This review focuses on neuropeptides and peptide hormones, the largest and most diverse
class of neuroactive substances, known in Drosophila and other animals to play roles in …

Emotion plays a crucial role, both in general human experience and in psychiatric illnesses.
Despite the importance of emotion, the relative lack of objective methodologies to …

Plasticity in animal behaviour relies on the ability to integrate external and internal cues from
the changing environment and hence modulate activity in synaptic circuits of the brain. This …

Aggressive social interactions are used to compete for limited resources and are regulated
by complex sensory cues and the organism's internal state. While both sexes exhibit …

Behavioral flexibility is critical to survival. Animals must adapt their behavioral responses
based on changes in the environmental context, internal state, or experience. Studies in …

Rationale Aggression, comorbid with neuropsychiatric disorders, exhibits with diverse
clinical presentations and places a significant burden on patients, caregivers, and society …

Behavioral flexibility for appropriate action selection is an advantage when animals are
faced with decisions that will determine their survival or death. In order to arrive at the right …

Aggressive behavior is regulated by various neuromodulators such as neuropeptides and
biogenic amines. Here we found that the neuropeptide Drosulfakinin (Dsk) modulates …

A powerful feature of adaptive memory is its inherent flexibility. Alcohol and other addictive
substances can remold neural circuits important for memory to reduce this flexibility …

Highlights•Innate behaviors are plastic allowing behavioral adaptation depending on
context and need.•Hunger modulates innate odor preference through dopaminergic neurons …