Organisms adapt to changing environments by adjusting their development, metabolism,
and behavior to improve their chances of survival and reproduction. To achieve such …

While research into the biology of animal behaviour has primarily focused on the central
nervous system, cues from peripheral tissues and the environment have been implicated in …

Gut microbiome profoundly affects many aspects of host physiology and behaviors. Here we
report that gut microbiome modulates aggressive behaviors in Drosophila. We found that …

Widely targeted metabolomic assays are useful because they provide quantitative data on
large groups of related compounds. We report a high performance liquid chromatography …

The Varroa destructor mite is a devastating parasite of Apis mellifera honeybees. They can
cause colonies to collapse by spreading viruses and feeding on the fat reserves of adults …

Starvation induces sustained increase in locomotion, which facilitates food localization and
acquisition and hence composes an important aspect of food-seeking behavior. We …

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are components of the cell surface and
extracellular matrix, which bear long polysaccharides called heparan sulfate (HS) attached …

Hunger is a motivational state that drives eating and food-seeking behaviour. In a
psychological sense, hunger sets the goal that guides an animal in the pursuit of food. The …

Octopamine (OA) and tyramine (TA) are closely related biogenic monoamines that act as
signalling compounds in invertebrates, where they fulfil the roles played by adrenaline and …

Internal states can profoundly alter the behavior of animals. A quantitative understanding of
the behavioral changes upon metabolic challenges is key to a mechanistic dissection of how …