Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

The paper identifies a neural circuit in Drosophila that suppresses movement-encoding proprioceptive signals during self-generated leg movements.

This study uses C. elegans to show that foraging decisions involve a switch from exploration to exploitation based on sensory input, satiety, and learned environmental statistics.

The paper shows that optogenetic activation of sensory and dopaminergic neurons can induce synthetic associative memories in vinegar flies, demonstrating that simple coincident stimulation is sufficient for memory formation.

This study identifies the mTOR-Z-Phae1 axis as a genetic pathway regulating stress-induced organismal death in Drosophila larvae.

The paper shows that feeding state modulates inhibitory neurons in Drosophila, biasing sensorimotor decisions by altering aversive response competition.

This study uses electrophysiological recordings to show photoreceptor coupling in the dorsal rim areas of honeybee and bumblebee eyes, enhancing receptive field size for polarization detection.

This study investigates chemosensory adaptations in Caenorhabditis males during the transition to androdioecy, finding that males exhibit altered olfactory behavior and that these traits can be reverted by restoring ancestral receptor function.

The paper introduces DrosoVAM, a cost-effective and versatile system for monitoring Drosophila behavior using video and deep learning, improving upon traditional infrared beam methods.

The paper investigates sex-specific hearing in mosquitoes by analyzing the role of a female-specific isoform of the doublesex gene and its impact on auditory function.

The paper develops a neural network model to explain how C. elegans exhibits salt concentration memory-dependent chemotaxis through ASER-AIY synaptic dynamics.

This study shows that hoverflies can extinguish innate floral preferences through aversive conditioning and acquire new preferences through appetitive training, with aversive memories lasting longer.

The paper investigates how locusts maintain odor intensity information despite neural adaptation in their olfactory system.

The paper identifies the Oviposition Inhibitory Neuron as a hub in the Drosophila oviposition circuit by analyzing its inputs using network analysis and graph theory.

This study identifies CG10738 as the Drosophila EHR, showing its role in ecdysis and its expression in ETH-producing cells and other neuronal targets.

This study shows serotonin selectively enhances visual responses in specific Drosophila neurons without affecting others, highlighting its role in modulating object motion detection.

This study identifies high-pass filters in mosquito auditory systems, showing sex-specific differences in noise suppression and suggesting their role in auditory function beyond mating.

This study identifies DAN-c1 neurons mediating aversive olfactory learning in Drosophila larvae via D2-like receptors, showing their inhibitory role and distinct contribution from mushroom body D2R expression.

The paper develops a method to functionally analyze individual neuropeptides in C. elegans by expressing active peptides in E. coli and feeding them to loss-of-function mutants.

This study investigates the role of GABA and its receptor RDL in the auditory system of malaria mosquitoes, revealing mechanical and electrical effects on auditory sensitivity and mating behavior.

This study shows that odors activate gustatory receptor neurons in Drosophila, triggering feeding behaviors and enhancing food intake through a mechanism involving the Gr5a receptor and olfactory binding proteins.

This study investigates dopamine's role in forgetting in C. elegans, showing that dopamine-deficient mutants have enhanced learning and that DOP-2 and DOP-3 receptors modulate forgetting.

Track-A-Worm 2.0 provides tools for analyzing locomotion, sleep, and action potentials in C. elegans, improving upon existing methods with specialized features.

The paper compares connectomic predictions of neuronal function with physiological measurements in fruit flies, finding that predictions are accurate for some properties but poor for others, and that strong synaptic inputs have a significant influence on function.

The paper compares the nervous systems of two nematode species to identify patterns of evolutionary change in their connectomes.

This study shows that dopaminergic signaling via Dop1R2 modulates auditory sensory neuron responses in Drosophila females based on their mating status, affecting song response behavior.

The paper investigates the roles of aIPg and pC1d cell types in generating a persistent aggressive internal state in female Drosophila, finding that aIPg stimulation induces aggression while pC1d stimulation does not, and that pC1d and pC1e work synergistically.

The paper analyzes dendritic morphology of CO2- and odor-sensing olfactory neurons in Drosophila using electron microscopy, revealing morphological diversity even among homotypic neurons.

This study shows that nighttime caffeine intake impairs inhibitory control in Drosophila, increasing motor impulsivity, with females more affected than males.

The paper investigates how octopamine and its receptors modulate hearing function in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, identifying cAMP as a mediator and showing no link between hair erection and frequency tuning.

This study shows that repeated mating failure in male Drosophila reduces sweet taste perception through dopamine signaling in specific neural circuits.