Arsenault J, Gholizadeh S, Niibori Y, Pacey LK, Halder SK, Koxhioni E, Konno A, Hirai H, Hampson DR.
FMRP Expression Levels in Mouse CNS Neurons Determine Behavioral Phenotype.
Human Gene Therapy. 2016 Dec;27(12):982-996. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Ito E, Tomaru Y, Iizuka A, Hirai H, Kato T.
Adaptive Local Thresholding for Co-Localization Detection in Multi-Channel Fluorescence Microscopic Images.
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. 2016 Nov 1;99(11):2851-2855.

Huda F, Fan Y, Suzuki M, Konno A, Matsuzaki Y, Takahashi N, Chan JK, Hirai H.
Fusion of Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells with “Degenerating” Cerebellar Neurons in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Model Mice.
PLoS One. 2016 Nov 1;11(11):e0164202.

Shinohara Y, Konno A, Takahashi N, Matsuzaki Y, Kishi S, Hirai H.
Viral Vector-Based Dissection of Marmoset GFAP Promoter in Mouse and Marmoset Brains.
PLoS One. 2016 Aug 29;11(8):e0162023.

Takahashi H, Ogawa Y, Yoshihara S, Asahina R, Kinoshita M, Kitano T, Kitsuki M, Tatsumi K, Okuda M, Tatsumi K, Wanaka A, Hirai H, Stern PL, Tsuboi A.
A Subtype of Olfactory Bulb Interneurons Is Required for Odor Detection and Discrimination Behaviors.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2016 Aug 3;36(31):8210-27.

Sato M, Seki T, Konno A, Hirai H, Kurauchi Y, Hisatsune A, Katsuki H.
Fluorescent-based evaluation of chaperone-mediated autophagy and microautophagy activities in cultured cells.
Genes Cells. 2016 Aug;21(8):861-73. Epub 2016 Jul 5.

Sawada Y, Konno A, Nagaoka J, Hirai H.
Inflammation-induced reversible switch of the neuron-specific enolase promoter from Purkinje neurons to Bergmann glia.
Scientific Reports. 2016 Jun 13;6:27758.

Yanai T, Kurosawa A, Nikaido Y, Nakajima N, Saito T, Osada H, Konno A, Hirai H, Takeda S.
Identification and molecular docking studies for novel inverse agonists of SREB, super conserved receptor expressed in brain.
Genes Cells. 2016 Jul;21(7):717-27. Epub 2016 May 17.

Suto N, Mieda T, Iizuka A, Nakamura K, Hirai H.
Morphological and Functional Attenuation of Degeneration of Peripheral Neurons by Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Medium in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1-Knock-in Mice.
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 2016 Aug;22(8):670-6. Epub 2016 May 3.

Monai H, Ohkura M, Tanaka M, Oe Y, Konno A, Hirai H, Mikoshiba K, Itohara S, Nakai J, Iwai Y, Hirase H.
Calcium imaging reveals glial involvement in transcranial direct current stimulation-induced plasticity in mouse brain.
Nature Communications. 2016 Mar 22;7:11100.

Conceição M, Mendonça L, Nóbrega C, Gomes C, Costa P, Hirai H, Moreira JN, Lima MC, Manjunath N, Pereira de Almeida L.
Intravenous administration of brain-targeted stable nucleic acid lipid particles alleviates Machado-Joseph disease neurological phenotype.
Biomaterials. Volume 82, March 2016, Pages 124–137

Conceição M, Mendonça L, Nóbrega C, Gomes C, Costa P, Hirai H, Moreira JN, Lima MC, Manjunath N, Pereira de Almeida L.
Safety profile of the intravenous administration of brain-targeted stable nucleic acid lipid particles.
Data Brief. 2016 Jan 20;6:700-5.