Ichiro Aoki

The paper identifies neurons and molecular mechanisms involved in noxious light sensation in C. elegans, showing AVG as a key neuron for escape behavior and the role of NLP-10 in maintaining responsiveness.

The paper shows two neuropeptides from a single neuron pair in C. elegans have opposing effects on locomotion, with one inhibiting the release of the other through autocrine feedback.

The paper investigates how cGMP dynamics in C. elegens AFD neurons encode and memorize temperature information, showing that cGMP levels fluctuate based on past cultivation temperature and influence thermotaxis behavior.

This study identifies SLO potassium channels and CNG-3 as regulators of temperature preference transition timing in C. elegans thermotaxis behavior.