Previous Publications



Sano H, Nakamura A, Texada JM, Truman JT, Ishimoto H, Kamikouchi A, Nibu Y, Kume K, Ida T, Kojima M (2015).

The Nutrient-Responsive Hormone CCHamide-2 Controls Growth by Regulating Insulin-like Peptides in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster.

PLoS Genetics, 11(5): e1005209


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Matsuo E(#), Yamada D(#), Ishikawa Y, Asai T, Ishimoto H, Kamikouchi A (2014). (#)Equal contribution

Identification of novel vibration- and deflection-sensitive neuronal subgroups in Johnston’s organ of the fruit fly.

Frontiers in Physiology. 5:179. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00179


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Gotoh H, Miyakawa H, Ishikawa A, Ishikawa Y, Sugime Y, Emlen DJ, Lavine LC, Miura T (2014).

Developmental link between sex and nutrition; doublesex regulates sex-specific mandible growth via juvenile hormone signaling in stag beetles.

PLoS Genetics, 10(1): e1004098


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Yoon J, Matsuo E, Yamada D, Mizuno H, Morimoto T, Miyakawa H, Kinoshita S, Ishimoto H, Kamikouchi A (2013).

Selectivity and plasticity in a sound-evoked male-male interaction in Drosophila.

PLoS ONE 8(9): e74289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074289


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Hattori A, Sugime Y, Sasa C, Miyakawa H, Ishikawa Y, Miyazaki S, Okada Y, Cornette R, Lavine LC, Emlen DJ, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2013).

Soldier morphogenesis in the damp-wood termite is regulated by the insulin signaling pathway.

J Exp Zool B 320(5):295-306. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22501


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Ishikawa Y, Miura T (2012).

Hidden aggression in termite workers: plastic defensive behaviour dependent upon social context.

Anim Behav 83, 737-745. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.022


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Ishikawa A, Ishikawa Y, Okada Y, Miyazaki S, Miyakawa H, Koshikawa S, Brisson JA, Miura T (2012).

Screening of up-regulated genes induced by high density in the vetch aphid Megoura crassicauda.

J Exp Zool A: 317(3): 194-203. doi: 10.1002/jez.1713.


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Kamikouchi A, Wiek R, Effertz T, Gopfert MC, Fiala A (2010).

Transcuticular optical imaging of stimulus-evoked neural activities in the Drosophila peripheral nervous system.

Nat Protocols 5, 1229-1235.


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Kamikouchi A,Albert JT, Gopfert MC (2010).

Mechanical feedback amplification in Drosophila hearing is independent of synaptic transmission.

Eur J Neurosci 31, 697-703.


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Inagaki HK, Kamikouchi A, Ito K (2010).

Methods for quantifying simple gravity sensing in Drosophila melanogaster.

Nat Protocols 5, 20-25.


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Inagaki HK, Kamikouchi A, Ito K (2010).

Protocol for quantifying sound-sensing ability of Drosophila melanogaster.

Nat Protocols 5, 26-30.


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Kamikouchi A, Inagaki HK, Effertz T, Fiala A, Hendrich O, Gopfert MC, Ito K (2009).

The neural basis of Drosophila gravity sensing and hearing.

Nature (Article) 458, 165-171.


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Ikemoto Y, Ishikawa Y, Miura T, Asama H (2009).

A mathematical model for caste differentiation in termite colonies (Isoptera) by hormonal and pheromonal regulations.

Sociobiology 54: 841-859.


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Yorozu S, Wong A, Fischer BJ, Dankert H, Kernan MJ, Kamikouchi A, Ito K, Anderson DJ (2009).

Distinct sensory representations of wind and near-field sound in the Drosophila brain.

Nature (Letter) 458, 201-205.


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Ishikawa Y, Aonuma H, Miura T (2008).

Soldier-specific modification of the mandibular motor neurons in termites.

PLoS ONE 3(7): e2617. doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0002617.


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Ishikawa Y, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2007) .

Differences in mechanosensory hairs among castes of the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termitidae).

Sociobiology 50: pp. 895-907.


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Kamikouchi A, Shimada T, Ito K (2006).

Comprehensive classification of the auditory sensory projections in the brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.


J Comp Neurol 499, 317-356.


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Kunieda T, Fujiyuki T, Kucharski R, Foret S, Ament SA, Toth AL, Ohashi K, Takeuchi H, Kamikouchi A, Kage E, Morioka M, Beye M, Kubo T, Robinson GE, Maleszka R. (2006)

Carbohydrate metabolism genes and pathways in insects: insights from the honey bee genome.

Insect Mol Biol 15, 563-576.

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The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium (2006).

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.

Nature 443, 931-949.

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Gopfert MC, Albert JT, Nadrowski B, Kamikouchi A (2006).

Specification of auditory sensitivity by Drosophila TRP channels.

Nat Neurosci 9, 999-1000.