Yujiro Umezaki

Dec 2, 2024 | elifesciences.org | Yujiro Umezaki |Sergio Hidalgo |Erika Nguyen |Tiffany Nguyen

eLife assessment This paper presents valuable findings that gustation and nutrition might independently influence the preferred environmental temperature in flies. The evidence supporting the main claims is solid and well presented. The finding that flies might thus exhibit a cephalic phase response similar to mammals will be of value for future investigations.

Jun 13, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Yujiro Umezaki |Sergio Hidalgo |Erika Nguyen |Tiffany Nguyen

AbstractHungry animals consistently show a desire to obtain food. Even a brief sensory detection of food can trigger bursts of physiological and behavioral changes. However, the underlying mechanisms by which the sensation of food triggers the acute behavioral response remain elusive. We have previously shown in Drosophila that hunger drives a preference for low temperature.

Nov 22, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Yujiro Umezaki |Sergio Hidalgo |Erika Nguyen |Tiffany Nguyen

AbstractHungry animals consistently show a desperate desire to obtain food. Even a brief sensory detection of food can trigger bursts of physiological and behavioral changes. However, the underlying mechanisms by which the sensation of food triggers the acute behavioral response remain elusive. We have previously shown in Drosophila that hunger drives a preference for low temperature.