Personnel Information

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NAKAI AYAKA


Job title

Assistant Professor

Mail Address

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Field Introduction URL

https://uesaka0808.wixsite.com/website

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Tsukuba, Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Tsukuba, Doctor's Course, Completed

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2023.10
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    2023.12
    Tokyo Medical and Dental University， Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences， Medical and Dental Sciences， Division of Maxillofacial and Neck Reconstruction， Department of Cognitive Neurobiology， Visiting Lecturer
  • 2024.01
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    2024.09
    Tokyo Medical and Dental University， Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences， Medical and Dental Sciences， Maxillofacial and Neck Reconstruction， Cognitive Neurobiology， Assistant Professor
  • 2024.10
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    Now
    Institute of Science Tokyo， -， Graduate Schools， Maxillofacial and Neck Reconstruction， Department of Cognitive Neurobiology， Assistant Professor
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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Neuroscience-general

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Qualification Acquired 【 display / non-display 】

  • First Kind of Junior High School Teacher License

  • First Kind of High School Teacher License

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Published Papers & Misc 【 display / non-display 】

  1. Nozomi Utsumi, Daisuke H. Tanaka, Ayaka Nakai, Shizuki Inaba, Shigenori Nonaka, Shigeru Maeda, Naofumi Uesaka. Convergent Recruitment of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells by Mechanistically Diverse General Anesthetics Journal of Neurochemistry. 2025.12; 169 (12):

  2. Ayaka Nakai, Mitsuaki Kashiwagi, Tomoyuki Fujiyama, Kanako Iwasaki, Arisa Hirano, Hiromasa Funato, Masashi Yanagisawa, Takeshi Sakurai & Yu Hayashi. Crucial role of TFAP2B in the nervous system for regulating NREM sleep Molecular Brain. 2024.02; 17 (1): 13.

  3. Mitsuaki Kashiwagi, Mika Kanuka, Kaeko Tanaka, Masayo Fujita, Ayaka Nakai, Chika Tatsuzawa, Kazuto Kobayashi, Kazutaka Ikeda & Yu Hayashi. Impaired wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep in dopamine-deficient mice 2021.11; 14 (170):

  4. Ayaka Nakai, Tomoyuki Fujiyama, Nanae Nagata, Mitsuaki Kashiwagi, Aya Ikkyu, Marina Takagi, Chika Tatsuzawa, Kaeko Tanaka, Miyo Kakizaki, Mika Kanuka, Taizo Kawano, Seiya Mizuno, Fumihiro Sugiyama, Satoru Takahashi, Hiromasa Funato, Takeshi Sakurai, Masashi Yanagisawa, Yu Hayashi. Sleep Architecture in Mice Is Shaped by the Transcription Factor AP-2β Genetics. 2020.11; 216 (3): 753-764.

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Conference Activities & Talks 【 display / non-display 】

  1. Ayaka Nakai, CHENG YONGJIA, Naofumi Uesaka. Dopamine signaling in developing Purkinje cells promotes climbing fiber synapses elimination and network activity maturation. Neuro 2026 2026.08

  2. Ayaka Nakai,Naofumi Uesaka. Dopamine Regulates Climbing Fiber Synapse elimination and Neuronal Synchrony During Cerebellar Development. 第103回日本生理学会大会 2026.03

  3. Utsumi Nozomi, Tanaka Daisuke, Nakai Ayaka, Maeda Shigeru, Uesaka Naofumi. マウス小脳プルキンエ細胞の活動は全身麻酔薬による意識消失作用を促進する(Cerebellar Purkinje cells facilitate the loss of consciousness induced by general anesthetics in mice). The Journal of Physiological Sciences 2025.03.01

  4. Nozomi Utsumi, Daisuke H. Tanaka, Ayaka Nakai, Shigeru Maeda, Naofumi Uesaka. Cerebellar Purkinje cells facilitate the loss of consciousness induced by general anesthetics in mice. 2025.03

  5. 内海希、中井彩加、田中大介、前田茂、上阪直史. プルキンエ細胞の全身麻酔薬による意識消失作用における役割. 2025.03

  6. Nakai Ayaka, Kashiwagi Mitsuaki, Fujiyama Tomoyuki, Iwasaki Kanako, Hirano Arisa, Funato Hiromasa, Yanagisawa Masashi, Sakurai Takeshi, Hayashi Yu. The transcription factor AP-2β regulates the amount of non-REM sleep. The Journal of Physiological Sciences 2024.03

  7. Nakai Ayaka, Kashiwagi Mitsuaki, Fujiyama Tomoyuki, Iwasaki Kanako, Funato Hiromasa, Yanagisawa Masashi, Sakurai Takeshi, Hayashi Yu. 睡眠量の規定における出生後の神経細胞での転写因子TFAP2Bの役割(Postnatal roles of the transcription factor AP-2β in neurons in determining sleep amount). The Journal of Physiological Sciences 2023.03

  8. Effect of the candidate causative gene of short-sleeper Tfap2b on sleep. MSBJ 2021.12

  9. Sleep in mice is regulated by the transcription factor AP-2 （TFAP2B）. TGSW 2021.09

  10. Nakai Ayaka, Fujiyama Tomoyuki, Nagata Nanae, Kashiwagi Mitsuaki, Ikkyu Aya, Takagi Marina, Tatsuzawa Chika, Tanaka Kaeko, Kakizaki Miyo, Kanuka Mika, Kawano Taizo, Mizuno Seya, Sugiyama Fumihiro, Takahashi Satoru, Funato Hiromasa, Sakurai Takeshi, Yanagisawa Masashi, Hayashi Yu. 睡眠構築は転写因子AP-2βによって形作られる(Sleep architecture is shaped by the transcription factor AP-2β). The Journal of Physiological Sciences 2021.03

  11. The roles of an AP-2 transcription factor in sleep regulation in mice. JNS 2020.08

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