Publications

• An incentive circuit for memory dynamics in the mushroom body of Drosophila melanogaster.Gkanias E, McCurdy LY, Nitabach MN, Webb B. Elife. 2022 Apr 1; 2022 Apr 1. PMID: 35363138.
• A neuronal ensemble encoding adaptive choice during sensory conflict in Drosophila.Sareen PF, McCurdy LY, Nitabach MN. Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 5; 2021 Jul 5. PMID: 34226544.
• C. elegans discriminates colors to guide foraging.Ghosh DD, Lee D, Jin X, Horvitz HR, Nitabach MN. Science. 2021 Mar 5. PMID: 33674494.
• Food odors decrease longevity via a brain-gut axis.Price KH, Nitabach MN. Nat Aging. 2021 Mar. PMID: 37118407.
• Dopaminergic mechanism underlying reward-encoding of punishment omission during reversal learning in Drosophila.McCurdy LY, Sareen P, Davoudian PA, Nitabach MN. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 18; 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33602917.
• Parvalbumin expression affects synaptic development and physiology at the Drosophila larval NMJ.He T, Nitabach MN, Lnenicka GA. J Neurogenet. 2018 Sep; 2018 Sep 3. PMID: 30175644.
• Peptide-Mediated Neurotransmission Takes Center Stage.Gonzalez-Suarez AD, Nitabach MN. Trends Neurosci. 2018 Jun. PMID: 29801523.
• Daily oscillations in expression and responsiveness of Toll-like receptors in splenic immune cells.Silver AC, Buckley SM, Hughes ME, Hastings AK, Nitabach MN, Fikrig E. Heliyon. 2018 Mar; 2018 Mar 20. PMID: 29862343.
• Guidelines for Genome-Scale Analysis of Biological Rhythms.Hughes ME, Abruzzi KC, Allada R, Anafi R, Arpat AB, Asher G, Baldi P, de Bekker C, Bell-Pedersen D, Blau J, Brown S, Ceriani MF, Chen Z, Chiu JC, Cox J, Crowell AM, DeBruyne JP, Dijk DJ, DiTacchio L, Doyle FJ, Duffield GE, Dunlap JC, Eckel-Mahan K, Esser KA, FitzGerald GA, Forger DB, Francey LJ, Fu YH, Gachon F, Gatfield D, de Goede P, Golden SS, Green C, Harer J, Harmer S, Haspel J, Hastings MH, Herzel H, Herzog ED, Hoffmann C, Hong C, Hughey JJ, Hurley JM, de la Iglesia HO, Johnson C, Kay SA, Koike N, Kornacker K, Kramer A, Lamia K, Leise T, Lewis SA, Li J, Li X, Liu AC, Loros JJ, Martino TA, Menet JS, Merrow M, Millar AJ, Mockler T, Naef F, Nagoshi E, Nitabach MN, Olmedo M, Nusinow DA, Ptáček LJ, Rand D, Reddy AB, Robles MS, Roenneberg T, Rosbash M, Ruben MD, Rund SSC, Sancar A, Sassone-Corsi P, Sehgal A, Sherrill-Mix S, Skene DJ, Storch KF, Takahashi JS, Ueda HR, Wang H, Weitz C, Westermark PO, Wijnen H, Xu Y, Wu G, Yoo SH, Young M, Zhang EE, Zielinski T, Hogenesch JB. J Biol Rhythms. 2017 Oct; 2017 Nov 3. PMID: 29098954.
• Genetic and neuronal mechanisms governing the sex-specific interaction between sleep and sexual behaviors in Drosophila.Chen D, Sitaraman D, Chen N, Jin X, Han C, Chen J, Sun M, Baker BS, Nitabach MN, Pan Y. Nat Commun. 2017 Jul 28; 2017 Jul 28. PMID: 28754889.
• A Peptidergic Circuit Links the Circadian Clock to Locomotor Activity.King AN, Barber AF, Smith AE, Dreyer AP, Sitaraman D, Nitabach MN, Cavanaugh DJ, Sehgal A. Curr Biol. 2017 Jul 10; 2017 Jun 29. PMID: 28669757.
• Membrane Currents, Gene Expression, and Circadian Clocks.Allen CN, Nitabach MN, Colwell CS. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017 May 1; 2017 May 1. PMID: 28246182.
• Multisensory integration in C. elegans.Ghosh DD, Nitabach MN, Zhang Y, Harris G. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2017 Apr; 2017 Mar 6. PMID: 28273525.
• Neural Architecture of Hunger-Dependent Multisensory Decision Making in C. elegans.Ghosh DD, Sanders T, Hong S, McCurdy LY, Chase DL, Cohen N, Koelle MR, Nitabach MN. Neuron. 2016 Dec 7; 2016 Nov 17. PMID: 27866800.
• Drosophila DH31 Neuropeptide and PDF Receptor Regulate Night-Onset Temperature Preference.Goda T, Tang X, Umezaki Y, Chu ML, Kunst M, Nitabach MNN, Hamada FN. J Neurosci. 2016 Nov 16. PMID: 27852781.
• Goggatomy: A Method for Opening Small Cuticular Compartments in Arthropods for Physiological Experiments.Kay AR, Raccuglia D, Scholte J, Sivan-Loukianova E, Barwacz CA, Armstrong SR, Guymon CA, Nitabach MN, Eberl DF. Front Physiol. 2016; 2016 Sep 12. PMID: 27695420.
• Presynaptic GABA Receptors Mediate Temporal Contrast Enhancement in Drosophila Olfactory Sensory Neurons and Modulate Odor-Driven Behavioral Kinetics.Raccuglia D, McCurdy LY, Demir M, Gorur-Shandilya S, Kunst M, Emonet T, Nitabach MN. eNeuro. 2016 Jul-Aug; 2016 Aug 23. PMID: 27588305.
• Corrigendum: Control of Sleep by Dopaminergic Inputs to the Drosophila Mushroom Body.Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Rubin GM, Nitabach MN. Front Neural Circuits. 2015; 2015 Dec 22. PMID: 26733821.
• Propagation of Homeostatic Sleep Signals by Segregated Synaptic Microcircuits of the Drosophila Mushroom Body.Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Jin X, Chen N, Felix M, Rubin GM, Nitabach MN. Curr Biol. 2015 Nov 16; 2015 Oct 8. PMID: 26455303.
• Control of Sleep by Dopaminergic Inputs to the Drosophila Mushroom Body.Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Rubin GM, Nitabach MN. Front Neural Circuits. 2015; 2015 Nov 9. PMID: 26617493.
• Exploring the Biology of G Protein-Coupled Receptors from In Vitro to In Vivo.Bohn LM, Lohse MJ, Nitabach MN, Taghert PH, Smit MJ. Mol Pharmacol. 2015 Sep; 2015 Jul 10. PMID: 26162863.
• Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis.Klein M, Afonso B, Vonner AJ, Hernandez-Nunez L, Berck M, Tabone CJ, Kane EA, Pieribone VA, Nitabach MN, Cardona A, Zlatic M, Sprecher SG, Gershow M, Garrity PA, Samuel AD. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 13; 2014 Dec 30. PMID: 25550513.
• Rhythmic control of activity and sleep by class B1 GPCRs.Kunst M, Tso MC, Ghosh DD, Herzog ED, Nitabach MN. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 2015 Jan-Feb; 2014 Nov 20. PMID: 25410535.
• Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila.Aso Y, Sitaraman D, Ichinose T, Kaun KR, Vogt K, Belliart-Guérin G, Plaçais PY, Robie AA, Yamagata N, Schnaitmann C, Rowell WJ, Johnston RM, Ngo TT, Chen N, Korff W, Nitabach MN, Heberlein U, Preat T, Branson KM, Tanimoto H, Rubin GM. Elife. 2014 Dec 23; 2014 Dec 23. PMID: 25535794.
• Calcitonin gene-related peptide neurons mediate sleep-specific circadian output in Drosophila.Kunst M, Hughes ME, Raccuglia D, Felix M, Li M, Barnett G, Duah J, Nitabach MN. Curr Biol. 2014 Nov 17; 2014 Oct 30. PMID: 25455031.
• Miniature neurotransmission regulates Drosophila synaptic structural maturation.Choi BJ, Imlach WL, Jiao W, Wolfram V, Wu Y, Grbic M, Cela C, Baines RA, Nitabach MN, McCabe BD. Neuron. 2014 May 7. PMID: 24811381.
• Michael Nitabach.Nitabach M. Curr Biol. 2014 Mar 3. PMID: 24749156.
• A tarantula-venom peptide antagonizes the TRPA1 nociceptor ion channel by binding to the S1-S4 gating domain.Gui J, Liu B, Cao G, Lipchik AM, Perez M, Dekan Z, Mobli M, Daly NL, Alewood PF, Parker LL, King GF, Zhou Y, Jordt SE, Nitabach MN. Curr Biol. 2014 Mar 3; 2014 Feb 13. PMID: 24530065.
• Genetically targeted optical electrophysiology in intact neural circuits.Cao G, Platisa J, Pieribone VA, Raccuglia D, Kunst M, Nitabach MN. Cell. 2013 Aug 15; 2013 Aug 8. PMID: 23932121.
