K. Brzezinski

Mortality without springing a leak: Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold

This study investigates whether cold stress increases gut permeability in locusts by testing bacterial and fluorescent dextran leakage, finding no significant increase.

Hyperkalemia, not apoptosis, accurately predicts insect chilling injury

This study investigates the mechanism of chilling injury in locusts and finds that hyperkalemia, not apoptosis, is the key predictor of injury severity.

Chilling induces unidirectional solute leak through the locust gut epithelia

This study shows that chilling causes unidirectional solute leak through the locust gut epithelia, specifically from mucosal to serosal direction, but not the reverse.