Aref Arzan Zarin

The paper shows that different parts of the Drosophila larval locomotor network respond differently to heat stress during a critical period, leading to varied functional and structural changes.

The paper introduces a 3D object-based workflow to quantify nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit colocalization using Imaris and Airyscan microscopy.

This paper describes a protocol to quantify compensatory motor neuron sprouting at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction following injury.

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.

This study shows that Drosophila tonic motor neurons can reinnervate denervated muscles through structural plasticity, while phasic neurons show minimal remodeling.

The paper identifies spatially distinct nAChR subunits in Drosophila motor neurons and shows their non-redundant roles in locomotion through genetic and imaging analyses.

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

The paper identifies premotor neuron microcircuits in Drosophila larvae that generate behavior-specific muscle activation patterns for forward and backward locomotion.

The paper maps the developmental origin of interneurons in Drosophila and shows how lineage and temporal identity shape synaptic connectivity and circuit formation.

The paper validates four Drosophila premotor interneuron driver lines using electrophysiology, confirming their monosynaptic connection to the aCC motoneuron.

The paper constructs a Drosophila larval connectome linking proprioceptors, premotor neurons, and motor neurons to explain how distinct motor behaviors arise from shared neural circuits.

The paper identifies a command-like descending neuron that induces backward locomotion and inhibits forward locomotion in larvae and adults.