Recent Publications
2012.02.08 Paper Shinya Yamamoto, Tatyana Humle, Masayuki Tanaka "Flexible helping with understanding of conspecifics' goals in chimpanzees"
2012.01.16 Paper Yamato Tsuji: Sleeping-site preferences of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): the importance of nonpredatory factors
2012.01.04 Paper Sato, W., Kochiyama, T., Uono, S., Matsuda, K., Usui, K., Inoue, Y., & Toichi, M.: Rapid amygdala gamma oscillations in response to eye gaze
2011.12.08 Paper Iwasaki Y, Mori K-i, Ishii K, Maki N, Iijima S, Yoshida T, Okabayashi S, Katakai Y, Lee Y-J, Saito A, Fukai H, Kimura N, Ageyama N, Yoshizaki S, Suzuki T, Yasutomi Y, Miyamura T, Kannagi M, Akari H: Long-term persistent GBV-B infection and development of a chronic and progressive hepatitis C-like disease in marmosets
2011.12.08 Paper Yoshida T, Omatsu T, Saito A, Katakai Y, Iwasaki Y, Iijima S, Kurosawa T, Hamano M, Nakamura S, Takasaki T, Yasutomi Y, Kurane I, Akari H.: CD16(+) natural killer cells play a limited role against primary dengue virus infection in tamarins.
2011.12.08 Paper Saito A, Kono K, Nomaguchi M, Yasutomi Y, Adachi A, Shioda T, Akari H, Nakayama EE.: Geographic, Genetic and functional diversity of antiretroviral host factor TRIMCyp in cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis).
2011.12.06 Paper Visuoauditory mappings between high luminance and high pitch are shared by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans
2011.10.07 Paper Yamato Tsuji: Seed dispersal by Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in western Tokyo, central Japan: a preliminary report
2011.10.03 Paper TAKESHI FURUICHI: Female Contributions to the Peaceful Nature of Bonobo Society
2011.09.15 Paper Yamato Tsuji, Sayako Miura, and Toshiaki Shiraishi: Gastrointestinal passage time of seeds ingested by captive Japanese martens Martes melampus
2011.08.22 Paper Yamato Tsuji, Takahumi Tatewaki, and Eiji Kanda: Endozoochorous seed dispersal by sympatric mustelids, Martes melampus and Mustela itatsi, in western Tokyo, central Japan
2011.08.22 Paper Yamato Tsuji, Kaede Sato, and Yoshikazu Sato: The role of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) as endozoochorous seed dispersers on Kinkazan Island, northern Japan
2011.08.12 Paper Tomoko Sakai, Akichika Mikami, Masaki Tomonaga, Mie Matsui, Juri Suzuki, Yuzuru Hamada, Masayuki Tanaka, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Haruyuki Makishima, Masato Nakatsukasa, Tetsuro Matsuzawa: Differential Prefrontal White Matter Development in Chimpanzees and Humans
2011.08.05 Paper Evgeny N. Maschenko, Masanaru Takai: Primates of the genus Altanius (Mammalia, Primates) from the Lower Eocene of Tsagan-Khushu, southern Mongolia
2011.08.04 Paper Naoki Morimoto, Marcia S. Ponce de Len, Takeshi Nishimura, and Christoph P.E. Zollikofer: Femoral Morphology and Femoropelvic Musculoskeletal Anatomy of Humans and Great Apes: A Comparative Virtopsy Study
2011.07.27 Paper Ikki Matsuda, Augustine Tuuga, Henry Bernard and Takeshi Furuichi: Inter-individual relationships in proboscis monkeys:a preliminary comparison with other non-human primates
2011.07.21 Paper Omatsu T, Moi ML, Hirayama T, Takasaki T, Nakamura S, Tajima S, Ito M, Yoshida T, Saito A, Katakai Y, Akari H, Kurane I: Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) as a primate model of dengue virus infection: development of high levels of viremia and demonstration of protective immunity.
