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Hiromu Tanimoto

Hiromu Tanimoto

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
10835
World Ranking
6833
National Ranking
227

Overview

Hiromu Tanimoto is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on neuroscience and related biological sciences. Their research encompasses several fields, with the main areas of study being Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research delves deeply into subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Genetics. These subfields reflect a broad interest in understanding biological systems at both molecular and ecological levels.

Topics central to Hiromu Tanimoto's work include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Hiromu Tanimoto has published frequently in several academic venues, with the most common being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors:

  • Shu Kondo
  • Toshiharu Ichinose
  • Ryusuke Niwa
  • Kokoro Saito
  • Nobuhiro Yamagata

Representative recent papers highlight various aspects of insect neurobiology and physiology:

  • Neurochemical Organization of the Drosophila Brain Visualized by Endogenously Tagged Neurotransmitter Receptors, 2020, Cell Reports
  • The sugar-responsive enteroendocrine neuropeptide F regulates lipid metabolism through glucagon-like and insulin-like hormones in Drosophila melanogaster, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Cofactor-enabled functional expression of fruit fly, honeybee, and bumblebee nicotinic receptors reveals picomolar neonicotinoid actions, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Corazonin-PTTH Neuronal Axis Controls Systemic Body Growth by Regulating Basal Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, Current Biology
  • Neuronal octopamine signaling regulates mating-induced germline stem cell increase in female Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, eLife

Best Publications

  • The neuronal architecture of the mushroom body provides a logic for associative learning

    Yoshinori Aso;Daisuke Hattori;Yang Yu;Rebecca M. Johnston

  • Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila

    Yoshinori Aso;Divya Sitaraman;Toshiharu Ichinose;Karla R. Kaun

  • A subset of dopamine neurons signals reward for odour memory in Drosophila

    Chang Liu;Pierre-Yves Placais;Nobuhiro Yamagata;Barret D. Pfeiffer

  • Neuronal assemblies of the Drosophila mushroom body.

    Nobuaki K. Tanaka;Hiromu Tanimoto;Kei Ito

  • Hedgehog creates a gradient of DPP activity in Drosophila wing imaginal discs.

    Hiromu Tanimoto;Susumu Itoh;Peter ten Dijke;Tetsuya Tabata

  • The Mushroom Body of Adult Drosophila Characterized by GAL4 Drivers

    Yoshinori Aso;Kornelia Grübel;Sebastian Busch;Anja B. Friedrich

  • Specific dopaminergic neurons for the formation of labile aversive memory.

    Yoshinori Aso;Igor Siwanowicz;Lasse Bräcker;Kei Ito

  • Three dopamine pathways induce aversive odor memories with different stability.

    Yoshinori Aso;Andrea Herb;Maite Ogueta;Igor Siwanowicz

  • Identification of a dopamine pathway that regulates sleep and arousal in Drosophila

    Taro Ueno;Jun Tomita;Hiromu Tanimoto;Keita Endo

  • Androgen-dependent neurodegeneration by polyglutamine-expanded human androgen receptor in Drosophila.

    Ken Ichi Takeyama;Saya Ito;Ayako Yamamoto;Hiromu Tanimoto

  • Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila

    Julien Séjourné;Pierre-Yves Plaçais;Yoshinori Aso;Igor Siwanowicz

  • Distinct dopamine neurons mediate reward signals for short- and long-term memories

    Nobuhiro Yamagata;Toshiharu Ichinose;Yoshinori Aso;Pierre Yves Plaçais

  • A map of octopaminergic neurons in the Drosophila brain.

    Sebastian Busch;Mareike Selcho;Kei Ito;Hiromu Tanimoto

  • brinker is a target of Dpp in Drosophila that negatively regulates Dpp-dependent genes

    Maki Minami;Noriyuki Kinoshita;Yuko Kamoshida;Hiromu Tanimoto

  • Shared mushroom body circuits underlie visual and olfactory memories in Drosophila.

    Katrin Vogt;Christopher Schnaitmann;Kristina V Dylla;Stephan Knapek

  • An engram found? Evaluating the evidence from fruit flies

    Bertram Gerber;Hiromu Tanimoto;Martin Heisenberg

  • Experimental psychology: Event timing turns punishment to reward

    Hiromu Tanimoto;Martin Heisenberg;Bertram Gerber

  • Slow oscillations in two pairs of dopaminergic neurons gate long-term memory formation in Drosophila

    Pierre Yves Plaçais;Séverine Trannoy;Guillaume Isabel;Guillaume Isabel;Yoshinori Aso

  • Reward signal in a recurrent circuit drives appetitive long-term memory formation

    Toshiharu Ichinose;Yoshinori Aso;Nobuhiro Yamagata;Ayako Abe

  • Direct neural pathways convey distinct visual information to Drosophila mushroom bodies

    Katrin Vogt;Katrin Vogt;Yoshinori Aso;Toshihide Hige;Stephan Knapek

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Aso
Yoshinori Aso Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bertram Gerber
Bertram Gerber Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Thomas Preat
Thomas Preat PSL University
Martin Heisenberg
Martin Heisenberg University of Würzburg
Albert Cardona
Albert Cardona University of Cambridge
Chun-Fang Wu
Chun-Fang Wu University of Iowa
André Fiala
André Fiala University of Göttingen
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin

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