Oritinal papers (English)
59. Nishino H., Iwasaki M., and Mizunami M. (2010) Pheromone detection
by a pheromone emitter: a small, sex pheromone-specific processing system
in the female American cockroach. Chem. Senses 36.261-270.
58. Watanabe H., Matsumoto SC., Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (2010) Critical roles of mecamylamine-sensitive mushroom body neurons in insect olfactory learning. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 95:1-13.
57. Watanabe H., Nishino H., Nishikawa M., Mizunami M. and Yokohari F.
(2010) Complete mapping of glomeruli based on sensory nerve branching pattern
in the primary olfactory center of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. J. Comp. Neurol.518: 3907-3930.
56. Yamagata N., Schmuker M., Szyszka P., Mizunami M., and Menzel R.
(2009) Differential odor processing in two olfactory pathways in the honeybee.
Frontiers Systems Neurosci. 3: 16.
55. Nishino H., Yoritsune A., and Mizunami M. (2010) Postembryonic development
of sexually dimorphic glomeruli and related interneurons in the cockroach
Periplaneta americana. Neurosci. Lett. 469: 60-64.
54. Yamagata N., Schmuker M., Szyszka P., Mizunami M., and Menzel R.
(2009) Differential odor processing in two olfactory pathways in the honeybee.
Frontiers Systems Neurosci. 3: 16.
53. Matsumoto Y., Hatano A., Unoki S. and Mizunami M. (2009) Stimulation
of the cAMP system by the nitric oxide-cGMP system underlying the formation
of long-term memory in an insect. Neurosci. Lett. 467:81-85.
52. Mizunami M., Unoki S., Mori Y., Hirashima D., Hatano A., and Matsumoto
Y. (2009) Roles of octopaminergic and dopaminergic neurons in appetitive
and aversive memory recall in an insect. BMC Biology 7:46.
51. Nakatani Y., Matsumoto Y., Mori Y., Hirashima D., Nishino H., Arikawa
K. and Mizunami M. (2009) Why the carrot is more effective than the stick:
Different dynamics of punishment memory and reward memory and its possible
biological basis. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 92:370-380.
50. Nishino H., Yoritsune A., and Mizunami M. (2009) Different growth patterns of two adjacent glomeruli responsible for sex-pheromone processing during postembryonic development of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Neurosci. Lett. 462: 219-224.
49. Nishino H., Nishikawa M., Mizunami M., and Yokohari F. (2009) Functional
and topographic segregation of glomeruli revealed by local staining of
antennal sensory neurons in the honeybee Apis mellifera. J. Comp. Neurol. 515: 161-180.
48. Takahashi T., Hamada A., Miyawaki K., Matsumoto Y., Mito T., Noji
S., and Mizunami M. (2009) Systemic RNA interference for the study of learning
and memory in an insect. J. Neurosci. Methods 179: 9-15.
47. Watanabe H., Sato C., Kuramochi T., Nishino H., and Mizunami M. (2008) Salivary conditioning with antennal gustatory unconditioned stimulus in an insect. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 90: 245-254.
46. Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (2007) Both circumferential and longitudinal
position of sensilla on an insect antennae influence afferent terminal
location in glomeruli. NeuroReport 18:1765-1769.
45. Yamagata N., Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (2007) Neural pathways for
the processing of alarm pheromone in the ant brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 505: 424-442.
44. Watanabe H. and Mizunami M. (2007) Pavlov’s cockroach: classical conditioning of salivation in an insect. PLoS ONE 6:e529.
43. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2006) Olfactory memory capacity of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Biol. Letters 2：608-610.
42. Unoki S., Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2006) Roles of octopaminergic
and dopaminergic neurons in mediating reward and punishment signals in
insect visual learning. Eur. J. Neurosci. 24: 2031-2038.
41. Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (2006) Termination profiles of insect
chemosensory afferents in the antennal lobe are dependent on their origin
on the flagellum. NeuroReport 17: 1303-1307.
40. Yamagata N., Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (2006) Pheromone-sensitive
glomeruli in the primary olfactory center of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B. 273: 2219-2225.
39. Fujiwara-Tsujii N. Yamagata N. Takeda T. Mizunami M. and Yamaoka R. (2006) Behavioral responses to the alarm pheromone of the ant Camponotus obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zool. Sci. 23: 353-358.
38. Sato C. Matsumoto Y. Sakura M. and Mizunami M. (2006) Contextual
olfactory learning in cockroaches. NeuroReport 17:553-557.
37. Watanabe H. and Mizunami M. (2006) Classical conditioning of activities
of salivary neurons in an insect. J. Exp. Biol. 209:766-779.
