Aram Megighian

This study shows that repellent olfactory cues alter the optomotor response in Drosophila melanogaster when combined with optic flow stimulation.

This study shows that a Syntaxin1A mutation in Drosophila reduces total sleep and causes fragmented sleep without affecting locomotor activity.

This study shows that targeting NMJ regeneration and CXCR4 can improve motor function and survival in ALS models.

The paper investigates how motor history affects decision-making in Drosophila, finding that past motor activity influences strategy more than response outcome.

The paper shows that low doses of Botulinum Neurotoxins A and B enter cholinergic neurons and promote Salmonella and Shigella infection without causing flaccid paralysis.

The paper tests how repellent and masking odorants affect the optokinetic response in Drosophila melanogaster during flight.

This paper shows that melatonin receptor agonists promote functional recovery from krait venom-induced neuroparalysis in mice, suggesting their potential use in human snakebite treatment.

This study identifies a spatial heuristic used by fruit flies to avoid bitter taste, showing invertebrates use simplified decision strategies.

This study shows TDP-43 promotes neuromuscular synapse formation in Drosophila by regulating Disc-large expression, with similar mechanisms observed in human ALS tissues.

This study investigates how Drosophila melanogaster responds to visual distractors during locomotion, revealing two distinct behavioral strategies related to action selection.