Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

This study investigates cognitive healthspan in Heliconius butterflies, finding cognitive robustness in late life despite extended longevity.

This study shows that ephaptic interactions between olfactory receptor neurons in Drosophila are adaptation-dependent and not useful for fast odor processing, instead supporting slower peripheral processing tasks.

This study investigates how gravid Anopheles stephensi detect indole for oviposition, showing that antennae and maxillary palps modulate, but do not solely mediate, indole detection.

This study examines nicotine-induced behavioral and neural changes in Drosophila larvae, showing dopamine-mediated hyperactivity and experience-dependent plasticity.

This paper shows hypoxia affects growth and development in Drosophila by both increasing ecdysone secretion and decreasing its synthesis, revealing a dual regulatory mechanism.

This study investigates chemosensory responses in early benthic juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters, finding similar olfactory and behavioral patterns to adults.

The paper identifies A02l neurons in Drosophila larvae that use tonic inhibition to regulate crawling behavior by maintaining muscle relaxation and controlling motor output.

The paper uses hidden Markov models to identify sleep states in Drosophila and maps state-specific genes to the genome.

This study investigates the role of gliotransmission in Drosophila courtship memory and finds that blocking glial vesicular transmitter release does not affect memory formation, maintenance, or decline.

The paper identifies a reproductive checkpoint in Drosophila that links ovarian relaxin to maternal gut plasticity via genetic sex and steroid signaling.

The paper identifies an extraglomerular CO2 pathway in Drosophila that diverges from the canonical glomerular channel and contributes to context-dependent valence coding for CO2 avoidance behavior.

Drosophila melanogaster larvae balance attraction to dead conspecifics with social avoidance based on carcass condition, prior experience, and social context.

This study identifies dopaminergic modulation of mushroom body output neurons as critical for nociception-induced escape behavior in Drosophila.

The paper identifies and functionally characterizes indolORs across eight dipteran species, revealing conserved and diversified mechanisms for indole and skatole detection.

The paper shows that UNC-116/kinesin-1 and UNC-104/kinesin-3 work together to transport factors that regulate TIR-1/SARM1 signaling, promoting asymmetric neuron subtype differentiation in C. elegans.

This study identifies a dedicated brain circuit in Drosophila that controls forward walking by initiating movement and modulating speed, independent of turning behaviors.

The paper reports the first intracellular recordings from Drosophila Class III cold-sensitive neurons, revealing membrane potential dynamics and electrophysiological responses to cold stimulation.

This study shows that ecdysone signaling in glial cells is critical for CNS transformation during Drosophila metamorphosis, highlighting a hormone-dependent glial-neuronal interaction.

This study investigates the role of the LcNPF gene in Lucilia cuprina cuprina, showing its impact on larval physiology and female oviposition preference, but not on male mating behavior or fertility.

The paper identifies uracil as a bacterial signal that primes Drosophila adults to respond to peptidoglycan through Duox/ROS and TrpA1/Gr66a pathways in larval neurons.

The paper investigates how Drosophila neurons transform allocentric to egocentric reference frames during navigation, identifying PFL1 neurons as key players in this process.

The paper compares neuronal circuits for landing and takeoff in Drosophila, revealing parallel ensembles that enable flexible behavioral control.

The paper simulates Drosophila's connectome to show how escape behavior suppresses feeding through a distributed, redundant neural architecture.

This study shows that repeated stress suppresses a key node in the Drosophila courtship circuitry, leading to persistent behavioral changes.

The paper shows that depolarization block silences olfactory neurons at high odor concentrations, enabling odor discrimination by creating distinct activity patterns.

The paper identifies a novel mechanism for coincidence detection at inhibitory synapses in the Drosophila head direction network involving octopamine-mediated feedback.

This study examines the developmental changes in the three-dimensional arrangement of antennal hair plates in crickets, showing a stereotyped spatial pattern maintained through growth and development.

This study shows Drosophila can maintain a consistent navigational goal angle for days to weeks using a virtual-reality setup.

This study shows that traumatic conditioning in Drosophila induces a combination of anesthesia-resistant and protein synthesis-dependent long-term memory, with specific neural mechanisms involved.

The paper compares oviposition behavior between two mosquito species and identifies chemosensory receptor gene differences that may explain their distinct strategies.