Pierre-Yves Plaçais

Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila

Yoshinori Aso, Divya Sitaraman, Toshiharu Ichinose et al. · eLife · 2014 · 751 citations · Full text

Brain Mechanism, Circuit Neuroscience, Affective Neuroscience +20

A subset of dopamine neurons signals reward for odour memory in Drosophila

Chang Liu, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Nobuhiro Yamagata et al. · Nature · 2012 · 658 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science, Dopamine Neurons Signals +8

Distinct dopamine neurons mediate reward signals for short- and long-term memories

Nobuhiro Yamagata, Toshiharu Ichinose, Yoshinori Aso et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 285 citations · Full text

Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila

Julien Séjourné, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Yoshinori Aso et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2011 · 278 citations · Full text

Biology, Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science +8

To Favor Survival Under Food Shortage, the Brain Disables Costly Memory

Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Thomas Préat · Science · 2013 · 207 citations

Neuropsychology, Brain Mechanism, Adaptive Plasticity +23