Publications
Someya M, Liu KY, Ohta K, Kazama H. Distinct circuit motifs evaluate opposing innate values of odors.
Cell 118 (2025). [link]Wei H-P, Lam KC, Kazama H. Odors drive feeding through gustatory receptor neurons in Drosophila.
eLife 13:RP101440 (2025). [link]
bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.09.483541 (2022). [link]Kato-Namba A, Ohta K, Nakagawa T, Kazama H. Context-dependent effects of carbon dioxide on cross-modal integration during mosquito flight.
Scientific Reports 15, 28139 (2025). [link]Kirszenblat L, Someya M, Kazama H. Sleep promotes aversive value coding in Drosophila.
bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.04.663253 (2025). [link]Nanami T, Yamada D, Someya M, Hige T, Kazama H, Kohno T. A lightweight data-driven spiking neuronal network model of Drosophila olfactory nervous system with dedicated hardware support.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 18, 1384336 (2024). [link]Wiedemann BM, Takeuchi K, Ohta K, Kato-Namba A, Yabuki M, Kazama H, Nakagawa T. Hydrophobic solution functions as a multifaceted mosquito repellent by enhancing chemical transfer, altering object tracking, and forming aversive memory.
Scientific Reports 42, 113122 (2024). [link]Kato A, Ohta K, Okanoya K, Kazama H. Dopaminergic neurons dynamically update sensory values during olfactory maneuver.
Cell Reports 42, 113122 (2023). [link]
bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.17.504092 (2022). [link]Kato-Namba A, Iida T, Ohta K, Suzuki M, Saito K, Takeuchi K, Sakamoto M, Kazama H, Nakagawa T. Surfactants alter mosquito’s flight and physical condition.
Scientific Reports 13, 2355 (2023). [link]Endo K and Kazama H. Central organization of a high-dimensional odor space.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 73:10252 (2022). [link]Zeng X, Komanome Y, Kawasaki T, Inada K, Jonaitis J, Pulver SR, Kazama H*, Nose A*. An electrically-coupled pioneer circuit enables motor development via proprioceptive feedback in Drosophila embryos.
Current Biology 31, 5327-5340 (2021). [link] [Dispatch]Endo K, Tsuchimoto Y, Kazama H. Synthesis of Conserved Odor Object Representations in a Random, Divergent-Convergent Network.
Neuron 108, 367-381 (2020). [link]Shiozaki HM, Ohta K, Kazama H. A multi-regional network encoding heading and steering maneuvers in Drosophila.
Neuron 106, 126-141 (2020). [link] [Previews]Ando T, Sekine S, Inagaki S, Misaki K, Badel L, Moriya H, Sami MM, Chihara T, Kazama H, Yonemura S, Hayashi S. Nanopore formation in the cuticle of the insect olfactory sensillum.
Current Biology 29, 1512-1520 (2019). [link]Fujisawa S and Kazama H. Circuits and neural dynamics underlying behavior.
Neuroscience Research 140, 1-2 (2019). [link]Mercier D, Tsuchimoto Y, Ohta K, Kazama H. Olfactory landmark-based communication in interacting Drosophila.
Current Biology 28, 2624-2631 (2018). [link]Takagi S, Cocanougher BT, Niki S, Miyamoto D, Kohsaka H, Kazama H, Fetter RD, Truman JW, Zlatic M, Cardona A, Nose A. Divergent connectivity of homologous command-like neurons mediates segment-specific touch responses in Drosophila.
Neuron 96, 1373-1387 (2017). [link]Shiozaki HM and Kazama H. Parallel encoding of recent visual experience and self-motion during navigation in Drosophila.
Nature Neuroscience 20, 1395-1403 (2017). [link] [supplement] [News and Views]Inada K, Tsuchimoto Y, Kazama H. Origins of cell-type-specific olfactory processing in the Drosophila mushroom body circuit.
Neuron 95, 357-367 (2017). [pdf] [supplement]Badel L, Ohta K, Tsuchimoto Y, Kazama H. Decoding of context-dependent olfactory behavior in Drosophila.
Neuron 91, 155-167 (2016). [pdf] [supplement]Kazama H. Systems neuroscience in Drosophila: conceptual and technical advantages.
Neuroscience 296, 3-14 (2015). [pdf]Oizumi M, Satoh R, Kazama H, Okada M. Functional differences between global pre- and postsynaptic inhibition in the Drosophila olfactory circuit.
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 6:14 (2012). [pdf]Kazama H, Yaksi E, Wilson RI. Cell death triggers olfactory circuit plasticity via glial signaling in Drosophila.
The Journal of Neuroscience 31, 7619-7630 (2011). [pdf] [This Week in The Journal]Satoh R, Oizumi M, Kazama H, Okada M. Mechanisms of maximum information preservation in the Drosophila antennal lobe.
PLoS One 5 (5), e10644 (2010). [pdf]Kazama H and Wilson RI. Origins of correlated activity in an olfactory circuit.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1136-1144 (2009). [pdf] [supplement]Kazama H and Wilson RI. Homeostatic matching and nonlinear amplification at identified central synapses.
Neuron 58, 401-413 (2008). [pdf] [supplement]
Essays
Kazama, H. Learning from a small brain. Neuroscience News (2012). [pdf]