Highly interconnected neural networks perform olfactory signal processing in the central
nervous system. In insects, the first synaptic processing of the olfactory input from the …

Satiety-signaling, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-expressing neurons in the arcuate nucleus
of the hypothalamus play a pivotal role in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Recent …

Neural circuit assembly occurs with subcellular precision, yet the mechanisms underlying
this precision remain largely unknown. Subcellular synaptic specificity could be achieved by …

Ca 2+ functions as an important intracellular signal for a wide range of cellular processes.
These processes are selectively activated by controlled spatiotemporal dynamics of the free …

Local interneurons (LNs) mediate complex interactions within the antennal lobe, the primary
olfactory system of insects, and the functional analog of the vertebrate olfactory bulb. In the …

Local computation in microcircuits is an essential feature of distributed information
processing in vertebrate and invertebrate brains. The insect antennal lobe represents a …

The antennal lobe (AL) of insects constitutes the first synaptic relay and processing center of
olfactory information, received from olfactory sensory neurons located on the antennae …

Reproducible data analysis is an approach aiming at complementing classical printed
scientific articles with everything required to independently reproduce the results they …

We used patch-clamp recordings and fast optical Ca2+ imaging to characterize an
acetylcholine-induced current (I ACh) in leg motoneurons of the stick insect Carausius …

Ca2+-activated potassium currents [IK (Ca)] are an important link between the intracellular
signaling system and the membrane potential, which shapes intrinsic electrophysiological …