Carsten Duch

The paper shows that calcium channel isoform diversity increases variance in gating properties, enhancing neuronal excitability robustness to perturbations.

The paper shows that motoneurons compensate for extra spikes by delaying subsequent spikes, maintaining rate coding fidelity during flight behavior.

This study shows that alternative splicing of the Drosophila Cav2 gene regulates distinct presynaptic functions, with different splice variants affecting synaptic vesicle release and short-term plasticity.

This study identifies aPKC and FoxP co-expression in wing steering motoneurons as necessary for operant self-learning in Drosophila, with aPKC acting via non-canonical pathways.

The paper identifies a neural circuit mechanism in insect flight where electrical synapses de-synchronize motoneurons to produce stable wingbeat power.

The paper provides a systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system, extending an existing framework to include thoracic and abdominal neuromeres.