• Pigment-dispersing factor modulates pheromone production in clock cells that influence mating in drosophila.Krupp JJ, Billeter JC, Wong A, Choi C, Nitabach MN, Levine JD. Neuron. 2013 Jul 10. PMID: 23849197.
• Membrane-tethered ligands: tools for cell-autonomous pharmacological manipulation of biological circuits.Choi C, Nitabach MN. Physiology (Bethesda). 2013 May. PMID: 23636262.
• A biogenic amine and a neuropeptide act identically: tyramine signals through calcium in Drosophila tubule stellate cells.Cabrero P, Richmond L, Nitabach M, Davies SA, Dow JA. Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Apr 22; 2013 Feb 27. PMID: 23446525.
• O-GlcNAc signaling entrains the circadian clock by inhibiting BMAL1/CLOCK ubiquitination.Li MD, Ruan HB, Hughes ME, Lee JS, Singh JP, Jones SP, Nitabach MN, Yang X. Cell Metab. 2013 Feb 5. PMID: 23395176.
• Peptide neuromodulation in invertebrate model systems.Taghert PH, Nitabach MN. Neuron. 2012 Oct 4. PMID: 23040808.
• Autoreceptor control of peptide/neurotransmitter corelease from PDF neurons determines allocation of circadian activity in drosophila.Choi C, Cao G, Tanenhaus AK, McCarthy EV, Jung M, Schleyer W, Shang Y, Rosbash M, Yin JC, Nitabach MN. Cell Rep. 2012 Aug 30; 2012 Aug 2. PMID: 22938867.
• Deep sequencing the circadian and diurnal transcriptome of Drosophila brain.Hughes ME, Grant GR, Paquin C, Qian J, Nitabach MN. Genome Res. 2012 Jul; 2012 Apr 3. PMID: 22472103.
• Circadian expression of clock genes in mouse macrophages, dendritic cells, and B cells.Silver AC, Arjona A, Hughes ME, Nitabach MN, Fikrig E. Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Mar; 2011 Oct 13. PMID: 22019350.
• Tethering toxins and peptide ligands for modulation of neuronal function.Ibañez-Tallon I, Nitabach MN. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2012 Feb; 2011 Nov 24. PMID: 22119144.
• Insect circadian clock outputs.Helfrich-Förster C, Nitabach MN, Holmes TC. Essays Biochem. 2011 Jun 30. PMID: 21819386.
• Synchronized bilateral synaptic inputs to Drosophila melanogaster neuropeptidergic rest/arousal neurons.McCarthy EV, Wu Y, Decarvalho T, Brandt C, Cao G, Nitabach MN. J Neurosci. 2011 Jun 1. PMID: 21632940.
• Circadian biology: environmental regulation of a multi-oscillator network.Choi C, Nitabach MN. Curr Biol. 2010 Apr 13. PMID: 20392424.
• Discovery and characterization of a conserved pigment dispersing factor-like neuropeptide pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans.Janssen T, Husson SJ, Meelkop E, Temmerman L, Lindemans M, Verstraelen K, Rademakers S, Mertens I, Nitabach M, Jansen G, Schoofs L. J Neurochem. 2009 Oct; 2009 Aug 3. PMID: 19686386.
• Cellular dissection of circadian peptide signals with genetically encoded membrane-tethered ligands.Choi C, Fortin JP, McCarthy Ev, Oksman L, Kopin AS, Nitabach MN. Curr Biol. 2009 Jul 28; 2009 Jul 9. PMID: 19592252.
• Membrane-tethered ligands are effective probes for exploring class B1 G protein-coupled receptor function.Fortin JP, Zhu Y, Choi C, Beinborn M, Nitabach MN, Kopin AS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 12; 2009 Apr 23. PMID: 19416829.
• Phase coupling of a circadian neuropeptide with rest/activity rhythms detected using a membrane-tethered spider toxin.Wu Y, Cao G, Pavlicek B, Luo X, Nitabach MN. PLoS Biol. 2008 Nov 4. PMID: 18986214.
• Circadian control of membrane excitability in Drosophila melanogaster lateral ventral clock neurons.Cao G, Nitabach MN. J Neurosci. 2008 Jun 18. PMID: 18562620.
• Circadian rhythms. Integrating circadian timekeeping with cellular physiology.Harrisingh MC, Nitabach MN. Science. 2008 May 16. PMID: 18487177.
• Electrical silencing of PDF neurons advances the phase of non-PDF clock neurons in Drosophila.Wu Y, Cao G, Nitabach MN. J Biol Rhythms. 2008 Apr. PMID: 18375861.
