R. M. Robertson

Rapid cold hardening modifies mechanisms of ion regulation to delay anoxia-induced spreading depolarization in the CNS of Locusta migratoria

This study investigates how rapid cold hardening (RCH) affects anoxia-induced spreading depolarization in locusts by examining ion regulation mechanisms.

Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the critical thermal minimum of adult Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows that cold acclimation in Drosophila melanogaster lowers the critical thermal minimum by reducing Na+/K+-ATPase sensitivity to temperature, without changing pump abundance.

Neural dysfunction correlates with heat coma and CTmax in Drosophila but does not set the boundaries for heat stress survival

The paper examines how neural dysfunction relates to heat coma and CTmax in Drosophila, finding that CNS failure causes heat coma but not necessarily heat mortality.

Persistent one-way walking in a circular arena in Drosophila melanogaster Canton-S strain

This study shows that wild-type Drosophila melanogaster exhibit persistent one-way walking in a circular arena, while white-eyed mutants show frequent directional changes, with the w+ locus promoting persistent one-way walking.

The white gene controls copulation success in Drosophila melanogaster

This study identifies the white gene as controlling copulation success in Drosophila melanogaster, independent of its role in eye color.