Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

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.

This study identifies Insulin/TOR pathway components that modulate sex-specific nutritional plasticity in Drosophila eye size and scaling.

The paper identifies an atypical axon overgrowth followed by pruning in Drosophila dopamine neurons, involving AKT-GSK3β signaling and glia activity, distinct from canonical developmental remodeling.

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 bumblebees can associate visual cues with collision experiences, avoiding high-risk areas based on cues before or after collisions.

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.

This paper maps the complete Drosophila male gustatory system connectome, revealing GRN diversity and sensory-to-motor pathways for feeding and social behaviors.

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 investigates the role of tachykinin-related peptides (TRPs) in female Tenebrio molitor reproduction and shows their potential as targets for insect farming and pest control.

The paper identifies a feed-forward swallowing circuit in Drosophila that links protein deprivation to prolonged feeding bursts by coordinating swallowing motor neurons through a Sustain neuron.

This paper shows that Bap60, a SWI/SNF complex subunit in Drosophila, is essential for long-term memory (LTM) gene transcription but not short-term memory, acting downstream of immediate early genes.

The paper shows that localized chitin secretion by specific cells determines the curvature of the Drosophila corneal lens.

This study investigates whether seizures in Drosophila parabss mutants disrupt associative learning, finding that seizures impair learning but mutants perform similarly to wildtype otherwise.

This study identifies the octopamine beta2 receptor as a target to disrupt mosquito reproduction but shows that amitraz, an agonist, is ineffective as a mating disruptor.

This paper shows that Escherichia coli alters chemosensory behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster, with effects mediated by the IR25a receptor.

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 investigates how octopamine and tyramine modulate competition between motor programs in Drosophila larvae, showing distinct effects on locomotion direction and motor program overlap.

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.

This study quantifies Drosophila thermotaxis behavior using a thermal arena and machine learning, revealing distinct roles of peripheral and internal thermoreceptors in navigation.

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 investigates the genetic and neural basis of courtship behavior differences between Drosophila melanogaster, D. simulans, and their hybrids, identifying conserved and species-specific molecular mechanisms.

The paper identifies eight polyadic synapse types on T5a dendrites in Drosophila and shows they create directional wiring architectures in the T5 network.

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.