• Organization of the Drosophila circadian control circuit.Nitabach MN, Taghert PH. Curr Biol. 2008 Jan 22. PMID: 18211849.
• Chemical genetic modification of Ca2+ channel activity.Nitabach M. Nat Chem Biol. 2007 Dec. PMID: 18007645.
• Intracellular Ca2+ regulates free-running circadian clock oscillation in vivo.Harrisingh MC, Wu Y, Lnenicka GA, Nitabach MN. J Neurosci. 2007 Nov 14. PMID: 18003827.
• Functional dissection of a neuronal network required for cuticle tanning and wing expansion in Drosophila.Luan H, Lemon WC, Peabody NC, Pohl JB, Zelensky PK, Wang D, Nitabach MN, Holmes TC, White BH. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 11. PMID: 16407556.
• Electrical hyperexcitation of lateral ventral pacemaker neurons desynchronizes downstream circadian oscillators in the fly circadian circuit and induces multiple behavioral periods.Nitabach MN, Wu Y, Sheeba V, Lemon WC, Strumbos J, Zelensky PK, White BH, Holmes TC. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 11. PMID: 16407545.
• Circadian rhythms: clock coordination.Nitabach MN. Nature. 2005 Nov 10. PMID: 16281023.
• Membranes, ions, and clocks: testing the Njus-Sulzman-Hastings model of the circadian oscillator.Nitabach MN, Holmes TC, Blau J. Methods Enzymol. 2005. PMID: 15817319.
• Membrane electrical excitability is necessary for the free-running larval Drosophila circadian clock.Nitabach MN, Sheeba V, Vera DA, Blau J, Holmes TC. J Neurobiol. 2005 Jan. PMID: 15389695.
• How would a Cable Science Network work?Nitabach MN. Science. 2003 Oct 3. PMID: 14526059.
• Cellular clockwork.Nitabach MN, Blau J. Nat Genet. 2002 Dec. PMID: 12457186.
• Phosphorylation-dependent and phosphorylation-independent modes of modulation of shaker family voltage-gated potassium channels by SRC family protein tyrosine kinases.Nitabach MN, Llamas DA, Thompson IJ, Collins KA, Holmes TC. J Neurosci. 2002 Sep 15. PMID: 12223544.
• Phylogenetic and expression analysis of the glutamate-receptor-like gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.Chiu JC, Brenner ED, DeSalle R, Nitabach MN, Holmes TC, Coruzzi GM. Mol Biol Evol. 2002 Jul. PMID: 12082126.
• Electrical silencing of Drosophila pacemaker neurons stops the free-running circadian clock.Nitabach MN, Blau J, Holmes TC. Cell. 2002 May 17. PMID: 12086605.
• Is the molecular composition of K(ATP) channels more complex than originally thought?Pountney DJ, Sun ZQ, Porter LM, Nitabach MN, Nakamura TY, Holmes D, Rosner E, Kaneko M, Manaris T, Holmes TC, Coetzee WA. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001 Aug. PMID: 11448141.
• A mechanism for combinatorial regulation of electrical activity: Potassium channel subunits capable of functioning as Src homology 3-dependent adaptors.Nitabach MN, Llamas DA, Araneda RC, Intile JL, Thompson IJ, Zhou YI, Holmes TC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 16; 2001 Jan 9. PMID: 11149959.
• Two receptor tyrosine phosphatases of the LAR family are expressed in the developing leech by specific central neurons as well as select peripheral neurons, muscles, and other cells.Gershon TR, Baker MW, Nitabach M, Wu P, Macagno ER. J Neurosci. 1998 Apr 15. PMID: 9526016.
• The leech receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase HmLAR2 is concentrated in growth cones and is involved in process outgrowth.Gershon TR, Baker MW, Nitabach M, Macagno ER. Development. 1998 Apr. PMID: 9477317.
• Cell- and tissue-specific expression of putative protein kinase mRNAs in the embryonic leech, Hirudo medicinalis.Nitabach MN, Macagno ER. Cell Tissue Res. 1995 Jun. PMID: 7606763.
• Target-induced neurogenesis in the leech CNS involves efferent projections to the target.Becker T, Berliner AJ, Nitabach MN, Gan WB, Macagno ER. Development. 1995 Feb. PMID: 7768178.
• The medial amygdala is part of a mineralocorticoid-sensitive circuit controlling NaCl intake in the rat.Nitabach MN, Schulkin J, Epstein AN. Behav Brain Res. 1989 Nov 1. PMID: 2818832.