Takaaki Ozawa

The paper identifies a brainstem circuit that transmits both sensory and motor information from aversive experiences to the amygdala, enhancing defensive behaviors and emotional memory formation.

The paper shows that dopamine neurons in the mesolimbic pathway encode the value of water and salt in a state-dependent manner, influencing behavior and simulated by a reinforcement learning model.

This study investigates sex-dependent effects of nicotine on discrimination learning and cognitive flexibility in mice, finding differential impacts on visual discrimination and reversal learning tasks.

This study investigates the role of NAcD1-MSN-SNr pathway in reward learning and motor behaviors through optogenetic activation.