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Thomas Dieter Riemensperger

University of CologneORCID 0000-0002-5872-7398Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Neuroscience· 2

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Jiajun ZhangiD· 3 shared Bastian Klußmann-Fricke· 1 shared Bavat BornsteiniD· 1 shared Bertram GerberiD· 1 shared Christian KönigiD· 1 shared Christian P. MülleriD· 1 shared Daan Moons· 1 shared Doğa CeddeniD· 1 shared

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2021-2026 · peak 2/yr

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foxQ2 marks fast-acting interneurons including dopaminergic neurons of mushroom bodies and central complex in the beetle T. castaneum

Ying Pang, Bastian Klußmann-Fricke, Doğa Cedden, Jiajun Zhang, Johannes Benno Schinko, Michalis Averof, Thomas Dieter Riemensperger, Gregor Bucher

eLife · Oct 27, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Neprilysin 1 in the Mushroom Body controls Feeding behavior by regulating SIFamide levels in Drosophila melanogaster

El‐Sayed Baz, Daan Moons, Maria Pons-Vizcarra, Veerle Vulsteke, Sofie De Groef, Isabelle Rahioui, Jiajun Zhang, Pedro Da Silva, Thomas Dieter Riemensperger, Federica Calevro, Patrick Callaerts

This study identifies Neprilysin 1 in the mushroom bodies as a regulator of SIFamide levels, which control feeding behavior in Drosophila melanogaster by shaping SIFamidergic signaling.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Compromising tyrosine hydroxylase function establishes a delusion-like temporal profile of reinforcement by dopamine neurons in Drosophila

Fatima Amin, Christian König, Jiajun Zhang, Liubov S. Kalinichenko, Svea Königsmann, Vivian Brunsberg, Thomas Dieter Riemensperger, Christian P. Müller, Bertram Gerber

This study shows that impairing tyrosine hydroxylase in Drosophila alters dopamine neuron reinforcement timing, mimicking delusional causality attribution in different conditioning paradigms.

Journal of Neuroscience · Jan 3, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Transneuronal Dpr12/DIP-δ interactions facilitate compartmentalized dopaminergic innervation of Drosophila mushroom body axons

Bavat Bornstein, Hagar Meltzer, Ruth Adler, Idan Alyagor, Victoria Berkun, Gideon Cummings, Fabienne Reh, Hadas Keren‐Shaul, Eyal David, Thomas Dieter Riemensperger, Oren Schuldiner

The EMBO Journal · Apr 13, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience