Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

The paper identifies a neuropeptidergic circuit involving Hugin and PK2-R1 that regulates larval sleep in Drosophila, but not adult sleep.

This study shows that Pumilio in intestinal stem cells and the corpus allatum modulates sleep latency in Drosophila by affecting brain gene expression.

This paper evaluates a multimodal immobilization method for Drosophila larvae to improve calcium imaging by reducing motion artifacts.

This study examines the short-term effects of silver ions on Drosophila melanogaster larval locomotion, finding reduced crawling speed and disrupted peristalsis at higher concentrations.

The paper maps axo-axonic synapses onto descending neurons in the Drosophila ventral nerve cord and identifies their functional roles in motor control.

The paper shows Dpr4/DIP-{Theta} transneuronal interactions control branch-specific axon pruning in Drosophila mushroom body neurons, with N-Cadherin mediating this process.

The study shows that load proprioceptive feedback in stick insects has direction-dependent effects on motor neuron activity during stepping, influenced by intersegmental signals.

The paper shows that Drosophila species prefer odour components most distinctive in their natural host blends, revealing that olfactory behaviours exploit the statistical structure of odour environments.

This study identifies reciprocal inhibition and modulatory signaling as critical for sustaining persistent neural activity during working memory in Drosophila.

The paper describes a protocol for quantifying Drosophila feeding behavior using flyPAD/optoPAD, enabling high-throughput measurements and optogenetic control.

This paper identifies an ovarian signaling axis in Drosophila that modulates yeast appetite by linking oogenesis progression to nutrient selection through Dilp8.

This study shows that directional asymmetry in Drosophila brain circuits arises from axonal interactions of pioneer neurons and requires Fasciclin 2 for structural plasticity, impacting adult brain function.

The paper demonstrates that a virtual animal combining a worm connectome and fly biomechanics can produce realistic behavior without biological accuracy, highlighting risks of overinterpreting such models.

This study identifies a non-neuronal cell population in the mosquito rectum that uses NPYLR7 to coordinate reproductive investment after blood feeding.

The paper identifies a mushroom-body output neuron (MBON11) that mediates octopamine-driven and hunger-motivated feeding in Drosophila through synaptic connections with specific neuromodulatory neurons.

Myosin II in Drosophila cap cells pre-stretches proprioceptive chordotonal neurons, modulating their mechanical response and sensory adaptation.

This study shows that sleep deprivation in Drosophila impairs pattern separation by disrupting sparse coding in the mushroom body through SK channel-mediated changes in inhibitory neurons.

The paper presents a system for high-resolution kinematic and muscle activity measurement in freely behaving flies using closed-loop tracking and pose estimation.

This study investigates sugar detection in adult black soldier flies using behavioral, morphological, and molecular approaches, finding they can detect and consume sucrose with female-specific preference.

The paper shows that MEC-2 is needed for aversive touch response but not for prey detection in P. pacificus, highlighting functional divergence in mechanosensory pathways.

The paper bridges the gap between the central and peripheral nervous systems in Drosophila by reconstructing wing sensory axons and mapping them to peripheral structures, identifying novel proprioceptors and their connectivity.

This study identifies cardiac neurons expressing the Akh receptor that mediate high-fat diet-induced arrhythmia in Drosophila.

The paper develops a minimal visual world model to predict exploration behavior in flies navigating natural landscapes, showing individual decision-making patterns and their ecological implications.

The paper shows that maternal age in C. elegans affects progeny social behavior through a small RNA-neuropeptide signaling pathway involving AVH interneurons and ADL sensory neurons.

This study investigates how polyphagous Tephritidae fruit flies balance detection and discrimination of host fruits through olfactory systems, finding a trade-off between shared and unshared volatile compounds.

The paper examines sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila sexual circuits using single-cell transcriptomics, finding limited and cell-type-specific expression with species-specific divergence and shared gene programs.

The paper shows that the optomotor response in ants and earwigs is driven by predictive coding and oscillations, not direct visual input, and concludes these mechanisms are ancestral in insect brains.

The paper shows that cell body clustering of Drosophila MDNs enables gap junction-mediated synchronous activity essential for backward walking.

This study quantifies sociability in Drosophila melanogaster using three paradigms and finds that sociability is multidimensional with uncorrelated traits.

The paper shows that male Drosophila adjust their innate courtship strategy based on altered social feedback using optogenetics.