Masayoshi Ito

The paper identifies a pair of interneurons in Drosophila that assign positive valence to sweet taste and transmit this signal to the mushroom body for appetitive behavior.

The paper describes a collection of split-GAL4 driver lines for targeting specific neuron types in Drosophila, enabling functional and molecular studies.

The paper provides a searchable image resource of Drosophila GAL4-driver expression patterns at single neuron resolution to improve cell type identification and split-GAL4 combination prediction.

This paper creates high-resolution brain and ventral nerve cord templates for Drosophila using advanced imaging and registration techniques, showing improved accuracy and efficiency compared to existing templates.

This study identifies neuronal circuits in Drosophila that regulate female aggression through optogenetic manipulation and connectomic analysis.

The paper presents a detailed connectome of the adult Drosophila central brain, including new methods for data analysis and biological insights into neural circuit organization.

The paper identifies anatomical subtypes of dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila and their specific input connectivity, revealing functional roles in reinforcement and memory.

The paper maps Drosophila central brain lineages to show how lineage identity and temporal patterning drive neuronal diversity and complexity.

A dense electron-microscopy reconstruction of half the fly central brain, with nearly every cell typed and queryable online, turns months of tracing partners into a database lookup.

A Fiji plug-in matches expression patterns across thousands of Drosophila driver lines, so pairs whose overlap is restricted to a handful of neurons can be found by query.

The paper identifies temporal RNA-binding protein gradients in Drosophila neuroblasts that regulate intermediate neural progenitor fate.