Kenichi Ishii

The paper identifies a neuropeptidergic circuit involving Hugin and PK2-R1 that regulates larval sleep in Drosophila, but not adult sleep.

The paper presents transgenic driver strains to study octopaminergic and tyraminergic neurons in Drosophila, revealing their functional roles in behavior and circuit organization.

The paper shows that Drosophila epidermal cells are mechanosensitive and modulate nociceptive behaviors by activating sensory neurons and altering responses to mechanical stimuli.

This paper introduces flow zoometry, a high-throughput screening method for Drosophila, enabling rapid, automated, and high-resolution analysis of whole animals.

This study identifies a neurogenetic mechanism in Drosophila where the nvy gene suppresses aggression through specific neurons, showing experience-dependent regulation.