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Dulanjana M. Perera

Texas A&M UniversityORCID 0000-0002-6930-3988Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:simulation· 1

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Aref Arzan ZariniD· 2 shared Isuru S. GodageiD· 2 shared Yuhan HuangiD· 2 shared Ankura SitaulaiD· 1 shared Elizabeth M. C. HillmaniD· 1 shared Lauren Carlisle· 1 shared Lizzy OlseniD· 1 shared Nathan ByrdiD· 1 shared

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A Premotor Excitation-Inhibition Motif Shapes Protopodium Dynamics During Drosophila Larval Forward Crawling

Ankura Sitaula, Lizzy Olsen, Dulanjana M. Perera, Yuhan Huang, Vashisht Errabolu Meher, Parinita Mitchelle Mandhyan, Nathan Byrd, Sara Arredondo, Lauren Carlisle, Yufeng Wan, Isuru S. Godage, Aref Arzan Zarin

In Drosophila larvae, ventral oblique (VO) muscles drive protopodium folding, and a tri-segmental A27h–A18b3–A06c premotor excitation-inhibition motif restricts their activation to a late, forward-specific window.

bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest

Neuromuscular Basis of Drosophila larval rolling escape behavior

Patricia C. Cooney, Yuhan Huang, Wenze Li, Dulanjana M. Perera, Richard Hormigo, Tanya Tabachnik, Isuru S. Godage, Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, Wesley B. Grueber, Aref Arzan Zarin

This study identifies the neuromuscular mechanisms underlying Drosophila larval rolling escape behavior, revealing circumferential muscle contractions and premotor circuitry involved in generating rolling motion.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Dec 14, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience