Akira Uematsu

The paper identifies a neural mechanism in the ventral hippocampus that stabilizes aversive beliefs during extinction learning by suppressing adaptive behavioral changes.

The paper identifies a brainstem circuit that transmits both sensory and motor information from aversive experiences to the amygdala, enhancing defensive behaviors and emotional memory formation.

The paper introduces a technique called PINCER to study the functional input-output organization of neurons in neural circuits, demonstrating its application in the amygdala to reveal aversive memory-related cell types.

This study shows that distinct subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex bidirectionally regulate emotional memory extinction through their influence on the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline system.

This study analyzes LC neuron firing patterns across species and biological factors, revealing diverse activity patterns and subregions enriched for specific factors and disease models.

The paper maps afferent inputs to two functionally distinct noradrenaline cell types in the locus coeruleus and identifies sex-specific differences in their connectivity.