2021
Dopaminergic mechanism underlying reward-encoding of punishment omission during reversal learning in Drosophila
McCurdy LY, Sareen P, Davoudian PA, Nitabach MN. Dopaminergic mechanism underlying reward-encoding of punishment omission during reversal learning in Drosophila. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 1115. PMID: 33602917, PMCID: PMC7893153, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21388-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAvoidance LearningConditioning, ClassicalDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsDrosophila melanogasterMemoryPunishmentReversal LearningRewardSmellSynapsesConceptsDopaminergic neuronsCholinergic neuronsNeural circuit mechanismsCholinergic relayDopaminergic mechanismsSynaptic excitationSynaptic reconstructionSynaptic inputsVivo functional imagingCircuit mechanismsNeuronsAversive memoryFunctional imagingOdor responsesAversive outcomesReduced activationSuch activationCircuit motifsActivationOutcomesElectric shock punishmentSensory cuesUnexpected omissionShock punishmentBehavioral analysis
2015
Control of Sleep by Dopaminergic Inputs to the Drosophila Mushroom Body
Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Rubin GM, Nitabach MN. Control of Sleep by Dopaminergic Inputs to the Drosophila Mushroom Body. Frontiers In Neural Circuits 2015, 9: 73. PMID: 26617493, PMCID: PMC4637407, DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2015.00073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedDopaminergic NeuronsDrosophila melanogasterImmunohistochemistryModels, AnimalMushroom BodiesNeural PathwaysSleep