Selected Publications  *Corresponding author

A. Agata, S. Ohtsuka, R. Noji, H. Gotoh, K. Ono, *T. Nomura.

A Neanderthal/Denisovan GLI3 variant contributes to anatomical variations in mice.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology  11 (2023) doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1247361

BioRxiv doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2023/07.03.547394

*T. Nomura, H. Gotoh, H. Kiyonari, K. Ono.

Cell type-specific transcriptional control of Gsk3β in the developing mammalian neocortex.

Frontiers in Neuroscience 23, doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.811689 (2022).

W. Yamashita, M. Takahashi, T. Kikkawa, H. Gotoh, N. Osumi, K. Ono, *T. Nomura.

Conserved and divergent functions of Pax6 underlie species-specific neurogenic patterns in the developing amniote brain.

Development (2018) 145: dev159764 doi:10.1242/dev.159764. Research Highlightでの紹介

*T. Nomura, H. Gotoh, K. Ono. 

The Future Vocation of Neural Stem Cells: Lineage Commitment in Brain Development and Evolution.

Neurochemical Research 43(1), 153-156 (2018). 

W. Yamashita, T. Shimizu, *T. Nomura. In vivo and ex ovo culture of reptilian and avian neural progenitor cells. 

Methods in Molecular Biology: Avian and Reptilian Developmental Biology, Springer, pp259-267 (2017)

 

*T. Nomura, *E-I, Izawa.

Avian brains: insights from development, behaviors and evolution.

Development Growth & Differentiation 59(4), 244-257 (2017).

*T. Nomura, *T. Hirata. The Neocortical Homologues in Nonmammalian Amniotes:Bridging the Hierarchical Concepts of Homology Through Comparative Neurogenesis.

Evolution of Nervous Systems 2nd Edition Ed: Jon H. Kaas, Elsevier, pp195-204 (2017). 

W. Yamashita, *T. Nomura. 

The neocortex and dorsal ventricular ridge: functional convergence and underlying developmental mechanisms.

Brain Evolution by Design -From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture. Chapter 13, Ed: S. Shigeno, Y. Murakami and T. Nomura. Springer Japan (2017). 

*T. Nomura, Y. Nishimura, H. Gotoh, K. Ono.

Rapid and efficient gene delivery into the adult mouse brain via focal electroporation.

Scientific Reports 6: 29817 (2016). 京都府立医大プレスリリース

*T. NomuraC. Ohtaka-MaruyamaW. YamashitaY. Wakamatsu, Y. MurakamiF. CalegariK. SuzukiH. Gotoh, K. Ono. 

The evolution of basal progenitors in the developing non-mammalian brain. 

Development 143, 66-74 (2016) JSTプレスリリース   

*T. Nomura, W. Yamashita, H. Gotoh, K. Ono.

Genetic manipulation of reptilian embryos: toward an understanding of cortical development and evolution.

Frontiers in Neuroscience (2015) doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00045  *Corresponding author 

*T. Nomura, Y. Murakami, H. Gotoh, K. Ono.

Reconstruction of ancestral brains: exploring the evolutionary process of encephalization in amniotes. 

Neuroscience Research (2014)  doi:10.1016/j.neures.2014.03.004. 

*T. Nomura, H. Gotoh, K. Ono. 

Changes in the regulation of cortical neurogenesis contribute to encephalization during amniote brain evolution.  

Nature Communications 4, 2206, doi:10.1038/ncomms3206 (2013)  JSTプレスリリース  日経プレスリリース  京都新聞にて掲載

*T. Nomura, M. Kawaguchi, K. Ono, Y. Murakami.

Reptiles: A new model for brain evo-devo research. 

Journal of Experimental Zoology PartB Molecular Developmental Evolution 320(2) 57-73 (2013)

T. Nomura, C. Göritz, T. Catchpole, M. Henkemeyer, J. Frisén. 

EphB controls lineage plasticity of adult neural stem cell niche cells.
Cell Stem Cell 7(6) 730-743 (2010) Press release from Karolinska Institute

 

*T. Nomura, M. Hattori, N. Osumi. 

Reelin, radial fibers and cortical evolution: insights from comparative analysis of the mammalian and avian telencephalon.                         Development Growth & Differentiation 51(3), 287-297 (2009). 

T. Nomura, M. Takahashi, Y. Hara, N. Osumi.
Patterns of neurogenesis and amplitude of reelin expression are essential for making a mammalian-type cortex.

PLoS One 3(1) e1454 (2008)

T. Nomura, J. Holmberg, J. Frisén, N. Osumi.

Pax6-dependent boundary defines alignment of migratory olfactory cortex neurons via repulsive activity of ephrin A5.

Development 133, 1335-1345 (2006) Evaluated in Faculty of 1000 & Introduced in Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7 (257) 2006

T. Nomura, N. Osumi. Misrouting of mitral cell progenitors in Pax6/Small eye rat telencephalon. 

Development 131(4) 787-796 (2004).

T. Nomura, H. Fujisawa.Alteration of the retinotectal projection map by the graft of mesencephalic floor plate or sonic hedgehog.

Development 127, 1899-1910 (2000).

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