A Model for Basic Emotions Using Observations of Behavior in Drosophila

S Gu, F Wang, NP Patel, JA Bourgeois… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
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 …

The control of metabolic traits by octopamine and tyramine in invertebrates

T Roeder - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord

AM Allen, MC Neville, S Birtles, V Croset, CD Treiber… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The Drosophila ventral nerve cord (VNC) receives and processes descending signals from
the brain to produce a variety of coordinated locomotor outputs. It also integrates sensory …

Hearing of malaria mosquitoes is modulated by a beta-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor which serves as insecticide target

M Georgiades, A Alampounti, J Somers, MP Su… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria mosquitoes acoustically detect their mating partners within large swarms that form
transiently at dusk. Indeed, male malaria mosquitoes preferably respond to female flight …

The Neurotransmitters Involved in Drosophila Alcohol-Induced Behaviors

MM Chvilicek, I Titos, A Rothenfluh - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol is a widely used and abused substance with numerous negative consequences for
human health and safety. Historically, alcohol's widespread, non-specific neurobiological …

She's got nerve: roles of octopamine in insect female reproduction

MA White, DS Chen, MF Wolfner - Journal of neurogenetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The biogenic monoamine octopamine (OA) is a crucial regulator of invertebrate physiology
and behavior. Since its discovery in the 1950s in octopus salivary glands, OA has been …

Octopamine and tyramine signalling in Aedes aegypti: Molecular characterization and insight into potential physiological roles

L Finetti, JP Paluzzi, I Orchard, AB Lange - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In insects, the biogenic amines octopamine (OA) and tyramine (TA) are involved in
controlling several physiological and behavioural processes. OA and TA act as …

Immune receptor signaling and the mushroom body mediate post-ingestion pathogen avoidance

JM Kobler, FJR Jimenez, I Petcu, ICG Kadow - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
In spite of the positive effects of bacteria on health, certain species are harmful, and
therefore, animals must weigh nutritional benefits against negative post-ingestion …

Oocyte quiescence: from formation to awakening

J Kim, YJ You - Endocrinology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Decades of work using various model organisms have resulted in an exciting and emerging
field of oocyte maturation. High levels of insulin and active mammalian target of rapamycin …

The insect type 1 tyramine receptors: from structure to behavior

L Finetti, T Roeder, G Calò, G Bernacchia - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review aims to describe the type 1 tyramine receptors (TAR1s) in
insects with a multidisciplinary approach and might be an important tool for a wide scientific …