Saori Yano-Nashimoto, Anna Truzzi, Kazutaka Shinozuka, Ayako Y. Murayama, Takuma Kurachi, Keiko Moriya-Ito, Hironobu Tokuno, Eri Miyazawa, Gianluca Esposito, Hideyuki Okano, Katsuki Nakamura, Atsuko Saito, Kumi O. Kuroda: "Anxious about rejection, avoidant of neglect: Infant marmosets tune their attachment based on individual caregiver’s parenting style", Commun Biol 7, 212 (2024) Website PDF

Takuma Kurachi, Kazutaka Shinozuka, Chihiro Yoshihara, Saori Yano-Nashimoto, Ayako Y. Murayama, Junichi Hata, Yawara Haga, Hideyuki Okano, Kumi O. Kuroda: "Distinct roles of amylin and oxytocin signaling in intrafamilial social behaviors at the medial preoptic area of common marmosets", Commun Biol 6, 1231 (2023) Website PDF

Nami Ohmura, Lana Okuma, Anna Truzzi, Gianluca Esposito, Kumi O Kuroda: "Maternal physiological calming responses to infant suckling at the breast", The journal of physiological sciences : JPS 73(1) 3-3 (2023) Website

Hannah Ng, Nami Ohmura, Eri Miyazawa, Chihiro Yoshihara, Lana Okuma, Kumi O. Kuroda: "Effects of oxytocin ablation on pup rescue, nursing behaviors and response to pup separation in early-to-mid postpartum mice", Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2023) Website

Fukumitsu K, Huang AJ, McHugh TJ, Kuroda KO: "Role of Calcr expressing neurons in the medial amygdala in social contact among females", Molecular Brain, 16, Article number: 10 (2023) Website

Kazutaka Shinozuka, Saori Yano-Nashimoto, Chihiro Yoshihara, Kenichi Tokita, Takuma Kurachi, Ryosuke Matsui, Dai Watanabe, Ken-ichi Inoue, Masahiko Takada, Keiko Moriya-Ito, Hironobu Tokuno, Michael Numan, Atsuko Saito, Kumi O. Kuroda, "A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets", Communications Biology, 5, Article number: 1243 (2022)  Website

Ohmura N, Okuma L, Truzzi A, Shinozuka A, Saito A, Yokota S, Bizzego A, Miyazawa E, Shimizu M, Esposito G, Kuroda KO: "A method to soothe and promote sleep in crying infants utilizing the Transport Response", Current Biology, 32(20), 4521-4529.e4  (2022) Website

Tsuneoka Y, Yoshihara C, Ohnishi R, Yoshida S, Miyazawa E, Yamada M, Horiguchi K, Young WS, Nishimori K, Kato T, Kuroda KO: "Oxytocin facilitates allo-parental behavior under stress in laboratory mice", eNeuro, 9(1):ENEURO.0405-21.2022, 1-22 (2022) PDF

Fukumitsu K, Kaneko M, Maruyama T, Yoshihara C, Huang AJ, McHugh TJ, Itohara S, Tanaka M, Kuroda KO: "Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice", Nature Communications, 13, Article number: 709 (2022) PDF

Yoshihara C, Tokita K, Maruyama T, Kaneko M, Tsuneoka Y, Fukumitsu K, Miyazawa E, Shinozuka K, Huang AJ, Nishimori K, McHugh TJ, Tanaka M, Itohara S, Touhara K, Miyamichi K, Kuroda KO: "Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area enables risk-taking maternal care", Cell Reports, 35(9), 109204 (2021) Website

Kuroda KO, Shiraishi Y, Shinozuka K: "Evolutionary-adaptive and nonadaptive causes of infant attack/desertion in mammals: Toward a systematic classification of child maltreatment", Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci., 74(10), 516-526 (2020) Website

Esposito G, Truzzi A, Yoshida S, Ohnishi R, Miyazawa E, Kuroda KO: "Using maternal rescue of pups in a cup to investigate mother-infant interactions in mice/rodents", Behav Brain Res., 374:112081 (2019) Website

Yoshida S, Ohnishi R, Tsuneoka Y, Yamamoto-Mimura Y, Muramatsu R, Kato T, Funato H, and Kuroda KO: "Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1 in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Mediates Maternal Absence-Induced Attenuation of Transport Response in Mouse Pups", Front. Cell. Neurosci., 12, Article 204 (2018) Website

Amano T, Shindo S, Yoshihara C, Tsuneoka Y, Uki H, Minami M, and Kuroda KO: "Development-dependent behavioral change toward pups and synaptic transmission in the rhomboid nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis", Behav Brain Res., 325, Part B, 131-37 (2017) Website

Tsuneoka Y, Tokita K, Yoshihara C, Amano T, Esposito G, Huang AJ, Yu LM, Odaka Y, Shinozuka K, McHugh TJ, and Kuroda KO: "Distinct preoptic‐BST nuclei dissociate paternal and infanticidal behavior in mice", EMBO Journal, 34(21), 2652-70 (2015) Website

Yoshida S, Esposito G, Ohnishi R, Tsuneoka Y, Okabe S, Kikusui T, Kato T, and Kuroda KO: "Transport Response is a filial-specific behavioral response to maternal carrying in C57BL/6 mice", Front Zool., 10(1), 50 (2013) Website PDF

Esposito G*, Yoshida S*, Ohnishi R, Tsuneoka Y, Rostagno MC, Yokota S, Okabe S, Kamiya K, Hoshino M, Shimizu M, Venuti P, Kikusui T, and Kato T and Kuroda KO: "Infant calming responses during maternal carrying in humans and mice", Current Biology, 23(9), 739-45 (2013) * These two authors contributed equally to this study.  Website PDF

Tsuneoka Y, Maruyama T, Yoshida S, Nishimori K, Kato T, Numan M, and Kuroda KO: "Functional, anatomical, and neurochemical differentiation of medial preoptic area subregions in relation to maternal behavior in the mouse", J Comp Neurol., 521(7), 1633-63 (2013) Website

Tachikawa KS, Yoshihara Y, and Kuroda KO: "Behavioral transition from attack to parenting in male mice: a crucial role of the vomeronasal system", J Neurosci., 33(12), 5120-6 (2013) Website

Esposito G, Yoshida S, Venuti P, and Kuroda KO: "Three lessons from Philip Teitelbaum and their application to studies of motor development in humans and mice", Behav Brain Res., 231(2), 366-70 (2012) Website

Kuroda KO, Ornthanalai VG, Kato T, and Murphy NP: "FosB null mutant mice show enhanced methamphetamine neurotoxicity: potential involvement of FosB in intracellular feedback signaling and astroglial function", Neuropsychopharmacology, 35(3), 641-55 (2010) PDF

Kuroda KO, Meaney MJ, Uetani N, and Kato T: "Neurobehavioral basis of the impaired nurturing in mice lacking the immediate early gene FosB", Behav Brain Res., 1211, 57-71 (2008) PDF

Kuroda KO, Meaney MJ, Uetani N, Fortin Y, Ponton A, and Kato T: "ERK-FosB signaling in dorsal MPOA neurons plays a major role in the initiation of parental behavior in mice", Mol Cell Neurosci., 36(2), 121-31 (2007) PDF