Hiroki Asari

This study shows that PGE2 induces a sickness-like state in mice, with the insular cortex encoding integrated sickness signals better than the somatosensory cortex.

This study identifies reciprocal feedback inhibition and distinct intrinsic firing properties between two neuron classes in the mouse ventromedial hypothalamus involved in defensive behaviors.

The paper shows that mouse optic tract axons lack fine-scale retinotopy, maintaining only coarse topographic structure.

This study identifies TRIM66 as a key factor enforcing monogenic expression of olfactory receptors through epigenetic silencing of super-enhancers, impacting axonal projections and behavior.

The paper investigates how contextual information processing is disrupted in Scn2a+/- autism model mice by analyzing visual circuitry and behavioral responses.

The paper reconstructs functional connectivity in the mouse motor cortex using 3D two-photon calcium imaging and identifies column-like subnetworks with specific connectivity patterns and information flow.

The paper investigates how sudden sensory events trigger modality-independent responses in the mouse neocortex across layers using in vivo electrophysiology.

The paper identifies that histaminergic projections reduce visual response gain and slow processing in the retina and lateral geniculate nucleus of awake mice, without affecting pupil dynamics or locomotion.

The paper maps retinotopic organization in the mouse superior colliculus at single-cell resolution, showing precise axonal projections and lower precision in local neurons.

This study compares retinal output in awake, anesthetized, and ex vivo mice, finding faster kinetics, larger dynamic range, and higher firing rates in awake retinas, suggesting dense coding in vivo.

This study shows that complement signaling via C3r is critical for perinatal neuronal elimination but not synaptic pruning in the developing brain.

This study uses computational modeling to show that a simple inhibitory feedback circuit in the VMH can produce firing patterns resembling in vivo Assessment+ and Flight+ cells during threat response transitions.

The paper shows that noisy neuronal populations in the dorsal inferior colliculus of awake mice encode sound location with decoding accuracy matching mouse discrimination ability.

The paper examines the optimality of the mouse retina's organization by analyzing natural image statistics in UV and green light, finding that the dorsoventral division is not optimal for maximizing information transmission.

The paper identifies feedback circuitry from retinal ganglion cells to the inner retina in salamander and mouse retinas, mediated by gap junctions with amacrine cells, which reduces visual response gain without affecting feature selectivity.