36. Matsumoto Y., Unoki S., Aonuma H., Mizunami M. (2006) Critical roles
of the nitric oxide-cGMP cascade in the formation of cAMP-dependent long-term
memory. Learn. Mem. 13:35-44.
35. Yamagata N., Fujiwara-Tsujii N., Yamaoka R. and Mizunami M. (2005)
Pheromone communication and the mushroom body of the ant Camponotus obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenshaften 92:532-536.
34. Unoki S., Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2005) Participation of octopaminergic reward system and dopaminergic punishment system in insect olfactory learning revealed by pharmacological study. Eur. J. Neurosci. 22: 1409-1416.
33. Nishino H., Nishikawa M., Yokohari F., and Mizunami M. (2005) Dual,
multi-layered somatosensory maps formed by antennal tactile and contact
chemosensory afferents in an insect brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 493: 291-308.
32. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2004) Context-dependent olfactory learning
in an insect. Learn. Mem. 11: 288-293.
31. Watanabe H., Kobayashi Y., Sakura M., Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2003) Classical olfactory conditioning in the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Zool. Sci. 20: 1447-1454.
30. Matsumoto Y., Noji S. and Mizunami M. (2003) Time course of protein
synthesis-dependent phase of olfactory memory in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Zool. Sci. 20: 409-416.
29. Okada R., Sakura M. and Mizunami M. (2003) Distribution of dendrites
of descending neurons and its implications for the basic organization of
the cockroach brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 458: 158-174.
28. Nishino H., Yamashita S., Yamazaki Y. Nishikawa M., Yokohari F. and Mizunami M. (2003) Projection neurons originating from thermo- and hygrosensory glomeruli in the antennal lobe of the cockroach. J. Comp. Neurol. 455: 40-55.
27. Sakura M., Okada R. and Mizunami M. (2002) Olfactory discrimination
of structurally similar alcohols by cockroaches. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 188: 787-797.
26. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2002) Lifetime olfactory memory in
the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 188: 295-299.
25. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2002) Temporal determinants of long-term retention of olfactory memory in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 1429-1437.
24. Sakura M. and Mizunami M. (2001) Olfactory learning and memory in
the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Zool. Sci. 18: 21-28.
23. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2000) Olfactory learning in the cricket
Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 2581-2588.
22. Okada R., Ikeda J. and Mizunami M. (1999) Sensory responses and movement-related activities in extrinsic neurons of the cockroach mushroom bodies. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 185: 115-129.
21. Iwasaki M., Mizunami M., Nishikawa M., Itoh T. and Tominaga Y. (1999)
Ultrastructural analysis of modular subunits in the mushroom bodies of
the cockroach. J. Electron Microsc. 48: 55-62.
20. Mizunami M., Weibrecht JM. and Strausfeld NJ. (1998) Mushroom bodies of the cockroach: Their participation in place memory. J. Comp. Neurol. 402: 520-537.
19. Mizunami M., Okada R., Li Y. and Strausfeld N.J. (1998) Mushroom
bodies of the cockroach: The activity and identities of neurons recorded
in freely moving animals. J. Comp. Neurol. 402: 501-519.
18. Mizunami M., Iwasaki M., Okada R. and Nishikawa M. (1998) Topography of four classes of Kenyon cells in the mushroom bodies of the cockroach. J. Comp. Neurol. 399: 162-175.
17. Mizunami M., Iwasaki M., Okada R. and Nishikawa M. (1998) Topography
of modular subunits in the mushroom bodies of the cockroach. J. Comp. Neurol. 399: 153-161.
16. Nishino H. and Mizunami M. (1998) Giant input neurons of the mushroom
body: intracellular recording and staining in the cockroach. Neurosci. Lett. 246: 57-60.
15. Yamazaki Y., Nishikawa M. and Mizunami M. (1998) Three classes of
GABA-like immunoreactive neurons in the mushroom body of the cockroach.
Brain Res. 788: 80-86.
14. Nishikawa M., Nishino H., Mizunami M. and Yokohari F. (1998) Function-specific distribution patterns of axon terminals of input neurons in the calyces of the mushroom body of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Neurosci. Lett. 245: 33-36.
13. Mizunami M., Iwasaki M., Nishikawa M. and Okada R. (1997) Modular
structures in the mushroom body of the cockroach. Neurosci. Lett. 229: 153-156.
12. Mizunami M. (1996) Gain control of synaptic transfer from second- to third-order neurons of cockroach ocelli. J. Gen. Physiol. 107: 121-131.
