Ayako Yamaguchi

Molecular Characterization of Parabrachial Neurons in Xenopus laevis and Silurana tropicalis: Evolutionary Conservation and Sex-Specific Differences

The paper identifies molecularly similar fast trill neurons in clawed frogs with different vocal behaviors, suggesting evolutionary conservation and potential non-vocal functions.

Adeno-Associated Viral Tools to Trace Neural Development and Connectivity Across Amphibians

This paper identifies AAV serotypes effective for transducing amphibian CNS cells and develops tools for neural circuit tracing and manipulation in multiple amphibian species.

Two conserved vocal central pattern generators broadly tuned for fast and slow rates generate species-specific vocalizations in Xenopus clawed frogs

The paper identifies conserved fast and slow central pattern generators (CPGs) in Xenopus species that produce species-specific vocalizations, showing their development is regulated by testosterone.