Masato Tsuji

Profile Information

Affiliation

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Researcher number

90846792

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8181-7968

J-GLOBAL ID

202301008426600080

researchmap Member ID

R000052209

Research Interests

• sensory gating
• interoception
• emotion

Research Areas

• Life sciences / Neuroscience - general / emotion, sensory gating, interoception

Research History

• Sep, 2026 - Present

  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• Apr, 2019 - Aug, 2026

  Assistant professor, Graduate School of Science Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Education

• Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2019

  Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Papers

• Dopaminergic Neurons Linking Threat Processing to Cardiac Modulation and Locomotor Responses

  Masato Tsuji, Daisuke Jinkoma, Yuki Uemura, Ayako Ogasawara, Kazuo Emoto

  eLife, May 28, 2026 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Repeated stress persistently suppresses the central node in the courtship circuitry in Drosophila

  Yuto Nishizuka, Masato Tsuji, Kazuo Emoto

  Dec 16, 2025
• Neuropeptidergic circuit modulation of developmental sleep in Drosophila

  Chikayo Hemmi, Kenichi Ishii, Mana Motoyoshi, Masato Tsuji, Kazuo Emoto

  eLife, 14, Apr 15, 2025 Peer-reviewed
• Descending GABAergic pathway links brain sugar-sensing to peripheral nociceptive gating in Drosophila

  Mami Nakamizo-Dojo, Kenichi Ishii, Jiro Yoshino, Masato Tsuji, Kazuo Emoto

  Nature Communications, 14(1), Oct 16, 2023 Peer-reviewed
• Presynaptic Ube3a E3 ligase promotes synapse elimination through down-regulation of BMP signaling

  Kotaro Furusawa, Kenichi Ishii, Masato Tsuji, Nagomi Tokumitsu, Eri Hasegawa, Kazuo Emoto

  Science, 381(6663) 1197-1205, Sep 15, 2023 Peer-reviewed
• Threat gates visual aversion via theta activity in Tachykinergic neurons

  Masato Tsuji, Yuto Nishizuka, Kazuo Emoto

  Nature Communications, 14(1), Jul 13, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
• Spatial and temporal diversity of DCLK1 isoforms in developing mouse brain

  Emilia Bergoglio, Ikuo K. Suzuki, Kazuya Togashi, Masato Tsuji, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kazuo Emoto

  Neuroscience Research, 170 154-165, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewed
• Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Single-Cell Labeling of Mitral Cells in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb: Insights into the Developmental Dynamics of Dendrite Remodeling

  Kazuya Togashi, Masato Tsuji, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Ryota Nakahama, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kazuo Emoto

  Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 14, Dec 9, 2020 Peer-reviewed
• Drosophila miR-87 promotes dendrite regeneration by targeting the transcriptional repressor Tramtrack69

  Yasuko Kitatani, Akane Tezuka, Eri Hasegawa, 学理 柳, Kazuya Togashi, Masato Tsuji, Shu Kondo, Jay Z. Parrish, Kazuo Emoto

  PLOS Genetics, 16(8), Aug 7, 2020 Peer-reviewed
• Sexual dimorphisms of mRNA and miRNA in human/murine heart disease (vol 12, e0177988, 2017)

  Masato Tsuji, Takanori Kawasaki, Takeru Matsuda, Tomio Arai, Satoshi Gojo, Jun K. Takeuchi

  PLOS ONE, 15(2), Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Sexual dimorphisms of mRNA and miRNA in human/murine heart disease

  Masato Tsuji, Takanori Kawasaki, Takeru Matsuda, Tomio Arai, Satoshi Gojo, Jun K. Takeuchi

  PLOS ONE, 12(7), Jul 13, 2017 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

Books and Other Publications

• 大規模データ・AIが切り拓く脳神経科学 : 見えてきた行動、感情、記憶の神経基盤と精神・神経疾患の生物学的なサブタイプ

  辻󠄀真人, 陣駒大輔, 西塚悠人, 榎本和生 (Role: Contributor, 深層学習が切り開く行動神経学の新地平)

  羊土社・実験医学, May, 2024 (ISBN: 9784758104180)
• 「特集」炎症老化Inflammaging/CRISPRテクノロジー

  辻真人, 西塚悠人, 榎本和生 (Role: Contributor, 視覚忌避を促進する, ニューロンの周期的θ活動)

  羊土社・実験医学, Dec, 2023 (ISBN: 9784758125741)
• SEITAI NO KAGAKU

  Masato Tsuji, Mami Nakamizo, Kazuo Emoto (Role: Contributor)

  Feb, 2019
• Cell Engineering

  Masato Tsuji, Jun K. Takeuchi (Role: Contributor)

  Gakken, Nov, 2014 (ISBN: 9784780901603)

Research Projects

• Elucidation of the mechanisms by which two types of neurotransmitters cooperatively convert theta oscillations into synaptic transmission efficiency.

  Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2029

  辻真人
• 4次元ホログラフィック計測操作法から探る 情報の順序を演算する神経メカニズム

  加藤記念研究助成, 加藤記念財団, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2028
• 単一ニューロンに表現された複数情報を解読する基盤の 4次元ホログラフィック計測操作法を活用した解明

  コニカミノルタ科学技術振興財団, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2028
• 内受容感覚による行動調節機構

  戦略的な研究開発の推進 戦略的創造研究推進事業 ACT-X, 科学技術振興機構, Oct, 2024 - Mar, 2027

  辻 真人
• 脳内θ振動が行動を調節する神経メカニズムの解明

  山口育英奨学会 学術研究助成, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2026
• 不快情動が視覚応答を修飾するθ振動メカニズムの解明

  科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2026

  辻 真人
• Elucidating the Coupling between Synaptic Plasticity and Whole-Brain Neural Activity in Depression

  IRCN Team Science Catalyst Grants, International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), 2024 - 2025

  Masato Tsuji, Takeshi Sawada