Mori Chihiro

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Senior Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Senior Assistant Professor

URL

https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=201801008436687647

J-Global ID

• 201801008436687647

Research Areas

• Life sciences / Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science
• Life sciences / Neuroscience - general

Academic & Professional Experience

• 2020/09 - Today  Teikyo UniversityFaculty of Pharma-Science
• 2020/04 - 2020/08  Teikyo UniversityFaculty of Pharma-Science
• 2017/04 - 2020/03  The University of Tokyo
• 2015/04 - 2017/03  The University of TokyoGraduate School of Arts and Sciences
• 2011/04 - 2013/03  Hokkaido University

Research Activity Information

Published Papers

• Molecular characterization of chicken DA systems reveals that the avian personality gene, DRD4, is expressed in the mitral cells of the olfactory bulb

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Koichi J. Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy Frontiers Media SA 19 2025/01
• Perihatch surge of thyroid hormone drives cognitive flexibility in newborn chicks

  Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Shouta Serizawa; Toshiyuki Fujita; Shinji Yamaguchi; Koichi J. Homma

  Science Advances American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 10 (41) 2024/10
• SoxC and MmpReg promote blastema formation in whole-body regeneration of fragmenting potworms Enchytraeus japonensis

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Koichi J. Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Nature Communications 2024/08 [Refereed]
  
• Song-related brain auditory activity in Bengalese finches as examined by immediate early gene expressions: comparison of arousal states and the correlational analyses between brain regions.

  Takafumi Iizuka; Chihiro Mori; Kazuo Okanoya

  Neuroscience research 2023/02
• Temporal hampering of thyroid hormone synthesis just before hatching impeded the filial imprinting in domestic chicks.

  Shouta Serizawa; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Toshiyuki Fujita; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma

  Frontiers in physiology 14 1084816 - 1084816 2023 [Refereed]
  
• Dopaminergic nuclei in the chick midbrain express serotonin receptor subfamily genes

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Shouta Serizawa; Fumiko Kihara-Negishi; Koichi J. Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Frontiers in Physiology Frontiers Media SA 13 2022/11
• Subtype-selective contribution of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors for filial imprinting in newly-hatched domestic chicks.

  Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Toshiyuki Fujita; Shouta Serizawa; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma

  Behavioural brain research 424 113789 - 113789 2022/04
• Effect of Darkness on Intrinsic Motivation for Undirected Singing in Bengalese Finch (Lonchura striata Domestica): A Comparative Study With Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

  Yunbok Kim; Chihiro Mori; Satoshi Kojima

  Frontiers in physiology 13 884404 - 884404 2022
• Imprintability of Newly Hatched Domestic Chicks on an Artificial Object: A Novel High Time-Resolution Apparatus Based on a Running Disc.

  Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Toshiyuki Fujita; Shouta Serizawa; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma

  Frontiers in physiology 13 822638 - 822638 2022
• Chick Hippocampal Formation Displays Subdivision- and Layer-Selective Expression Patterns of Serotonin Receptor Subfamily Genes.

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Eiko Fujita; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Frontiers in physiology 13 882633 - 882633 2022
• Mismatch Responses Evoked by Sound Pattern Violation in the Songbird Forebrain Suggest Common Auditory Processing With Human.

  Chihiro Mori; Kazuo Okanoya

  Frontiers in physiology 13 822098 - 822098 2022
• Gene expression profiles of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in brain regions relating to filial imprinting of newly-hatched domestic chicks.

  Chihiro Mori; Naoya Aoki; Toshiyuki Fujita; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma

  Behavioural brain research 420 113708 - 113708 2021/12
• Oxytocin variation and brain region-specific gene expression in a domesticated avian species.

  Yasuko Tobari; Constantina Theofanopoulou; Chihiro Mori; Yoshimi Sato; Momoka Marutani; Sayaka Fujioka; Norifumi Konno; Kenta Suzuki; Akari Furutani; Shiomi Hakataya; Cheng-Te Yao; En-Yun Yang; Chia-Ren Tsai; Pin-Chi Tang; Chih-Feng Chen; Cedric Boeckx; Erich D Jarvis; Kazuo Okanoya

  Genes, brain, and behavior 21 (2) e12780  2021/12
• Neural correlates of vocal initiation in the VTA/SNc of juvenile male zebra finches.

  Shin Yanagihara; Maki Ikebuchi; Chihiro Mori; Ryosuke O Tachibana; Kazuo Okanoya

  Scientific reports 11 (1) 22388 - 22388 2021/11
• Seasonal regulation of singing-driven gene expression associated with song plasticity in the canary, an open-ended vocal learner.

  Shin Hayase; Chengru Shao; Masahiko Kobayashi; Chihiro Mori; Wan-Chun Liu; Kazuhiro Wada

  Molecular brain 14 (1) 160 - 160 2021/10
• Intrinsic motivation for singing in songbirds is enhanced by temporary singing suppression and regulated by dopamine.

  Yunbok Kim; Sojeong Kwon; Raghav Rajan; Chihiro Mori; Satoshi Kojima

  Scientific reports 11 (1) 20350 - 20350 2021/10
• Phylogeny and mechanisms of shared hierarchical patterns in birdsong

  Logan S. James; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada; Jon T. Sakata

  Current Biology Elsevier BV 31 (13) 2796 - 2808.e9 0960-9822 2021/05
• Decreased synthesis and variable gene transcripts of oxytocin in a domesticated avian species

  Yasuko Tobari; Constantina Theofanopoulou; Chihiro Mori; Yoshimi Sato; Momoka Marutani; Sayaka Fujioka; Norifumi Konno; Kenta Suzuki; Akari Furutani; Shiomi Hakataya; Cheng-Te Yao; En-Yun Yang; Chia-Ren Tsai; Pin-Chi Tang; Chih-Feng Chen; Cedric Boeckx; Erich D. Jarvis; Kazuo Okanoya

  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2021/03
• Serotonergic Neurons in the Chick Brainstem Express Various Serotonin Receptor Subfamily Genes.

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Eiko Fujita; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Frontiers in physiology 12 815997 - 815997 2021
• The dorsal arcopallium of chicks displays the expression of orthologs of mammalian fear related serotonin receptor subfamily genes

  Toshiyuki Fujita; Naoya Aoki; Chihiro Mori; Eiko Fujita; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J. Homma; Shinji Yamaguchi

  Scientific Reports Springer Science and Business Media LLC 10 (1) 2020/12
• Fast Retrograde Access to Projection Neuron Circuits Underlying Vocal Learning in Songbirds

  Daniel N. Düring; Falk Dittrich; Mariana D. Rocha; Ryosuke O. Tachibana; Chihiro Mori; Kazuo Okanoya; Roman Boehringer; Benjamin Ehret; Benjamin F. Grewe; Stefan Gerber; Shouwen Ma; Melanie Rauch; Jean-Charles Paterna; Robert Kasper; Manfred Gahr; Richard H.R. Hahnloser

  Cell Reports Elsevier BV 33 (6) 108364 - 108364 2211-1247 2020/11
• Arousal State-Dependent Alterations in Neural Activity in the Zebra Finch VTA/SNc

  Shin Yanagihara; Maki Ikebuchi; Chihiro Mori; Ryosuke O. Tachibana; Kazuo Okanoya

  Frontiers in Neuroscience 14 2020/08
• Manipulations of sensory experiences during development reveal mechanisms underlying vocal learning biases in zebra finches.

  Logan S James; Ronald Davies Jr; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada; Jon T Sakata

  Developmental neurobiology 2020/04 [Refereed]
  
• Blockade of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor by scopolamine impairs the memory formation of filial imprinting in domestic chicks (Gallus Gallus domesticus).

  Naoya Aoki; Toshiyuki Fujita; Chihiro Mori; Eiko Fujita; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J Homma

  Behavioural brain research 379 112291 - 112291 2020/02 [Refereed]
  
• GABA-A and GABA-B Receptors in Filial Imprinting Linked With Opening and Closing of the Sensitive Period in Domestic Chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)

  Naoya Aoki; Shinji Yamaguchi; Toshiyuki Fujita; Chihiro Mori; Eiko Fujita; Toshiya Matsushima; Koichi J. Homma

  Frontiers in Physiology Frontiers Media SA 9 2018/12
• Recurrent development of song idiosyncrasy without auditory inputs in the canary, an open-ended vocal learner

  Chihiro Mori; Wan-Chun Liu; Kazuhiro Wada

  Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group 8 (1) 8732  2045-2322 2018/12 [Refereed]
  
• Inter- and intra-specific differences in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the neural pathways for vocal learning in songbirds.

  Asogwa NC; Mori C; Sánchez-Valpuesta M; Hayase S; Wada K

  The Journal of comparative neurology 0021-9967 2018/09 [Refereed]
  
• Vocal practice regulates singing activity-dependent genes underlying age-independent vocal learning in songbirds.

  Hayase S; Wang H; Ohgushi E; Kobayashi M; Mori C; Horita H; Mineta K; Liu WC; Wada K

  PLoS biology 16 (9) e2006537  1544-9173 2018/09 [Refereed]
  
• Trill-calls in Java sparrows: Repetition rate determines the category of acoustically similar calls in different behavioral contexts.

