Ikue Mori

The paper shows hyperpolarizing neurons in C. elegans use undocked innexin hemichannels to transmit temperature information independently of synaptic vesicle exocytosis.

This study shows that increased neuronal activity in aging C. elegans impairs associative learning behavior, which can be mitigated by dietary changes.

This study shows that a specific diet, Lactobacillus reuteri, can preserve associative learning in aged C. elegans through DAF-16 pathway activation without affecting lifespan.

The paper investigates how cGMP dynamics in C. elegens AFD neurons encode and memorize temperature information, showing that cGMP levels fluctuate based on past cultivation temperature and influence thermotaxis behavior.

The paper shows that presynaptic MAST kinase in C. elegans controls bidirectional postsynaptic responses to encode thermal stimulus valence through opposing signals.

This study identifies SLO potassium channels and CNG-3 as regulators of temperature preference transition timing in C. elegans thermotaxis behavior.

The paper shows that overlapping neural circuits in C. elegans enable robust and flexible thermotaxis behavior through compensatory mechanisms and context-dependent regulation.

This paper develops an inverse reinforcement learning framework to identify animal behavioral strategies from time-series data, applied to C. elegans thermotaxis, revealing distinct strategies for fed and starved worms.