Tamara Boto

Modeling Post-traumatic memory deficits: Repeated head injury effects on Novelty detection in Drosophila

This study shows that repeated head injuries in Drosophila cause dose-dependent behavioral, cellular, and circuit dysfunctions similar to mammalian TBI, highlighting both vulnerability and resilience in the mushroom body circuit.

The Ataxin-2 protein is required in Kenyon cells for RNP-granule assembly and appetitive long-term memory formation.

This study shows Ataxin-2 is required in Kenyon cells for mRNP granule assembly and appetitive long-term memory formation in Drosophila.

Associative learning drives longitudinally-graded presynaptic plasticity of neurotransmitter release along axonal compartments

The paper shows that associative learning induces compartmentalized, bidirectional plasticity of acetylcholine release in Drosophila mushroom body axons, with valence-dependent effects and distinct molecular mechanisms.

Neurofibromin regulates metabolic rate via neuronal mechanisms in Drosophila

This study shows that dNf1 in Drosophila regulates metabolic rate through neuronal mechanisms, with effects on feeding, lipid stores, and energy expenditure.