Minoru Saitoe

This study identifies an extracellular K+ binding site in Cys-loop receptors that modulates pore conformations and Cl- conductance, with similar mechanisms observed in a human glycine receptor variant.

The paper shows that forgetting in Drosophila involves increased uncertainty rather than memory loss, with similar mechanisms for long-term and age-related forgetting.

This study identifies neuropeptide signalling and perineurial barrier activation as mechanisms underlying persistent stress-induced behavioral changes in Drosophila.

This study uses a Drosophila model of diabetic neuropathy to show that proteasome activity in glia is crucial for heat avoidance behavior, suggesting it as a therapeutic target.

The paper identifies a mechanism where post-synaptic mushroom body neurons generate carbon monoxide to induce localized dopamine release from presynaptic terminals, facilitating memory-related plasticity.