Namiki, Shigehiro

The functional organization of descending sensory-motor pathways in Drosophila

Namiki, S., Dickinson, M. H., Wong, A. M., Korff, W., & Card, G. M. (2018) · eLife

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Optogenetic dissection of descending behavioral control in Drosophila

Cande, J., Namiki, S., Qiu, J., Korff, W., Card, G. M., Shaevitz, J. W., Stern, D. L., & Berman, G. J. (2018) · eLife

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Feature Integration Drives Probabilistic Behavior in the Drosophila Escape Response

von Reyn, C. R., Nern, A., Williamson, W. R., Breads, P., Wu, M., Namiki, S., & Card, G. M. (2017) · Neuron

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchVisual perception and processing mechanisms

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A searchable image resource of Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution

Meissner, G. W., Nern, A., Dorman, Z., DePasquale, G. M., Forster, K., Gibney, T., Hausenfluck, J. H., He, Y., Iyer, N. A., Jeter, J., et al. (2023) · eLife

Cell Image Analysis TechniquesNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

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State-dependent decoupling of sensory and motor circuits underlies behavioral flexibility in Drosophila

Ache, J. M., Namiki, S., Lee, A., Branson, K., & Card, G. M. (2019) · Nature Neuroscience

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchVisual perception and processing mechanisms

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Speed dependent descending control of freezing behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

Zacarias, R., Namiki, S., Card, G. M., Vasconcelos, M. L., & Moita, M. A. (2018) · Nature Communications

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A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nerve cord

Court, R., Namiki, S., Armstrong, J. D., Börner, J., Card, G., Costa, M., Dickinson, M., Duch, C., Korff, W., Mann, R., et al. (2020) · Neuron

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchUndergraduate Neuroscience Education and Research

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Comparative Neuroanatomy of the Lateral Accessory Lobe in the Insect Brain

Namiki, S., & Kanzaki, R. (2016) · Frontiers in Physiology

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchRobotic Locomotion and Control

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A population of descending neurons that regulates the flight motor of Drosophila

Namiki, S., Ros, I. G., Morrow, C., Rowell, W. J., Card, G. M., Korff, W., & Dickinson, M. H. (2022) · Current Biology

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms

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Synaptic gradients transform object location to action

Dombrovski, M., Peek, M. Y., Park, J.-Y., Vaccari, A., Sumathipala, M., Morrow, C., Breads, P., Zhao, A., Kurmangaliyev, Y. Z., Sanfilippo, P., et al. (2023) · Nature

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchVisual perception and processing mechanisms

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Organization of circuits linking descending input to motor output in the Drosophila Male Adult Nerve Cord connectome

Cheong, H. S., Eichler, K., Stürner, T., Asinof, S. K., Champion, A. S., Marin, E. C., Oram, T. B., Sumathipala, M., Venkatasubramanian, L., Namiki, S., et al. (2026) · eLife

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Transforming descending input into behavior: The organization of premotor circuits in the Drosophila Male Adult Nerve Cord connectome

Cheong, H. S., Eichler, K., Stürner, T., Asinof, S. K., Champion, A. S., Marin, E. C., Oram, T. B., Sumathipala, M., Venkatasubramanian, L., Namiki, S., et al. (2024) · eLife

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Neural circuit basis of aversive odour processing in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output

Huoviala, P., Dolan, M.-J., Love, F. M., Myers, P., Frechter, S., Namiki, S., Pettersson, L., Roberts, R. J. V., Turnbull, R., Mitrevica, Z., et al. (2018) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Comparative connectomics of Drosophila descending and ascending neurons

Stürner, T., Brooks, P., Serratosa Capdevila, L., Morris, B. J., Javier, A., Fang, S., Gkantia, M., Cachero, S., Beckett, I. R., Marin, E. C., et al. (2025) · Nature

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Layer III neurons control synchronized waves in the immature cerebral cortex

Namiki, S., Norimoto, H., Kobayashi, C., Nakatani, K., Matsuki, N., & Ikegaya, Y. (2013) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Single-cell type analysis of wing premotor circuits in the ventral nerve cord of Drosophila melanogaster

Ehrhardt, E., Whitehead, S. C., Namiki, S., Minegishi, R., Siwanowicz, I., Feng, K., Otsuna, H., FlyLight Project Team, Meissner, G. W., Stern, D., et al. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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An updated catalogue of split-GAL4 driver lines for descending neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

Zung, J. L., Namiki, S., Meissner, G. W., Cheong, H. S. J., Costa, M., Eichler, K., Stürner, T., Jefferis, G. S. X. E., Managan, C., FlyLight Project Team, et al. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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