The mushroom body (MB) is the center for associative learning in insects. In Drosophila,
intersectional split-GAL4 drivers and electron microscopy (EM) connectomes have laid the …

The German cockroach is a valuable model for research on indoor pest management
strategies and for understanding mechanisms of adaptive evolution under intense …

Across species, taste provides important chemical information about potential food sources
and the surrounding environment. As details about the chemicals and receptors responsible …

Taste cues regulate immediate feeding behavior, but their ability to modulate future behavior
has been less well studied. Pairing one taste with another can modulate subsequent feeding …

A single sensory cue can elicit diverse behavioral responses. For example, the taste of
sugar robustly promotes feeding1, 2 but also influences other behaviors, such as altering …

Chemosensory cells across the body of Drosophila melanogaster evaluate the environment
and play a crucial role in neural circuits that prioritize feeding, mating, or egg laying …

Mammals and insects alike depend on foodstuffs as an essential source of proteins and their
constitutive amino acids (AA), several of which cannot be synthesized by the organism. AA …