Oleg O. Tolstenkov

The evolution of embodied postural dynamics underlies behavioral diversity in benthic sessile chordate

This study reveals that benthic sessile chordates like Ciona intestinalis exhibit complex postural dynamics and behavioral diversity, challenging the assumption of limited behavior in sessile organisms.

Annelid eye evolution revealed by developmental, ultrastructural, and connectome analyses of cerebral eyes in Malacoceros fuliginosus

This study investigates the cerebral eyes of Malacoceros fuliginosus using developmental, molecular, ultrastructural, and connectomic analyses to reveal their evolutionary origins and functional diversification.

Behavioral ontogeny in a pelagic tunicate reveals the deep origins of chordate behavioral developmental plasticity.

The paper builds a behavioral atlas of Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle, revealing developmental changes in behavior and morphology that suggest deep evolutionary origins of chordate behavioral plasticity.

The cellular and behavioral blueprints of chordate rheotaxis.

This study identifies the neuronal mechanisms underlying rheotaxis in the pre-vertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis using behavioral analysis and computational modeling.

Functionally asymmetric motor neurons coordinate locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans

This study identifies the functional role of AS motor neurons in coordinating locomotion in C. elegans by integrating signals from premotor interneurons and mediating body wave propagation.