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Hans C. Leier, Julius Jonaitis, Alexander J Foden, Abigail J Wilkov, Paola Van der Linden Costello, Heather Tarczy Broihier, Andrew M. Dacks
The paper shows that exposure to ethyl butyrate during a critical period in Drosophila leads to long-term suppression of Or42a OSN odor responses and selective glial pruning of their axon terminals.
eLife · Sep 28, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Farzaan Salman, Julius Jonaitis, Jacob D. Ralston, Oliver Mason Cook, Marryn M Bennett, Tyler R. Sizemore, Connor J. Guarniere, Keshav L. Ramachandra, Kaylynn E. Coates, Jessica L. Fox, Andrew M. Dacks
The paper identifies a constrained inhibitory subnetwork in Drosophila olfactory system and shows serotonin differentially affects its components to adjust network computations.
Journal of Neurophysiology · Jun 2, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
John Hageter, Audrey DelGaudio, Maegan Leathery, Braxton Johnson, Tegan Raupp, James Holcomb, Axel Faz Treviño, Julius Jonaitis, Morgan S. Bridi, Andrew M. Dacks, Eric James Horstick
MCA is an ImageJ-based tool for analyzing calcium imaging data, validated on zebrafish datasets and applicable to multiple organisms and modalities.
Cell Reports Methods · Jan 29, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Julius Jonaitis, Karen L Hibbard, Kaity McCafferty Layte, Atsuki Hiramoto, Albert Cardona, James William Truman, Akinao Nose, Maarten Zwart, Stefan R. Pulver
This study investigates how ascending interneurons in Drosophila larvae coordinate motor programs for navigation by modulating central pattern generators.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience
Julius Jonaitis, Mohd Freezely Ezzani Bin Mazri, Tyler R. Sizemore, Jacob D. Ralston, Farzaan Salman, Emma J. Fletcher, Danielle E. Matheny, Keshav L. Ramachandra, Andrew M. Dacks
The paper shows that heterogeneous serotonin receptor expression in Drosophila olfactory projection neurons allows differential modulation of odor responses based on receptor profiles and odor tuning.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience
Tyler R. Sizemore, Julius Jonaitis, Andrew M. Dacks
The paper shows that the neuropeptide MIP modulates olfactory processing in Drosophila antennal lobe non-uniformly by acting on different glomeruli through differential receptor expression.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience
Atsuki Hiramoto, Julius Jonaitis, Sawako Niki, Hiroshi Kohsaka, Richard Doty Fetter, Albert Cardona, Stefan R. Pulver, Akinao Nose
This study identifies Canon neurons in Drosophila larvae that regulate coordinated muscular relaxation during backward locomotion through an intersegmental circuit.
Nature Communications · May 19, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Julius Jonaitis, James MacLeod, Stefan R. Pulver
The paper identifies mAChR-dependent rhythm generating modules in Drosophila larval CNS using Ca2+ imaging and electrophysiology, revealing a bimodal gradient of rhythmogenicity.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience