remarks] Laboratory of Behavioral Neueoendocrinolog

    • URL

      https://www.kansei.tsukuba.ac.jp/~ogawalab/?lang=en

  • [Funded Workshop] The Social Brain 2.0: Social Neuroscience in the Post Pandemic Era2021

  • [Funded Workshop] East/South East Asia Social Brain Symposium2021

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Published: 2022-12-28  

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