Akira Sakurai

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

26h-index2.9kcitations199works0.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(48), Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory(27), Neural dynamics and brain function(25), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics(23), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows(16)

Publications199 total

Review for "Caterpillars suppress nocifensive behaviours during the quiescent ‘sphinx’ state"
2025
Review for "Caterpillars suppress nocifensive behaviours during the quiescent ‘sphinx’ state"
2025
Correction: Bourahmah et al. Error Function Optimization to Compare Neural Activity and Train Blended Rhythmic Networks. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 468
Brain Sciences·2024Open Access
Error Function Optimization to Compare Neural Activity and Train Blended Rhythmic Networks
Brain Sciences·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Cold-Temperature Coding with Bursting and Spiking Based on TRP Channel Dynamics in Drosophila Larva Sensory Neurons
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Chloride-dependent mechanisms of multimodal sensory discrimination and nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila
eLife·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Author response: Chloride-dependent mechanisms of multimodal sensory discrimination and nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila
2022Open Access
Modality specific roles for metabotropic GABAergic signaling and calcium induced calcium release mechanisms in regulating cold nociception
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Transient and Steady-State Properties of Drosophila Sensory Neurons Coding Noxious Cold Temperature
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Protocols for measuring cold-evoked neural activity and cold tolerance in Drosophila larvae following fictive cold acclimation
STAR Protocols·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Modality specific roles for metabotropic GABAergic signaling and calcium induced calcium release mechanisms in regulating cold nociception
2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Bursting emerges from the complementary roles of neurons in a four-cell network
Journal of Neurophysiology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
The Consistency of Gastropod Identified Neurons Distinguishes Intra-Individual Plasticity From Inter-Individual Variability in Neural Circuits
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
General Solution of the 2D Navier–Stokes Equations and Its Application to Shock Wave Problems
2022
Chloride-dependent mechanisms of multimodal sensory discrimination and neuropathic sensitization in <i>Drosophila</i>
2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Bursting emerges from the complementary roles of neurons in a four-cell network
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Alteration in information flow through a pair of feeding command neurons underlies a form of Pavlovian conditioning in the Drosophila brain
Current Biology·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Identification of a neural basis for cold acclimation in Drosophila larvae
iScience·2021· 22 citedOpen Access
Synaptotagmin 7 switches short-term synaptic plasticity from depression to facilitation by suppressing synaptic transmission
Scientific Reports·2021· 15 citedOpen Access
The evolution of cold nociception in drosophilid larvae and identification of a neural basis for cold acclimation
2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul S. Katz(17), Suguru Takatsuto(4), Takao Yokota(4), Charuni A. Gunaratne(4), Shozo Fujioka(3), Nathaniel J. Himmel(3), Jamin M. Letcher(3), Thomas R. Gray(3), Maggie N. Benson(3), Daniel N. Cox(3), Shuichi Fujioka(2), Hideharu Seto(2), Takahiro Noguchi(2), Tsuyoshi Watanabe(2), Hiroki Kuriyama(2), James M. Newcomb(2), Joshua L. Lillvis(2), Yong-Hwa Choi(2), Joanne Chory(2), Arianna N. Tamvacakis(2)