2011.07.19 Paper Yuichiro Nishioka, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Ito, Thaung-Htike, Masanaru Takai: New Hystrix (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene of Myanmar
2011.07.06 Paper Yuichiro Nishioka, Tomoko Anezaki, Mitsuo Iwamoto, Masanaru Takai: Chronological and geographical variations of Late Pleistocene/Holocene Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) based on molar measurements
2011.06.11 Paper Tsuyoshi Ito, Takeshi Nishimura, Masanaru Takai: Allometry and interspecific differences in the facial cranium of two closely related macaque species
2011.05.23 Publication The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba
2011.05.16 Paper Nishioka, Y., Hirayama, R., Kawano, S., Tomida, Y., and Takai, M.: X-ray computed tomography examination of a fossil beaver tooth from the lower Miocene Koura Formation of western Japan
2011.05.09 Paper Kaneko, T. and M. Tomonaga: The perception of self-agency in chimpzanzees(Pan troglodytes).
2011.04.19 publication Sha J, Matsuda I, Bernard H. The Natural History of Proboscis Monkey.
2011.04.19 Paper Matsuda I, Murai T, Clauss M, Yamada T, Tuuga A, Bernard H, Higashi S. Regurgitation and remastication in the foregut-fermenting proboscis monkey(Nasalis larvatus).
2011.04.11 Paper Goro Hanya, Pablo Stevenson, Maria van Noordwijk, Siew Te Wong, Tomoko Kanamori, Noko Kuze, Shin-ichiro Aiba, Colin A. Chapman, Carel van Schaik: Seasonality in fruit availability affects frugivorous primate biomass and species richness
2011.04.11 Paper Goro Hanya, Nelly Ménard, Mohamed Qarro, Mohamed Ibn Tattou, Mieko Fuse, Dominique Vallet, Aya Yamada, Moe Go, Hino Takafumi, Riyou Tsujino, Naoki Agetsuma and Kazuo Wada: Dietary adaptations of temperate primates: comparisons of Japanese and Barbary macaques
2011.04.04 Paper Fractal analysis of behaviour in a wild primate: behavioural complexity in health and disease.
2011.03.07 Paper Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Masanaru Takai, Hikaru Uno, Jonathan G. Wynn, Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Thaung-Htike, Aung-Naing-Soe, Takeshi Nishimura, Minoru Yoneda: Paleoenvironmental analysis of Chaingzauk mammalian fauna (late Neogene, Myanmar) using stable isotopes from tooth enamel and its implication to paleogeography
2010.11.18 Paper T. Miyabe-Nishiwaki, K. Masui, A. Kaneko, K. Nishiwaki, E. Shimbo & H. Kanazawa: Hypnotic effects and pharmacokinetics of a single bolus dose of propofol in Japanese macaques (Macaca fsucata fsucata)
2010.11.01 Paper Tomoyuki Yoshida, Akatsuki Saito, Yuki Iwasaki, Sayuki Iijima, Terue Kurosawa, Yuko Katakai, Yasuhiro Yasutomi, Keith A. Reimann, Toshiyuki Hayakawa and Hirofumi Akari: Characterization of natural killer cells in tamarins: a technical basis for studies of innate immunity
2010.11.01 Paper Akatsuki Saito, Masako Nomaguchi, Sayuki Iijima, Ayumu Kuroishi, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Young-Jung Lee, Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Ken Kono, Emi E Nakayama, Tatsuo Shioda, Yasuhiro Yasutomi, Akio Adachi, Tetsuro Matano, Hirofumi Akari: Improved capacity of a monkey-tropic HIV-1 derivative to replicate in cynomolgus monkeys with minimal modifications
2010.10.22 Paper Tohru Sugawara, Yasuhiro Go, Toshifumi Udono, Naruki Morimura, Masaki Tomonaga, Hirohisa Hirai and Hiroo Imai: Diversification of bitter taste receptor gene family in western chimpanzees
2010.10.08 Paper T. Miyabe-Nishiwaki, A. Kaneko, K. Nishiwaki, A. Watanabe, S. Watanabe, N. Maeda, K. Kumazaki, M. Morimoto, R. Hirokawa, J. Suzuki, Y. Ito, M. Hayashi, M. Tanaka, M. Tomonaga and T. Matsuzawa: Tetraparesis resembling acute transverse myelitis in a captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): long-term care and recovery
2010.09.30 Paper MacIntosh, AJJ, Hernandez AD, Huffman MA: Host age, sex, and reproductive seasonality affect nematode parasitism in wild Japanese macaques.
2010.09.30 Publication MacIntosh AJJ, Huffman MA: Towards understanding the role of diet in host-parasite interactions: the case for Japanese macaques.
2010.08.26 Paper Masaki Tomonaga, Yuka Uwano, Sato Ogura, and Toyoshi Saito: Bottlenose Dolphins'(Tursiops truncatus) Theory of Mind as Demonstrated by Responses to their Trainers' Attentional States
2010.08.26 Paper Masaki Tomonaga and Tomoko Imura: Pacman in the sky with shadows: the effect of cast shadows on the perceptual completion of occluded figures by chimpanzees and humans.
