Behavioral plasticity is widespread in swarming animals, but little is known about its
underlying neural and molecular mechanisms. Here, we report that a neuropeptide F …

Background In humans and other animals, the internal organs are positioned asymmetrically
in the body cavity, and disruption of this body plan can be fatal in humans. The mechanisms …

Neuropeptide F (NPF) signaling systems are widespread and highly evolutionarily
conserved from vertebrates to invertebrates. In fact, NPF has been identified in many insect …

The central pacemakers of circadian timekeeping systems are highly robust yet adaptable,
providing the temporal coordination of rhythms in behavior and physiological processes in …

In Drosophila melanogaster, fruitless (fru) encodes male-specific transcription factors (FRU
M; encoded by fru P1) required for courtship behaviors (reviewed in [1]). However …

Neuropeptide F (NPF) is an important signaling molecule that acts as a neuromodulator to
regulate a diversity of physiological and behavioral processes from vertebrates to …

Over the years it has become crystal clear that a variety of processes encode time-of-day
information, ranging from gene expression, protein stability, or subcellular localization of key …

The intake of macronutrients is crucial for the fitness of any animal and is mainly regulated
by peripheral signals to the brain. How the brain receives and translates these peripheral …

Although the corazonin gene (Crz) has been molecularly characterized, little is known
concerning the function of this neuropeptide in Drosophila melanogaster. To gain insight …

Insect flight is regulated by various sensory inputs and neuromodulatory circuits which
function in synchrony to control and fine-tune the final behavioral outcome. The cellular and …