Recent advances in neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila, from genes to physiology and behavior

DR Nässel, M Zandawala - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster

C Dubowy, A Sehgal - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The advantages of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster, including low genetic
redundancy, functional simplicity, and the ability to conduct large-scale genetic screens …

Chemoconnectomics: map** chemical transmission in Drosophila

B Deng, Q Li, X Liu, Y Cao, B Li, Y Qian, R Xu, R Mao… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
We define the chemoconnectome (CCT) as the entire set of neurotransmitters,
neuromodulators, neuropeptides, and their receptors underlying chemotransmission in an …

Dynamic encoding of temperature in the central circadian circuit coordinates physiological activities

H Li, Z Li, X Yuan, Y Tian, W Ye, P Zeng, XM Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The circadian clock regulates animal physiological activities. How temperature reorganizes
circadian-dependent physiological activities remains elusive. Here, using in-vivo two-photon …
AA Robie, J Hirokawa, AW Edwards, LA Umayam… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Assigning behavioral functions to neural structures has long been a central goal in
neuroscience and is a necessary first step toward a circuit-level understanding of how the …

A conserved bicycle model for circadian clock control of membrane excitability

M Flourakis, E Kula-Eversole, AL Hutchison, TH Han… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Circadian clocks regulate membrane excitability in master pacemaker neurons to control
daily rhythms of sleep and wake. Here, we find that two distinctly timed electrical drives …