2010.08.12 Paper Chieko Yamaguchi, Akihiro Izumi, Katsuki Nakamura:Time Course of Vocal Modulation During Isolation in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
2010.08.11 Paper Akira Midorikawa, Mitsuru Kawamura, Katsuki Nakamura:Discrepancy between imitating finger configuration and finger action: a single case report
2010.08.05 Paper N. Suzuki, T. Sugawara, A. Matsui, Y. Go, H. Hirai, and H. Imai:Identification of non-taster Japanese macaques for a specific bitter taste
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2010.06.08 Paper Eishi Hirasaki, Hiroo Kumakura :Estimating the Functional Axis of the Primate Foot Using the Distribution of Plantar Muscles
2010.06.08 Paper Kagaya, M., Ogihara, N. & Nakatsukasa, M. :Is the Clavicle of Apes Long? An Investigation of Clavicular Length in Relation to Body Mass and Upper Thoracic Width
2010.06.08 Paper Takeshi D. Nishimura, Yingqi Zhang, Masanaru Takai :Nasal anatomy of Paradolichopithecus gansuensis (Early Pleistocene, Longdan, China) with comments on phyletic relationships among the species of this genus
2010.05.26 Paper Moe Go: Seasonal changes in food resource distribution and feeding sites selected by Japanese macaques on Koshima Islet, Japan
2010.05.13 Paper Hamada, Y., Hirasaki, E., Rae, T.C. Special issue: Comparative Functional Morphology in Primates
2010.04.27 Paper Dynamic Plantar Pressure Distribution during Locomotion in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)
2010.04.27 Paper "Chimpanzee mothers at Bossou, Guinea carry the mummified remains of their dead infants"
2010.04.15 Paper Yamamoto, S., & Tanaka, M. The influence of kin relationship and reciprocal context on chimpanzees' other-regarding preferences.
2010.03.30 Paper Ryohei Nakagawa, Naomi Doi, Yuichiro Nishioka, Shin Nunami, Heizaburo Yamauchi, Masaki Fujita, Shinji Yamazaki, Masaaki Yamamoto, Chiaki Katagiri, Hitoshi Mukai, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Gakuhari, Mai Takigami, Minoru Yoneda Pleistocene human remains from Shiraho-Saonetabaru Cave on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, and their radiocarbon dating
2010.02.12 Paper Visual Search for Human Gaze Direction by a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
2010.01.29 Paper Atsushi Matsui, Yasuhiro Go, and Yoshihito Niimura Degeneration of Olfactory Receptor Gene Repertories in Primates: No Direct Link to Full Trichromatic Vision
2010.01.26 Paper Toshifumi Fukuoka, Kayo Sumida, Toru Yamada, Chihiro Higuchi, Keiko Nakagaki, Katsuki Nakamura, Shinichi Kohsaka, Koichi Saito, Kenji Oeda Gene expression profiles in the common marmoset brain determined using a newly developed common marmoset-specific DNA microarray
2010.01.18 Paper Ushitani, T., Imura, T., & Tomonaga, M. Object-based attention in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
2010.01.13 Paper Kota Katayama, Yuji Furutani, Hiroo Imai and Hideki Kandori An FTIR Study of Monkey Green- and Red-Sensitive Visual Pigments
2009.12.21 Paper Ari Ueno, Satoshi Hirata, Kohki Fuwa, Keiko Sugama3, Kiyo Kusunoki, Goh Matsuda, Hirokata Fukushima, Kazuo Hiraki, Masaki Tomonaga and Toshikazu Hasegawa Brain activity in an awake chimpanzee in response to the sound of her own name
2009.11.25 Paper Koji Kuraoka, Katsuki Nakamura Vocalization as a specific trigger of emotional responses
2009.11.25 Paper Reiko Koba, Akihiro Izumi, Katsuki Nakamura Sexual Dimorphism in Facial Shapes and Their Discrimination in Japanese Monkeys (Macaca fuscata)
2009.11.12 Paper Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai, Masato Nikaido, Yasushi Imamoto, and Norihiro Okada Vertebrate Rhodopsin Adaptation to Dim Light via Rapid Meta-II Intermediate Formation
2009.11.06 Paper Fumihito Kano, Masaki Tomonaga Face scanning in chimpanzees and humans: Continuity and discontinuity