Mitsuko Watabe‐Uchida

Harvard University — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

25h-index6.3kcitations49works17.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Neural dynamics and brain function(26), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(23), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(18), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(12), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(5)

Publications49 total

Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum
Neuron·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
A hardwired neural circuit for temporal difference learning
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Dopamine in the tail of the striatum facilitates avoidance in threat–reward conflicts
Nature Neuroscience·2025· 28 citedOpen Access
A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
Nature·2025· 42 citedOpen Access
Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of striatum
2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Dopamine dynamics are dispensable for movement but promote reward responses
Nature·2024· 47 citedOpen Access
Shifting attention to orient or avoid: a unifying account of the tail of the striatum and its dopaminergic inputs
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Review for "Rethinking dopamine‐guided action sequence learning"
2024
Glutamate inputs send prediction error of reward, but not negative value of aversive stimuli, to dopamine neurons
Neuron·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Improved green and red GRAB sensors for monitoring dopaminergic activity in vivo
Nature Methods·2023· 117 citedOpen Access
Glutamate inputs send prediction error of reward but not negative value of aversive stimuli to dopamine neurons
2023Open Access
Review for "Rethinking dopamine‐guided action sequence learning"
2023
Improved dual-color GRAB sensors for monitoring dopaminergic activity <i>in vivo</i>
2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A Hypothalamic Circuit Underlying the Dynamic Control of Social Homeostasis
2023· 27 citedOpen Access
Striatal dopamine explains novelty-induced behavioral dynamics and individual variability in threat prediction
Neuron·2022· 98 citedOpen Access
A gradual temporal shift of dopamine responses mirrors the progression of temporal difference error in machine learning
Nature Neuroscience·2022· 87 citedOpen Access
Dynamical management of potential threats regulated by dopamine and direct- and indirect-pathway neurons in the tail of the striatum
2022· 21 citedOpen Access
Striatal dopamine explains novelty-induced behavioral dynamics and individual variability in threat prediction
2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Distinct temporal difference error signals in dopamine axons in three regions of the striatum in a decision-making task
eLife·2020· 104 citedOpen Access
A Unified Framework for Dopamine Signals across Timescales
Cell·2020· 325 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Naoshige Uchida(35), Iku Tsutsui‐Kimura(12), Ryunosuke Amo(9), William Menegas(6), Yulong Li(6), Sachie K. Ogawa(5), Korleki Akiti(5), Malcolm Campbell(4), Joseph F. Bergan(3), Catherine Dulac(3), Ju Tian(3), Yizhou Zhuo(3), Hideyuki Matsumoto(3), Yu Xie(3), Isobel Green(3), Neir Eshel(2), HyungGoo R. Kim(2), Athar N. Malik(2), John G. Mikhael(2), Pol Bech(2)