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Ikue Mori is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans related subfields including Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The topics that Ikue Mori investigates include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Circadian rhythm and melatonin; Spaceflight effects on biology; Photoreceptor and optogenetics research; Gut microbiota and health; Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies; and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Ikue Mori has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Aging Cell
  • eNeuro

Recent published papers featuring Ikue Mori's research are:

  • Context-dependent operation of neural circuits underlies a navigation behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Presynaptic MAST kinase controls opposing postsynaptic responses to convey stimulus valence in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Age-dependent changes in response property and morphology of a thermosensory neuron and thermotaxis behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020) - Aging Cell
  • Neural Coding of Thermal Preferences in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (2020) - eNeuro
  • AWC thermosensory neuron interferes with information processing in a compact circuit regulating temperature-evoked posture dynamics in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (2022) - Neuroscience Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ikue Mori include:

  • Shunji Nakano
  • Yuki Tsukada
  • Hironori J. Matsuyama
  • Kentaro Noma
  • Riku Yamashiro

Best Publications

  • Neural regulation of thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Ikue Mori;Yasumi Ohshima

  • Mutations in a Cyclic Nucleotide–Gated Channel Lead to Abnormal Thermosensation and Chemosensation in C. elegans

    Hidetoshi Komatsu;Ikue Mori;Jeong-Seop Rhee;Norio Akaike

  • Regulation of Interneuron Function in the C. elegans Thermoregulatory Pathway by the ttx-3 LIM Homeobox Gene

    Oliver Hobert;Ikue Mori;Yukiko Yamashita;Hidehiro Honda

  • Ca2+ signaling via the neuronal calcium sensor-1 regulates associative learning and memory in C. elegans.

    Marie Gomez;Edouard De Castro;Ernesto Guarin;Hiroyuki Sasakura

  • The C. elegans Thermosensory Neuron AFD Responds to Warming

    Koutarou D Kimura;Atsushi Miyawaki;Kunihiro Matsumoto;Ikue Mori

  • HEN-1, a secretory protein with an LDL receptor motif, regulates sensory integration and learning in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Takeshi Ishihara;Takeshi Ishihara;Yuichi Iino;Akiko Mohri;Ikue Mori

  • Temperature Sensing by an Olfactory Neuron in a Circuit Controlling Behavior of C. elegans

    Atsushi Kuhara;Masatoshi Okumura;Tsubasa Kimata;Yoshinori Tanizawa

  • C. elegans phototransduction requires a G protein–dependent cGMP pathway and a taste receptor homolog

    Jie Liu;Alex Ward;Jingwei Gao;Jingwei Gao;Yongming Dong

  • Genetics of chemotaxis and thermotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Ikue Mori

  • Caenorhabditis elegans unc-51 gene required for axonal elongation encodes a novel serine/threonine kinase.

    K.-I. Ogura;C. Wicky;L. Magnenat;H. Tobler

  • Real-Time Background-Free Selective Imaging of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds in Vivo

    Ryuji Igarashi;Yohsuke Yoshinari;Yohsuke Yoshinari;Hiroaki Yokota;Takuma Sugi;Takuma Sugi;Takuma Sugi

  • Identification of Guanylyl Cyclases That Function in Thermosensory Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hitoshi Inada;Hiroko Ito;John Satterlee;Piali Sengupta

  • Specification of Thermosensory Neuron Fate in C. elegans Requires ttx-1, a Homolog of otd/Otx

    John S. Satterlee;Hiroyuki Sasakura;Atsushi Kuhara;Maura Berkeley

  • Negative Regulation and Gain Control of Sensory Neurons by the C. elegans Calcineurin TAX-6

    Atsushi Kuhara;Hitoshi Inada;Isao Katsura;Ikue Mori;Ikue Mori

  • Genetic Control of Temperature Preference in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Akiko Mohri;Eiji Kodama;Koutarou D Kimura;Mizuho Koike

  • Insulin-like signaling and the neural circuit for integrative behavior in C. elegans

    Eiji Kodama;Atsushi Kuhara;Akiko Mohri-Shiomi;Koutarou D. Kimura

  • Functional reconstitution of a heteromeric cyclic nucleotide-gated channel of Caenorhabditis elegans in cultured cells.

    Hidetoshi Komatsu;Young-Ho Jin;Noelle L'Etoile;Ikue Mori

  • dnc-1/dynactin 1 Knockdown Disrupts Transport of Autophagosomes and Induces Motor Neuron Degeneration

    Kensuke Ikenaka;Kaori Kawai;Masahisa Katsuno;Zhe Huang

  • Behavioral plasticity, learning, and memory in C. elegans.

    Hiroyuki Sasakura;Ikue Mori

  • Analysis of a mutator activity necessary for germline transposition and excision of Tc1 transposable elements in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Ikue Mori;Donald G. Moerman;Robert H. Waterston

  • Bidirectional regulation of thermotaxis by glutamate transmissions in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Noriyuki Ohnishi;Atsushi Kuhara;Fumiya Nakamura;Yoshifumi Okochi

  • Diverse regulation of sensory signaling by C. elegans nPKC-epsilon/eta TTX-4.

    Yoshifumi Okochi;Koutarou D Kimura;Akane Ohta;Ikue Mori

Frequent Co-Authors

Piali Sengupta
Piali Sengupta Brandeis University
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
Donald G. Moerman
Donald G. Moerman University of British Columbia
Robert H. Waterston
Robert H. Waterston University of Washington
Deborah Charlesworth
Deborah Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Tamas Bartfai
Tamas Bartfai Stockholm University
Hitoshi Sumiya
Hitoshi Sumiya Sumitomo Electric Industries (United States)
Gary Ruvkun
Gary Ruvkun Harvard University

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