11. Mizunami M. (1995) Morphology of higher-order ocellar interneurons
in the cockroach brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 362: 293-304.
10. Mizunami M. (1995) Neural organization of ocellar pathways in the
cockroach brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 352: 458-468.
9. Mizunami M. (1990) Synaptic rectification model equivalent to the correlation-type movement detector. Biol. Cybern. 64: 1-6.
8. Lin J. T., Toh Y., Mizunami M. and Tateda H. (1990) Putative neurotransmitter
in the ocellar neuropile of American cockroaches. Zool. Sci. 7: 593-603.
7. Mizunami M. (1990) Nonlinear signal transmission between second- and
third-order neurons of cockroach ocelli. J. Gen. Physiol. 95: 297-317.
6. Mizunami M. and Tateda H. (1988) Synaptic transmission between second-
and third-order neurones of cockroach ocelli. J. Exp. Biol. 140: 557-561.
5. Mizunami M. and Tateda H. (1988) Dynamic relationship between the
slow potential and spikes in cockroach ocellar neurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 91: 703-723.
4. Mizunami M., Yamashita S. and Tateda H. (1987) Calcium-dependent action potentials in the second-order neurones of cockroach ocelli. J. Exp. Biol. 130: 259-274.
3. Mizunami M., Tateda H. and Naka K. -I. (1986) Dynamics of cockroach
ocellar neurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 88: 275-292.
2. Mizunami M. and Tateda H. (1986) Classification of ocellar interneurones
in the cockroach brain. J. Exp. Biol. 125: 57-70.
1. Mizunami M., Yamashita S. and Tateda H. (1982). Intracellular stainings
of the large ocellar second-order neurons in the cockroach. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 149: 215-219.
Books, Book Chapters (English)
3. Mizunami M. (1999) Ocelli. In: Atlas of arthropod sensory receptors:
Dynamic morphology in relation to function (eds. Eguchi E. and Tominaga
Y.) Springer-verlag. pp. 71-78.
2. Mizunami M., Weibrecht J.M. and Strausfeld N.J. (1993) A new role
for the insect mushroom bodies. In: Biological neural networks in invertebrate
neuroethology and robotics (eds. Beer R.D., Ritzmann, R., and Mckenna T.).
Academic Press, pp. 199-225.
1. Mizunami M. (1989) Dynamics of second-order neurons of cockroach ocelli.
In: Neurobiology of Sensory Systems (eds. Singh N.R. and Strausfeld N.J.).
Plenum Press pp. 71-84.
Reviews (English)
12. Mizunami M., Matsumoto Y. (2010) Roles of aminergic neurons in formation
and recall of associative memory in crickets. Frontiers Behav. Neurosci. 4, 172.
11. Mizunami M., Yamagata N. and Nishino H. (2010) Alarm pheromone processing
in the ant brain: an evolutionary perspective. Frontiers Behav. Neurosci. 4, 28.
10. Ikeno H. Kanzaki R. Aonuma H. Takahata M. Mizunami M. Yasuyama K.
Matsui N. Yokohari F. and Usui S. (2008) Development of invertebrate brain
platform. LCNS, 4985: 905-914.
9. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2005) Formation of long-term olfactory
memory in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Chem. Senses 30: 299-300.
8. Mizunami M., Yokohari F. and Takahata M. (2004) Further exploration
into the adaptive design of the arthropod “microbrain”: I. Sensory and
memory-processing systems. Zool. Sci. 21:1141-1151.
7. Matsumoto Y. and Mizunami M. (2000) Olfactory learning in crickets.
In: Proceedings of The 18th Tsukuba Insect Science Symposium: Learning in Insect Foraging pp. 33-43.
6. Mizunami M., Yokohari F., Takahata M. (1999) Exploration into the
adaptive design of the arthropod "microbrain." Zool. Sci. 16: 703-709.
5. Strausfeld N. J., Weibrecht J. M., Mizunami M., and Danzer S. (1995)
The role of insect olfactory centers (mushroom bodies) in spatial memory
processing. Chem. Senses 20: 80-81.
4. Mizunami M. (1995) Functional diversity of neural organization in
insect ocellar systems. Vision Res. 35: 443-452.
3. Mizunami M. (1994) Information processing in the insect ocellar system.
Adv. Insect Physiol. 25: 151-265.
2. Mizunami M. (1994) Processing of contrast signals in the insect ocellar system. Zool. Sci. 11: 175-190.
1. Mizunami M. and Tateda H. (1984) Identification of ocellar interneurons
of the cockroach. Proceedings of the 13th NIBB conference pp. 22-25.
