Evolutionary conservation and diversification of auditory neural circuits that process courtship songs in Drosophila

Scientific Reports. 13: 383.
Article DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-27349-7

#Shirasaki, Riku,　#Ryoya Tanaka, Hiroki Takekata, Takashi Shimada, Yuki Ishikawa*, Azusa Kamikouchi* (2022).
# Co-first authors; * Equal contributions

Distinct decision-making properties underlying the species specificity of group formation of flies

Royal Society Open Science. 9: 220042.
Article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220042

#Yifeng YJ Xu, #YuMin Loh, Tai-Ting Lee, Takuro S. Ohashi, Matthew P Su*, Azusa Kamikouchi* (2022).
# Co-first authors; * Equal contributions

Serotonin modulation in the male Aedes aegypti ear influences hearing

Front. Physiol. 13: 931567.
Article DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.931567

Mate discrimination of Colocasiomyia xenalocasiae and C. alocasiae (Diptera: Drosophilidae) as a possible factor contributing to their co-existence on the same host plant.

Journal of Insect Behavior. 35: 44–55.
Article DOI: 10.1007/s10905-022-09798-0

Biogenic action of Lactobacillus plantarum SBT2227 promotes sleep in Drosophila melanogaster.

iScience. 25(7), 104626
Article DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104626

Loss of Fis1 impairs proteostasis during skeletal muscle aging in Drosophila.

Aging Cell. doi: 10.1111/acel.13379

Distinct subpopulations of mechanosensory chordotonal organ neurons elicit grooming of the fruit fly antennae.

eLife. 9:e59976
Article DOI: 10.7554/eLife.59976

Assessing the acoustic behaviour of Anopheles gambiae s.l. dsxF mutants: Implications for Vector Control.

Parasites & Vectors. 23: 9.
Article DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101486

Auditory experience prevents loss of the innate song preference as a selective cue in Drosophila.

BioRxiv. Article DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.16.205443v1

Hampel S, Eichler K, Yamada D, Kim H, Horigome M, Franconville R, Bock DD, Kamikouchi A , Seeds AM (2020).

Convergence of distinct subpopulations of mechanosensory neurons onto a neural circuit that elicits grooming.

BioRxiv. Article DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.08.141341

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Hyunsoo Kim*, Mihoko Horigome*, Yuki Ishikawa, Feng Li, J. Scott Lauritzen, Gwyneth Card, Davi D. Bock, Azusa Kamikouchi (2020).
Equal contributions*

Wiring patterns from auditory sensory neurons to the escape and song-relay pathways in fruit flies.

J Comp. Neurol. 528(12): 2068-2098
Article DOI: 10.1002/cne.24877

Hiroshi Ishimoto, Azusa Kamikouchi (2020).

A feedforward circuit regulates action selection of pre-mating courtship behavior in female Drosophila.

Curr Biol. 30:1–12

Yuki Ishikawa, Mao Fujiwara, Junlin Wong, Akari Ura, Azusa Kamikouchi (2020).

Stereotyped Combination of Hearing and Wind/Gravity-sensing Neurons in the Johnston’s Organ of Drosophila.

Front. Physiol. 10:1552

Yuki Ishikawa, Natsuki Okamoto, Yusuke Yoneyama, Naoki Maeda, Azusa Kamikouchi (2019).

A single male auditory response test to quantify auditory behavioral responses in Drosophila melanogaster.

J Neurogenet, May 20:1-11

Nana Kudow, Azusa Kamikouchi, Teiichi Tanimura (2019).

Softness sensing and learning in Drosophila larvae.

Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb.196329 doi: 10.1242

Shuhei J. Yamazaki, Kazuya Ohara, Kentaro Ito, Nobuo Kokubun, Takuma Kitanishi, Daisuke Takaichi, Yasufumi Yamada, Yosuke Ikejiri, Fumie Hiramatsu, Kosuke Fujita, Yuki Tanimoto, Akiko Yamazoe-Umemoto, Koichi Hashimoto, Ken Yoda, Katsufumi Sato, Akinori Takahashi, Yuki Ishikawa, Azusa Kamikouchi, Shizuko Hiryu, Takuya Maekawa, Koutarou D. Kimura (2019).

A hybrid versatile method for state estimation and feature extraction from the trajectory of animal behavior.

Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13: 626

Li X, Ishimoto H, Kamikouchi A (2018).

Assessing experience-dependent tuning of song preference in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster).

bio-protocol, 8(14): e2932.

Yamada D, Ishimoto H, Li X, Kohashi T, Ishikawa Y, Kamikouchi A (2018).

Li X, Ishimoto H, Kamikouchi A (2018).

Auditory experience controls the maturation of song discrimination and sexual response in Drosophila.

eLife, 2018;7:e34348.

Ishikawa Y, Okamoto N, Nakamura M, Kim H, Kamikouchi A (2017).

Anatomic and physiologic heterogeneity of subgroup-A auditory sensory neurons in fruit flies.

Frontiers in Neural Circuits, doi: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00046.

Ishikawa Y, Aonuma H, Sasaki K, Miura T (2016).

Tyraminergic and octopaminergic modulation of defensive behavior in termite soldier.

PLoS ONE, 11(5): e0154230.

Matsuo E, Seki H, Asai T, Morimoto T, Miyakawa H, Ito K, Kamikouchi A (2016).

The organization of projection neurons and local neurons of the primary auditory center in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

J Comp Neurol, 524(6):1099-164.

■ Reviews

Ishikawa Y, Masahito T. Kimura & Masanori J. Toda (2022).

Biology and ecology of the Oriental flower-breeding Drosophila elegans and related species.

Fly. 16(1): 207-220.

Molecular and neural mechanisms regulating sexual motivation of virgin female Drosophila.

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03820-y

■ Book Chapters

Jörg T. Albert, Andrew P. Jarman, Azusa Kamikouchi, Alyona Kedera (2020).