Ecdysone, an essential insect steroid hormone, promotes larval metamorphosis by
coordinating growth and maturation. In Drosophila melanogaster, prothoracicotropic …

Sleep is required to maintain physiological functions and is widely conserved across
species. To understand the sleep-regulatory mechanisms, sleep-regulating genes and …

The construction and maturation of the postsynaptic apparatus are crucial for synapse and
dendrite development. The fundamental mechanisms underlying these processes are most …

Purpose: Neurofilament light chain in serum (sNfL) has been suggested as a biomarker for
the assessment of neuroaxonal damage. Since NfL are not expressed in muscle, elevated …

Organisms possess an endogenous molecular clock which enables them to adapt to
environmental rhythms and to synchronize their metabolism and behavior accordingly …

Direct measurement of neural activity in freely moving animals is essential for understanding
how the brain controls and represents be-haviors. Genetically encoded calcium indicators …

Many sensory processing regions of the central brain undergo critical periods of experience‐
dependent plasticity. During this time ethologically relevant information shapes circuit …

Many animals perceive features of higher-order visual motion that are beyond the
spatiotemporal correlations of luminance defined in first-order motion. Although the neural …

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most popular model organisms being
used in the life sciences. Due to its small number of neurons compared to other vertebrate …

Research in humans and other model organisms has established that the daily timing and
amount of sleep are regulated by the circadian clock and sleep homeostasis respectively. In …