Author

Antonio Ortega

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease ResearchORCID 0000-0002-6617-341XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Neuroscience· 2 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

El‐Sayed BaziD· 3 shared Sha LiuiD· 3 shared Chien-Chun CheniD· 2 shared Erik Tedre· 2 shared Andrew C. LiniD· 1 shared Ayse KiliciD· 1 shared Chang-Hui Tsao· 1 shared Dries Chabot· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

3 shared papersNeuroscience

El‐Sayed BazORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

3 papers

Recent·Most cited

NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedMar 16, 2026

Sleep Facilitates Pattern Separation through SK Channel-Mediated Sparse Coding

Chien-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Huang, Antonio Ortega…·Sha Liu

This study shows that sleep deprivation in Drosophila impairs pattern separation by disrupting sparse coding in the mushroom body through SK channel-mediated changes in inhibitory neurons.

DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.028

Drosophilaexperimental assay

𝕏 PostBluesky

Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintDec 18, 2024

A High-Throughput Platform for Assessing Single Fly Learning and Memory: Individual Drosophila Olfactory Conditioner (iDOC)

Antonio Ortega, Erik Tedre, El‐Sayed Baz…·Sha Liu

The paper introduces iDOC, a platform for single-fly olfactory conditioning and memory assessment, showing spaced training promotes sleep while massed training induces anesthesia-resistant memory.

1 citation

Drosophilabehavioral assay

𝕏 PostBluesky

NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 27, 2024

Behavioral screening defines three molecular Parkinsonism subgroups in Drosophila

Natalie Kaempf, Jorge S. Valadas, Pieter Robberechts…·Patrik Verstreken

The paper identifies three molecular subgroups of parkinsonism in Drosophila using behavioral screening and machine learning, each linked to distinct cellular pathways.

9 citations

Drosophilamachine learning (classical)

𝕏 PostBluesky