Margaret R. Eisenbrandt

This study compares phenotypic plasticity effects on jump escape behavior and LGMD neuron properties in locusts and grasshoppers, finding behavioral differences but not physiological or transcriptomic ones.

The paper compares how grasshoppers and goldfish detect collisions with accelerating vs. constant-speed stimuli, finding differences in neural sensitivity but similar escape behavior outcomes.

The paper shows that the synaptic mapping of excitatory inputs in a grasshopper neuron affects its ability to discriminate stimulus coherence and influences escape behavior.