Taniguchi Lab Publications

Hughes BW., Tsvetkov E., Siemsen BM., Snyder KK., Akiki RM., Wood D., Penrod RD., Scofield MD., Berto S., Taniguchi M. and Cowan CW. NPAS4 supports drug-cue associations and relapse-like behavior through regulation of the cell type-specific activation balance in the nucleus accumbens. BioRxiv preprint, 2022. doi: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.04.506434v1.full

Anderson EM, Taniguchi M. Epigenetic Effects of Addictive Drugs in the Nucleus Accumbens. Frontier Molecular Neuroscience, 2022

Hughes BW., Siemsen BM., Berto S., Kumar J., Cornbrooks RG., Akiki RM., Carter JS., Scofield MD., Cowan CS., Taniguchi M. NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat streee-induced anhedonia and dendritic spine loss. BioRxiv preprint, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.04.433930v2

Penrod RD, Thomsen M, Taniguchi M, Guo Y, Cowan CW, Smith LN. The activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein, Arc/Arg3.1, influences mouse cocaine self-administration. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 2020 Jan.

Nishino H, Saito T, Wei R, Takano T, Tsutsumi K, Taniguchi M, Ando K, Tomomura M, Fukuda M, Hisanaga SI. The LMTK1-TBC1D9B-Rab11A Cascade Regulates Dendritic Spine Formation via Endosome Trafficking. J.Neuroscience, 2019, Nov

Penrod RD, Kumar J, Smith LN, McCalley D, Nentwig TB, Hughes BW, Barry GM, Glover K, Taniguchi M, Cowan CW. Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc/Arg3.1) regulates anxiety- and novelty-related behaviors. Genes Brain Behav, 2019, Sept

AndersonEM, Sun H, Guzman D, Taniguchi M,CowanCW, Maze I, Nestler EJ, Self DW. Knockdown of the histone di-methyltransferase G9a in nucleus accumbens shell decreases cocaine self-administration, stress-induced reinstatement, and anxiety. Neurophychopharmacology, 2018, Dec 26.

Anderson EM*., Penrod RD*., Barry SM*., Hughes BW*., Taniguchi M*., Cowan CW. It’s a complex issue: Emerging connections between epigenetic regulators in drug addiction. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2018, Sept 25. (*These authors contributed equally)

Penrod, R.D., Carreira, M.B., Taniguchi, M., Kumar, J., Cowan, C. W. Novel role of Regulation of HDAC4 in cocaine-related behavior. Addiction Biology, 2018, 23, 653-664

Smith L.N., Penrod R.D., Taniguchi M., Cowan C.W. Assessment of Cocaine-induced Behavioral Sensitization and Conditioned Place Preference in Mice

Smith L.N., Jedynak, J.P., Fontenot M.R., Hale C.F., Dietz, K.C., Taniguchi, M., Thomas, M.J., Zirlin, B.C., Birnbaum S.G., Huber, K.M., Thomas M.J., Cowan, C.W.  Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein regulates synaptic and behavioral plasticity to repeated cocaine administration. Neuron, 2014, 82, 645-658, 

Taniguchi, M., Carreira B.M, Cooper A.Y, Bobadilla –C.A., Heinsbroek A. J., Koike N., Larson B. E., Balmuth A.E, Hughes W. B.,Penrod D. R., Kumar J, Smith N.L, Guzman D., Takahashi S. J., Kim –K. T., Kalivas W. P., David W. Self, Lin Y, Cowan W.C., HDAC5 and its target gene, NPAS4, function in the nucleus accumbens to regulate Cocaine-Conditioned Behavior. Neuron, 2017, 96, 130-144

Pfeiffer BE, Zang T, Wilkerson J, Taniguchi M, Maksimova MA, Smith, LN Cowan CW, Huber KM. Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein is required for synapse elimination by the activity dependent transcription factor MEF2. Neuron, 2010, 66, 191-197. F1000Prime, http://f1000.com/prime/5045970

Asada A, Takahashi J, Taniguchi M, Yamamoto H, Kimura T, Saito T, Hisanaga S. Neuronal expression of two isoforms of mouse Septin 5. J. Neurosci Res. 2010, 1;88(6):1309-16.

Pulliparacharuvil SG, Renthal R, Hale CF, Taniguchi M, Xiao G, Kumar A, Dewey CM, Davis M, Nairn A, Greengard P, Nestler EJ, Cowan CW. Cocaine regulates MEF2 to control synaptic and behavioral plasticity. Neuron 2008, 59: 621-33.

Taniguchi M, Taoka M, Itakura M, Asada A, Saito T, Kinoshita M, Isobe T, Hisanaga S.  Phosphorylation of adult type Sept5 (CDCrel-1) by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 inhibits interaction with syntaxin-1. J. Biol Chem. 2007, 282:7869-76.

Watanabe N, Arai H, Nishihara Y, Taniguchi M, Watanabe N, Hunter T, Osada H.  M-phase kinases induce phospho-dependent ubiquitination of somatic Wee1 by SCFbeta-TrCP.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2004. 101: 4419-24.