  Furutani A; Mori C; Okanoya K

  Behavioural processes 157 68 - 72 0376-6357 2018/08 [Refereed]
  
• A quantitative method for analyzing species-specific vocal sequence pattern and its developmental dynamics

  Raimu Imai; Azusa Sawai; Shin Hayase; Hiroyuki Furukawa; Chinweike Norman Asogwa; Miguel Sanchez; Hongdi Wang; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada

  JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS 271 25 - 33 0165-0270 2016/09 [Refereed]
  
• Familial bias and auditory feedback regulation of vocal babbling patterns during early song development

  Daisuke Sato; Chihiro Mori; Azusa Sawai; Kazuhiro Wada

  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6 30323  2045-2322 2016/07 [Refereed]
  
• Diurnal oscillation of vocal development associated with clustered singing by juvenile songbirds

  Eri Ohgushi; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada

  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 218 (14) 2260 - 2268 0022-0949 2015/07 [Refereed]
  
• Songbird: a unique animal model for studying the molecular basis of disorders of vocal development and communication

  Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada

  EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS 64 (3) 221 - 230 1341-1357 2015/07 [Refereed]
  
• The Songbird as a Percussionist: Syntactic Rules for Non-Vocal Sound and Song Production in Java Sparrows

  Masayo Soma; Chihiro Mori

  PLOS ONE 10 (5) e0124876  1932-6203 2015/05 [Refereed]
  
• Audition-Independent Vocal Crystallization Associated with Intrinsic Developmental Gene Expression Dynamics

  Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada

  JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 35 (3) 878 - 889 0270-6474 2015/01 [Refereed]
  
• Differential androgen receptor expression and DNA methylation state in striatum song nucleus Area X between wild and domesticated songbird strains

  Kazuhiro Wada; Shin Hayase; Raimu Imai; Chihiro Mori; Masahiko Kobayashi; Wan-chun Liu; Miki Takahasi; Kazuo Okanoya

  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 38 (4) 2600 - 2610 0953-816X 2013/08 [Refereed]
  

MISC

• 騒音暴露による聴覚フィードバック阻害がさえずり発達に与える影響—Effect of auditory feedback disruption by continuous noise exposure on song development in songbirds

  橘 亮輔; 森 千紘; 柳原 真; 戸張 靖子  聴覚研究会資料 = Proceedings of the auditory research meeting  53-  (4)  97  -101  2023/06
• さえずりの発達過程 : 騒音暴露による学習阻害からの回復—Developmental process of birdsong learning : recovery from disturbed feedback with strong noise exposure

  橘 亮輔; 森 千紘; 柳原 真; 安部 志織; 川田 ゆい; 堀田 音; 戸張 靖子  聴覚研究会資料 = Proceedings of the auditory research meeting  53-  (2)  35  -38  2023/02
• 声とことばの科学 ヒト以外の動物にことばはあるか―ヒトの言語とソングバードの囀り―

  森千紘; 和多和宏  JOHNS  27-  (8)  1161  -1168  2011/08
• RA pacemaker-like spontaneous firing modulated song productions in zebra finch

  Ayako Ajima; Raimu Imai; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada; Neal A. Hessler  NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH  71-  E283  -E283  2011
• Deafening before critical period of vocal learning causes delayed stabilization of vocal patterns

  Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada  NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH  71-  E252  -E253  2011
• ソングバードの囀りを制御する神経回路・遺伝子 (特集 動物行動の遺伝的基盤を解き明かす--さまざまな動物種における行動遺伝学の歴史と現状ならびに将来への展望)

  今井 礼夢; 森 千紘; 和多 和宏  遺伝  64-  (6)  40  -47  2010/11
• Influence of RA neural spontaneous firing in zebra finch song production

  Ayako Ajima; Raimu Imai; Chihiro Mori; Kazuhiro Wada; Neal A. Hessler  NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH  65-  S243  -S243  2009

Awards & Honors

• 2019/12 鳥類内分泌研究会 若手研究奨励賞
   

  受賞者: 森 千紘

Research Grants & Projects

• Sensitive period for sensorimotor learning: behavioral neurophysiology of bird song acquisition

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2021/04 -2025/03 

  Author : 橘 亮輔; 森 千紘; 柳原 真; 戸張 靖子
• 小鳥の求愛行動における発声と身体運動を協調するコミュニケーション神経機構

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2020/04 -2023/03 

  Author : 森 千紘