Dr Atomu Sawatari
People_

Dr Atomu Sawatari

Lecturer
Physiology, School of Medical Sciences
Bosch Institute
Phone
+61 2 9036 7127
Fax
+61 2 9351 8400
Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Lifespan
Project titleResearch student
Children’s Wellbeing and Learning: Emotional Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Primary School Li LI

Publications

Journals

  • Rogerson-Wood, L., Goldsbury, C., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2024). An early enriched experience drives targeted microglial engulfment of miswired neural circuitry during a restricted postnatal period. GLIA, 72(7), 1217-1235. [More Information]
  • Rogerson-Wood, L., Petersen, J., Kairouz, A., Goldsbury, C., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2023). An Early Enriched Experience Drives an Activated Microglial Profile at Site of Corrective Neuroplasticity in Ten-m3 Knock-Out Mice. eNeuro, 10(1). [More Information]
  • Too, L., Shen, W., Protti, D., Sawatari, A., Black, D., Leamey, C., Huang, J., Lee, S., Mathai, A., Lisowski, L., Gillies, M., Simunovic, M., et al (2022). Optogenetic restoration of high sensitivity vision with bReaChES, a red-shifted channelrhodopsin. Scientific Reports, 12(1). [More Information]

2024

  • Rogerson-Wood, L., Goldsbury, C., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2024). An early enriched experience drives targeted microglial engulfment of miswired neural circuitry during a restricted postnatal period. GLIA, 72(7), 1217-1235. [More Information]

2023

  • Rogerson-Wood, L., Petersen, J., Kairouz, A., Goldsbury, C., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2023). An Early Enriched Experience Drives an Activated Microglial Profile at Site of Corrective Neuroplasticity in Ten-m3 Knock-Out Mice. eNeuro, 10(1). [More Information]

2022

  • Too, L., Shen, W., Protti, D., Sawatari, A., Black, D., Leamey, C., Huang, J., Lee, S., Mathai, A., Lisowski, L., Gillies, M., Simunovic, M., et al (2022). Optogenetic restoration of high sensitivity vision with bReaChES, a red-shifted channelrhodopsin. Scientific Reports, 12(1). [More Information]

2020

  • Blok, J., Black, D., Petersen, J., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2020). Environmental Enrichment Rescues Visually-Mediated Behavior in Ten-m3 Knockout Mice During an Early Critical Period. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 22. [More Information]

2019

  • O'Connor, A., Burton, T., Mansuri, H., Hand, G., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2019). Environmental Enrichment From Birth Impacts Parvalbumin Expressing Cells and Wisteria Floribunda Agglutinin Labelled Peri-Neuronal Nets Within the Developing Murine Striatum. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 13, 1-14. [More Information]
  • Eggins, P., Blok, J., Petersen, J., Savvas, L., Rogerson-Wood, L., Mansuri, H., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2019). Environmental Enrichment Partially Repairs Subcortical Mapping Errors in Ten-m3 Knock-Out Mice during an Early Critical Period. eNeuro, 6(6), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2019). Teneurins: Mediators of Complex Neural Circuit Assembly in Mammals. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 1-8. [More Information]

2018

  • Rountree-Harrison, D., Burton, T., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2018). Environmental Enrichment Expedites Acquisition and Improves Flexibility on a Temporal Sequencing Task in Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(51), 1-13. [More Information]

2017

  • Glendining, K., Liu, S., Nguyen, M., Dharmaratne, N., Nagarajah, R., Iglesias, M., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2017). Downstream mediators of Ten-m3 signalling in the developing visual pathway. BMC Neuroscience, 18, 1-17. [More Information]

2015

  • Tran, H., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2015). The glycoprotein Ten-m3 mediates topography and patterning of thalamostriatal projections from the parafascicular nucleus in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(1), 55-68. [More Information]

2014

  • Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2014). The teneurins: New players in the generation of visual topography. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 35, 173-179. [More Information]
  • O'Connor, A., Burton, T., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2014). The Use of the Puzzle Box as a Means of Assessing the Efficacy of Environmental Enrichment. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 94, 1-8. [More Information]

2013

  • Merlin, S., Horng, S., Marotte, L., Sur, M., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2013). Deletion of Ten-m3 Induces the Formation of Eye Dominance Domains in Mouse Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 23(4), 763-774. [More Information]
  • Young, T., Bourke, M., Zhou, X., Oohashi, T., Sawatari, A., Fassler, R., Leamey, C. (2013). Ten-m2 Is Required for the Generation of Binocular Visual Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(30), 12490-12509. [More Information]

2012

  • Lee, H., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2012). Perineuronal Nets Play a Role in Regulating Striatal Function in the Mouse. PloS One, 7(3), e32747 - 1-e32747 - 10. [More Information]
  • Dharmaratne, N., Glendining, K., Young, T., Tran, H., Sawatari, A., Leamey, C. (2012). Ten-m3 Is Required for the Development of Topography in the Ipsilateral Retinocollicular Pathway. PloS One, 7(9), 1-15. [More Information]

2011

  • Lee, H., Sawatari, A. (2011). Medium spiny neurons of the neostriatal matrix exhibit specific, stereotyped changes in dendritic arborization during a critical developmental period in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience, 34(9), 1345-1354. [More Information]

2009

  • Simonetti, T., Lee, H., Bourke, M., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2009). Enrichment from birth accelerates the functional and cellular development of a motor control area in the mouse. PloS One, 4(8), e6780-1-e6780-9. [More Information]

2008

  • Lee, H., Leamey, C., Sawatari, A. (2008). Rapid reversal of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan associated staining in subcompartments of mouse neostriatum during the emergence of behaviour. PloS One, 3(8), 1-16. [More Information]

2007

  • Leamey, C., Glendining, K., Kreiman, G., Kang, N., Wang, K., Fassler, R., Sawatari, A., Tonegawa, S., Sur, M. (2007). Differential Gene Expression between Sensory Neocortical Areas: Potential Roles for Ten_m3 and Bcl6 in Patterning Visual and Somatosensory Pathways. Cerebral Cortex, 18(1), 53-66. [More Information]
  • Leamey, C., Merlin, S., Lattouf, P., Sawatari, A., Zhou, X., Demel, N., Glendining, K., Oohashi, T., Sur, M., Fassler, R. (2007). Ten_m3 regulates eye-specific patterning in the mammalian visual pathway and is required for binocular vision. PLoS Biology, 5(9), 2077-2092. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2021

  • Optogenetic restoration of high-sensitivity vision with ChRmine, a novel Type I opsin, Simunovic M, Too L, Protti D, Leamey C, Sawatari A, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Ideas Grant
  • Optogenetic restoration of vision in macular degeneration with high-sensitivity Type I and Type II opsins, Gillies M, Simunovic M, Too L, Lisowski L, Protti D, Leamey C, Sawatari A, Macular Disease Foundation Australia/Research Grant

2014

  • Touchscreen Operant Chambers for Mice, Johnstone D, Stone J, Mitrofanis J, Sawatari A, Burton T, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Equipment Grant