Publications

Journal Papers

1. Su Shaoyi, Fujita Mayu, Wei Zimo, Huang Helai, Yoshizawa Tomohiko, Inui Tadashi, Funahashi Makoto* (2021). Effects of area postrema lesions and bilateral subdiaphragmatic afferent vagotomy on emetine-induced conditioned taste avoidance in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 241:113565.

2. Hamada Shun^†, Nagase Masashi^†, Yoshizawa Tomohiko^†, Hagiwara Akari^†, Isomura Yoshikazu, Watabe M. Ayako, Ohtsuka Toshihisa (2021). An Engineered Channelrhodopsin Optimized for Axon Terminal Activation and Circuit Mapping. Communications Biology, 4(1):461. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01977-7.

3. Yoshizawa Tomohiko*, Funahashi Makoto (2020). Effects of methyl methacrylate on the excitability of the area postrema neurons in rats. Journal of Oral Biosciences, 62(4) 306-309.

4. Yoshizawa Tomohiko*, Ito Makoto, Doya Kenji* (2018). Reward-predictive neural activities in striatal striosome compartments. eNeuro, DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0367-17.2018.

*: Corresponding author, ^†: Contributed equally

Invited Talks

1. Yoshizawa T (2020). Reward prediction and reinforcement learning by the basal ganglia. The 12nd CBIR young researchers symposium, Yushima campus, Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Tokyo, Japan

2. Yoshizawa T (2018). Reward-predictive neural activities in striatal striosome compartments. 平成30年度第1回大脳基底核機能研究会, Oiso Prince Hotel, Kanagawa, Japan.

3. Ito M, Yoshizawa T (2016). Endoscope calcium imaging of rat hippocampus and mouse striatum by miniature microscope. 8^th Optogenetics symposium, Mita campus, Keio Univ., Tokyo, Japan.

Conferences

(International Conferences)

1. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, DoyaK (2018). Cell-type specific calcium imaging of striatal neurons in the striosome compartments during an odor-conditioning task. Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference, Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express, Ventura, CA, USA.

2. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2017). Neural representation of sensory-state value in the striatal striosome compartment. Society for Neuroscience 47^th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 512.11.

3. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2016). The striatal striosome compartment encodes the value of sensory stimulus. Society for Neuroscience 46^th Annual Meeting, SanDiego, USA, 258.18.

4. Ito M, Yoshizawa T, Doya K (2015). Availability of working memory affects rats’ choice strategy and neuronal representation in the cortex and the striatum. Society for Neuroscience 45^th Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 441.07.

(Domestic Conferences)

1. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2021). Neuronal representation of working memory-based decision strategy in the prefrontal and motor cortico-basal ganglia loops. The 44^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan, 3P-100.

2. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2017). Coding of value information in the striatal striosome compartment. The 44th Naito Conference, Sapporo, Japan.

3. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2016). The role of striatal patch neurons in reward-based learning. The 39^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, Japan, P1-230.

4. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2016). The activities of striatal patch neurons in classical conditioning. Winter Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind 2016, Rusutsu, Japan.

5. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2015). The role of the cortico-basal ganglia loops for reward-motivated choice motor behavior. The 38^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan, 2P267.

6. Ito M, Yoshizawa T, Doya K (2015). Neural representations of memory-based and value-based decision strategies in the cortico-basal ganglia loops. The 38^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan, 1P318.

7. Ito M, Yoshizawa T, Doya K (2014). Dissociation of working memory-based and value-based strategies in a free-choice task. The 37^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, Japan, P2-229.

8. Yoshizawa T, Ito M, Doya K (2014). Neural representation of task-level and motor information in the cortico-basal ganglia loops. The 37^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, Japan, P1-235.

9. Yoshizawa T, Hirai Y, Funahashi M (2010). Responses of the chemoreceptor trigger zone to organic solvent. The 52th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Oral Biology, Tokyo, Japan, P-251.

Honors and Awards

1. Best Presentation Award at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan, Hokkaido branch (2021).

2. Repayment Exemption for Students with Excellent Grades, Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Type 1 (interest-free) scholarship (2014).