Kokoro Saito

The paper identifies a bidirectional communication pathway between the fat body and the nervous system that drives pathogen avoidance behavior in response to immune receptor signaling.

The paper shows octopamine signaling coordinates presynaptic machinery spatial patterns in Drosophila mushroom body neurons through Octβ2R and cAMP signaling, influenced by food deprivation.

This study shows that gut microbiota-mediated lipid accumulation, through midgut elongation, enables Drosophila to adapt to blue light toxicity over generations.

This study identifies neuropeptide signalling and perineurial barrier activation as mechanisms underlying persistent stress-induced behavioral changes in Drosophila.

The paper examines the expression and localization of two opposing dopamine receptors in Drosophila neurons, revealing their presynaptic enrichment and starvation-dependent regulation.