Yukihisa Matshumoto, Postdoctral Fellow
Orignial papers (English)
20. Matsumoto Y., Hatano A., Unoki S. and Mizunami M. (2009) Stimulation
of the cAMP system by the nitric oxide-cGMP system underlying the formation
of long-term memory in an insect. Neurosci. Lett. 467:81-85.
19. Mizunami M., Unoki S., Mori Y, Hirashima D., Hatano A. and Matsumoto
Y. Roles of octopaminergic and dopaminergic neurons in appetitive and aversive
memoryrecall in an insect. BMC Biology (2009) 7:46.
18. Perisse E., Raymond V.D., Neant I., Matsumoto Y., Leclerc M., Moreau
M. and Sandoz J.C. Early calcium increase triggers the formation of olfactory
long-term memory in honeybee. BMC Biology (2009)
17. Nakatani Y., Matsumoto Y., Mori Y., Hirashima D., Nishino H., Arikawa
K. and Mizunami M. Why the carrot is more effective than the stick: Different
dynamics of punishment memory and reward memory and its possible biological
basis. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. (2009) 92:370-380.
16. Takahashi T., Hamada A., Miyawaki K., Matsumoto Y., Mito T., Noji
S., and Mizunami M. Systemic RNA interference for the study of learning
and memory in an insect. J. Neurosci. Methods (2009) 179: 9-15.
15. S. Unoki, Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Roles of octopaminergic and
dopaminergic neurons in mediating reward and punishment signals in insect
visual learning. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2006) 24: 2031-2038
14. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Olfactory memory capacity of the cricket
Gryllus bimaculatus. Biol. Lett. (2006) 2: 608-610
13. C. Sato, Y. Matsumoto, M. Sakura and M. Mizunami, Contextual learning
in cockroaches. Neuroreport (2006) 17: 553-557
12. Y. Matsumoto, S. Unoki, H. Aonuma and M. Mizunami, Critical role of nitric oxide-cGMP cascade in the formation of cAMP-dependent long-term memory. Learn. Mem. (2006) 13: 35- 44
11. S. Unoki, Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Participation of octopaminergic
reward system and dopaminergic punishment system in insect olfactory learning
revealed by pharmacological study. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2005) 22: 1409-1416
10. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Context-dependent olfactory learning
in an insect. Learn. Mem. (2004, 6) 11: 288-293
9. H. Watanabe, Y. Kobayashi, M. Sakura, Y. Matsumoto, and M. Mizunami,
Classical olfactory conditioning in the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Zool. Sci. (2003, 12) 20: 1447-1454
8. Y. Matsumoto, S. Noji and M. Mizunami, Time course of protein synthesis-dependent
phase of olfactory memory in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Zool. Sci. (2003, 4) 20: 409-416
7. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Lifetime olfactory memory in the cricket
Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Comp. Physiol. A (2002, 5) 188: 295-299.
6. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Temporal determinants of olfactory long-term
retention in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Exp. Biol. (2002, 5) 205: 1429-1437.
5. Y. Matsumoto and M. Sakai, Brain control of mating behavior in the
male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer: excitatory control of copulation actions. Zool. Sci. (2001, 7) 18: 659-669.
4. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Olfactory learning in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. J. Exp. Biol. (2000, 8) 203: 2581-2588.
3. Y. Matsumoto and M. Sakai, Brain control of mating behavior in the
male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer: brain neurons responsible for inhibition of copulation actions.
J. Insect Physiol. (2000, 2) 46: 539-552.
2. Y. Matsumoto and M. Sakai, Brain control of mating behavior in the
male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer: the center for inhibition of copulation actions. J. Insect Physiol. (2000, 2) 46: 527-538.
1.M. Sakai, Y. Matsumoto, N. Takemori, Y. Taoda and M. Fujino, Post-copulatory
sexual refractoriness is maintained under the control of the terminal abdominal
ganglion in the male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer. J. Insect Physiol. (1995) 41: 1055-1070.
Reviews (English)
3. Mizunami M., Matsumoto Y. (2010) Roles of aminergic neurons in formation
and recall of associative memory in crickets. Frontiers Behav. Neurosci. 4, 172.
2. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami , Formation of long-term olfactory memory
in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Chem. Senses. (2005) 30 (suppl 1): i299-i300.
1. Y. Matsumoto and M. Mizunami, Olfactory learning in crickets. In:
Proceedings of the 18th Tsukuba Insect Science Symposium: Learning in Insect
Foraging (2000, 10) pp. 33-43.