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James MacLeod

University of St AndrewsORCID 0000-0002-6984-5453Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Stefan R. PulveriD· 2 shared Bella Xu YingiD· 1 shared Julius JonaitisiD· 1 shared Maarten ZwartiD· 1 shared

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Dopamine promotes motor programs underlying substrate tunneling in larval Drosophila

James MacLeod, Bella Xu Ying, Maarten Zwart, Stefan R. Pulver

This study investigates how dopamine modulates motor programs in Drosophila larvae, showing it promotes forward locomotion and tunneling behavior through specific neural activity patterns.

Journal of Neurophysiology · Jul 31, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Localization of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dependent rhythm generating modules in the Drosophila larval locomotor network

Julius Jonaitis, James MacLeod, Stefan R. Pulver

The paper identifies mAChR-dependent rhythm generating modules in Drosophila larval CNS using Ca2+ imaging and electrophysiology, revealing a bimodal gradient of rhythmogenicity.

bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience