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Research
Latest papers
Molecular Characterization of the Progressive Landscape of Depression.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
Autophagy in Stress-Induced Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Depression.
JAMA psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
Aberrant aging-associated p62 autophagic cascade in biopsied olfactory neuronal cells from patients with psychosis.
Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,277,550
Neuropeptide-induced proteinopathies and brain health
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $619,650
GABAA Receptor-Specific Regulation Of Cortisol Release In Stress-Related Depression
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $600,524
Genetic and non-genetic mechanisms for somatostatin neuron vulnerability in stress-related brain disorders
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
18 publications.
Molecular Characterization of the Progressive Landscape of Depression.
Sharma V, Payne E, Garcia SG, Fang L, Boyinepally K, Sumitomo A, Tomoda T, Lewis DA, Mccullumsmith R, Sibille E, Shukla R
Autophagy in Stress-Induced Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Depression.
Sawa A, Yang K, Cascella NG, Tomoda T
Aberrant aging-associated p62 autophagic cascade in biopsied olfactory neuronal cells from patients with psychosis.
Yang K, Ishizuka K, Tomoda T, Sawa A
Impact of feeding age on cognitive impairment in mice with Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 (Disc1) mutation under a high sucrose diet.
Park J, Shimbo H, Tamura S, Tomoda T, Hikida T, Okado H, Hirai S
Ribosomal dysregulation: A conserved pathophysiological mechanism in human depression and mouse chronic stress.
Zhang X, Eladawi MA, Ryan WG, Fan X, Prevoznik S, Devale T, Ramnani B, Malathi K, Sibille E, Mccullumsmith R, Tomoda T, Shukla R
Molecular origin of somatostatin-positive neuron vulnerability.
Tomoda T, Sumitomo A, Newton D, Sibille E
Regulation of sensorimotor gating via Disc1/Huntingtin-mediated Bdnf transport in the cortico-striatal circuit.
Jaaro-Peled H, Kumar S, Hughes D, Sumitomo A, Kim SH, Zoubovsky S, Hirota-Tsuyada Y, Zala D, Bruyere J, Katz BM, Huang B, Flores R, Narayan S, Hou Z, Economides AN, Hikida T, Wetsel WC, Deisseroth K, Mori S, Brandon NJ, Tanaka M, Ishizuka K, Houslay MD, Saudou F, Dzirasa K, Sawa A, Tomoda T
Molecular characterization of depression trait and state.
Shukla R, Newton DF, Sumitomo A, Zare H, Mccullumsmith R, Lewis DA, Tomoda T, Sibille E
BDNF controls GABAAR trafficking and related cognitive processes via autophagic regulation of p62.
Tomoda T, Sumitomo A, Shukla R, Hirota-Tsuyada Y, Miyachi H, Oh H, French L, Sibille E
High-sucrose diets contribute to brain angiopathy with impaired glucose uptake and psychosis-related higher brain dysfunctions in mice.
Hirai S, Miwa H, Tanaka T, Toriumi K, Kunii Y, Shimbo H, Sakamoto T, Hino M, Izumi R, Nagaoka A, Yabe H, Nakamachi T, Shioda S, Dan T, Miyata T, Nishito Y, Suzuki K, Miyashita M, Tomoda T, Hikida T, Horiuchi J, Itokawa M, Arai M, Okado H
Neuropeptide-induced proteinopathies and brain health
Principal investigators: Sibille, Etienne; Prevot, Thomas D; Tomoda, Toshifumi
Keywords: Biological Mechanisms; Cell-Dependent Vulnerability; Depression; Er Stress; Neuropeptides; Stress-Related Brain Disorders; Treatment
GABAA Receptor-Specific Regulation Of Cortisol Release In Stress-Related Depression
Principal investigators: Prevot, Thomas D
Keywords: Animal Models; Behaviour; Corticosterone; Gaba; Mood; Neurociences; Pharmacology; Stress Regulation
Genetic and non-genetic mechanisms for somatostatin neuron vulnerability in stress-related brain disorders
Principal investigators: Tomoda, Toshifumi
Keywords: Depression; Stress Vulnerability; Stress-Related Brain Disorder
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Etienne Sibille and Mounira Banasr: 19 shared papers
- Etienne Sibille and Toshifumi Tomoda: 7 shared papers
- Mounira Banasr and Toshifumi Tomoda: 1 shared paper
- Nancy Butcher and Toshifumi Tomoda: 1 shared paper
- Other
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