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Yoshinori Aso is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these main fields, Aso has contributed notably to subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with significant focus on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects.

Aso's recent scientific publications include:

  • The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function (2020, eLife)
  • Cell types and neuronal circuitry underlying female aggression in Drosophila (2020, eLife)
  • A searchable image resource of Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution (2023, eLife)
  • Transsynaptic mapping of Drosophila mushroom body output neurons (2021, eLife)
  • Conservation and divergence of related neuronal lineages in the Drosophila central brain (2020, eLife)

Throughout the course of their career, Aso has frequently published in several venues, with the bulk of their work appearing in eLife. Other notable venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Methods, and Neuron.

  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Methods
  • Neuron

Collaborations have been a significant part of Aso's research output. Their frequent coauthors include Gerald M. Rubin, Karen L Hibbard, Hideo Otsuna, Megan Sammons, and Masayoshi Ito, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

  • Gerald M. Rubin
  • Karen L Hibbard
  • Hideo Otsuna
  • Megan Sammons
  • Masayoshi Ito

Best Publications

  • A GAL4-Driver Line Resource for Drosophila Neurobiology

    Arnim Jenett;Gerald M. Rubin;Teri-T.B. Ngo;David Shepherd

  • 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

  • The Mushroom Body of Adult Drosophila Characterized by GAL4 Drivers

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

  • The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function

    Feng Li;Jack W Lindsey;Elizabeth C Marin;Nils Otto;Nils Otto

  • Cortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution

    Ruixuan Gao;Ruixuan Gao;Ruixuan Gao;Shoh M. Asano;Shoh M. Asano;Srigokul Upadhyayula;Igor Pisarev

  • A connectome of a learning and memory center in the adult Drosophila brain

    Shin-ya Takemura;Yoshinori Aso;Toshihide Hige;Allan Wong

  • Heterosynaptic Plasticity Underlies Aversive Olfactory Learning in Drosophila

    Toshihide Hige;Toshihide Hige;Yoshinori Aso;Mehrab N. Modi;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Nuclear calcium signaling controls expression of a large gene pool: identification of a gene program for acquired neuroprotection induced by synaptic activity.

    Sheng-Jia Zhang;Ming Zou;Li Lu;David Lau

  • 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

  • Dopaminergic neurons write and update memories with cell-type-specific rules

    Yoshinori Aso;Gerald M Rubin

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • A Higher Brain Circuit for Immediate Integration of Conflicting Sensory Information in Drosophila

    Laurence P.C. Lewis;K.P. Siju;Yoshinori Aso;Anja B. Friedrich

  • Neurogenetic dissection of the Drosophila lateral horn reveals major outputs, diverse behavioural functions, and interactions with the mushroom body.

    Michael-John Dolan;Michael-John Dolan;Shahar Frechter;Alexander Shakeel Bates;Chuntao Dan

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

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

  • Plasticity-driven individualization of olfactory coding in mushroom body output neurons.

    Toshihide Hige;Yoshinori Aso;Gerald M. Rubin;Glenn C. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hiromu Tanimoto
Hiromu Tanimoto Tohoku University
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Thomas Preat
Thomas Preat PSL University
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Bertram Gerber
Bertram Gerber Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Aljoscha Nern
Aljoscha Nern Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Scott Waddell
Scott Waddell University of Oxford
Larry F. Abbott
Larry F. Abbott Columbia University

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