[HTML][HTML] Olfactory navigation in arthropods

TJ Steele, AJ Lanz, KI Nagel - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2023 - Springer
Using odors to find food and mates is one of the most ancient and highly conserved
behaviors. Arthropods from flies to moths to crabs use broadly similar strategies to navigate …

[HTML][HTML] Internal state-dependent modulation of olfactory responses: a tale of dopamine neurons in the adult Drosophila mushroom body

S Lin - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Olfaction is a vital sense that insects use to forage and interact with each other. When an
insect smells an odor, its nervous system processes the odor information and transforms it …

[HTML][HTML] Innate and learned odor-guided behaviors utilize distinct molecular signaling pathways in a shared dopaminergic circuit

NC Noyes, RL Davis - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Odor-based learning and innate odor-driven behavior have been hypothesized to require
separate neuronal circuitry. Contrary to this notion, innate behavior and olfactory learning …

[HTML][HTML] Independent insulin signaling modulators govern hot avoidance under different feeding states

MH Chiang, YC Lin, SF Chen, PS Lee, TF Fu, T Wu… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Thermosensation is critical for the survival of animals. However, mechanisms through which
nutritional status modulates thermosensation remain unclear. Herein, we showed that …

An integrative sensor of body states: how the mushroom body modulates behavior depending on physiological context

R Suárez-Grimalt, ICG Kadow… - Learning & …, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
The brain constantly compares past and present experiences to predict the future, thereby
enabling instantaneous and future behavioral adjustments. Integration of external …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent and divergent neural circuit architectures that support acoustic communication

DB Kelley - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vocal communication is used across extant vertebrates, is evolutionarily ancient, and been
maintained, in many lineages. Here I review the neural circuit architectures that support …

The caloric value of food intake structurally adjusts a neuronal mushroom body circuit mediating olfactory learning in Drosophila

B Çoban, H Poppinga, B Geurten, D Vasmer… - Learning & …, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Associative learning enables the adaptive adjustment of behavioral decisions based on
acquired, predicted outcomes. The valence of what is learned is influenced not only by the …

Ants prefer the option they are trained to first

FB Oberhauser, K Bogenberger… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The temporal order in which experiences occur can have a profound influence on their
salience. Humans and other vertebrates usually memorise the first and last items of a list …

Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions

L Xu, HB Jiang, JL Yu, JJ Wang - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•The sensitivity of peripheral olfactory system and central olfactory neurons to
various olfactory signals is often altered in response to different physiological (age and …

Infection by virulent wMelPop Wolbachia improves learning and memory capacity in Drosophila melanogaster

MY Chen, D Li, ZN Wang, FZ Xu, YW Feng, QL Yu… - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
Wolbachia are intracellular symbiotic bacteria widely distributed in arthropods. Many studies
have focused on the effects of Wolbachia infection on host reproduction; however, the effects …