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Open Access Articles

The Editors have selected the following articles for free online access because of their significant discoveries or timely reviews on topics of special interest to the reader in different areas of Neurogenetics.

Author versions of most articles published in the Journal since 2007 are also available free via PubMed one year after they are published online. The articles linked here are the final, published versions.

Review Article

The force-from-lipid principle and its origin, a ‘what is true for E. coli is true for the elephant’ refrain

Boris Martinac & Ching Kung

Volume 36, 2022, Issue 2-3

Published online: 23 Jul 22

Original Research Articles

Expression of the foraging gene in adult Drosophila melanogaster

Aaron M. Allen & Marla B. Sokolowski

Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 3

Published online: 12 Aug 2021

Generation and characterization of fruitless P1 promoter mutant in Drosophila melanogaster

Megan C. NevilleAlexander EastwoodAaron M. AllenAmmerins de HaanTetsuya Nojima & Stephen F. Goodwin

Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 3

Published online: 2 Aug 2021

A latitudinal cline in a courtship song character of Drosophila melanogaster

Rosamund A. Stanley & Charalambos P. Kyriacou

Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 3

Published online: 8 Jun 2021

A quick and versatile protocol for the 3D visualization of transgene expression across the whole body of larval Drosophila

Oliver Kobler, Aliće Weiglein, Kathrin Hartung, Yi-chun Chen, Bertram Gerber & Ulrich Thomas

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 10 Mar 2021

Identification and characterization of GAL4 drivers that mark distinct cell types and regions in the Drosophila adult gut

Seung Yeon Lim, Hyejin You, Jinhyeong Lee, Jaejin Lee, Yoojin Lee, Kyung-Ah Lee, Boram Kim, Ji-Hoon Lee, JiHyeon Jeong, Sooin Jang, Byoungsoo Kim, Hyungjun Choi, Gayoung Hwang, Min Sung Choi, Sung-Eun Yoon, Jae Young Kwon, Won-Jae Lee, Young-Joon Kim & Greg S. B. Suh

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 16 Dec 2020

Spontaneous motor-behavior abnormalities in two Drosophila models of neurodevelopmental disorders

David R. Andrew, Mariah E. Moe, Dailu Chen, Judith A. Tello, Rachel L. Doser, William E. Conner, Jaswinder K. Ghuman & Linda L. Restifo

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 9 Nov 2020

What can a worm learn in a bacteria-rich habitat?

He Liu & Yun Zhang

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 15 Oct 2020

Intraguild predation between Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans: a complex interaction with the potential for aggressive behaviour

Kathleen T. Quach & Sreekanth H. Chalasani

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 15 Oct 2020

A perspective on C. elegans neurodevelopment: from early visionaries to a booming neuroscience research

Georgia Rapti

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 14 Jan 2021

C. elegans aversive olfactory learning generates diverse intergenerational effects

Ana Goncalves Pereira, Xicotencatl Gracida, Konstantinos Kagias & Yun Zhang

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 17 Sep 2020

Plasticity of pheromone-mediated avoidance behavior in C. elegans

YongJin Cheon, Hyeonjeong Hwang & Kyuhyung Kim

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 19 Aug 2020

Synaptic remodeling, lessons from C. elegans

Andrea Cuentas-Condori & David M. Miller, 3rd

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 18 Aug 2020

Host-microbe interactions and the behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans

Dennis H. Kim & Steven W. Flavell

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 12 Aug 2020

Cell-type-specific promoters for C. elegans glia

Wendy Fung, Leigh Wexler & Maxwell G. Heiman

Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Continuous tracking of startled Drosophila as an alternative to the negative geotaxis climbing assay

Matthew J. Taylor & Richard I. Tuxworth

Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 3

Published online: 10 Jul 2019

Tango knock-ins visualize endogenous activity of G protein-coupled receptors in Drosophila

Hidetaka Katow, Takahiro Takahashi, Kuniaki Saito, Hiromu Tanimoto & Shu Kondo

Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 2

Published online: 16 May 2019

Differential efficacy of genetically swapping GAL4

Ying-Jun Chen, Hao-Hsin Chang, Shih-Han Lin, Tzi-Yang Lin, Ting-Han Wu, Hsin-Ju Lin, Nan-Fu Liou, Chi-Jen Yang, Yuh-Tarng Chen, Kai Hsiang Chang, Cen-You Li & Ya-Hui Chou

Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 2

Published online: 2 Apr 2019

Rapid Communication

High diagnostic yield and novel variants in very late-onset spasticity

Momen Almomen, Kristina Martens, Asfia Quadir, Carly Sabine Pontifex, Alexandra Hanson, Lawrence Korngut & Gerald Pfeffer

Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 1

Published online: 12 Feb 2019

Original Research Article

An RNAi-mediated screen identifies novel targets for next-generation antiepileptic drugs based on increased expression of the homeostatic regulator pumilio

Wei-Hsiang Lin, Miaomiao He, Yuen Ngan Fan & Richard A. Baines

Volume 32, 2018 - Issue 2

Published online: 2 May 2018

Commentary

‘Necessary and sufficient’ in biology is not necessarily necessary – confusions and erroneous conclusions resulting from misapplied logic in the field of biology, especially neuroscience

Motojiro Yoshihara & Motoyuki Yoshihara

Volume 32, 2018 - Issue 2

Published online: 14 May 2018

Original Research Article

Association of transcription factor 4 (TCF4) gene mRNA level with schizophrenia, its psychopathology, intelligence and cognitive impairments

Fatemeh Alizadeh, Javad Tavakkoly-Bazzaz, Ali Bozorgmehr, Asa’ad Azarnezhad, Mina Tabrizi & Esmaeil Shahsavand Ananloo

Volume 31, 2017 - Issue 4

Published online: 6 Nov 2017

Review Article

Neurotoxicity of cGMP in the vertebrate retina: from the initial research on rd mutant mice to zebrafish genetic approaches

Maria Iribarne & Ichiro Masai

Volume 31, 2017 - Issue 3

Published online: 16 Aug 2017

 

Original Research Article

Astroglial transcriptome dysregulation in early disease of an ALS mutant SOD1 mouse model

Sean J. Miller, Ping-wu Zhang, Jenna Glatzer, & Jeffrey D. Rothstein

Volume 31, 2017 -  Issue 1-2

Published online: 25 Dec 2016

Review Article

Ion Channels as Insecticide Targets

Richard H. ffrench-Constant, Martin S. Williamson, T. G. Emyr Davies & Chris Bass

Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 2 Nov 2016

Original Research Articles

Effects of light regime and substrain on behavioral profiles of male C57BL/6 mice in three tests of unconditioned anxiety

Maaike Labots, Xiaochu Zheng, Golnaz Moattari, Frauke Ohl & Hein A. van Lith

Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 15 Nov 2016

Characterization of axonal transport defects in Drosophila Huntingtin mutants

Kurt R. Weiss & J. Troy Littleton

Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 22 Jul 2016

Review Article

Reward from bugs to bipeds: a comparative approach to understanding how reward circuits function

Kristin M. Scaplen & Karla R. Kaun

Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 2

Published online: 22 Jun 2016

Short Communication

Deficits in social behavioral tests in a mouse model of alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Greer S. Kirshenbaum, Nagi F. Idris, James Dachtler, John C. Roder & Steven J. Clapcote

Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 1

Published online: 8 Jun 2016

Review Articles

Using human induced pluripotent stem cells to model cerebellar disease: Hope and hype

Sarah Wiethoff, Charles Arber, Abi Li, Selina Wray, Henry Houlden & Rickie Patani

Volume 29, 2015 - Issue 2-3

Published online: 12 Aug 2015

Tethering Membrane Fusion: Common and Different Players in Myoblasts and at the Synapse

Susanne Filiz Önel, Marco B. Rust, Ralf Jacob & Renate Renkawitz-Pohl

Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 24 Jul 2014

The Evolution and Development of Neural Superposition

Egemen Agi, Marion Langen, Steven J. Altschuler, Lani F. Wu, Timo Zimmermann & Peter Robin Hiesinger

Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 8 Jul 2014

A Challenge of Numbers and Diversity: Neurogenesis in the Drosophila Optic Lobe

Holger Apitz & Iris Salecker

Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 3-4

Published online: 8 Jul 2014

Original Research Articles

Quantitative Proteomics in Laser Capture Microdissected Sleep Nuclei From Rat Brain

Ronald A. Miller, Christopher J. Winrow, Daniel S. Spellman, Qinghua Song, Duane R. Reiss, James P. Conway, Rhonda R. Taylor, Paul J. Coleman, Ronald C. Hendrickson & John J. Renger

Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 22 May 2014

Molecular Profiles of Pyramidal Neurons in the Superior Temporal Cortex in Schizophrenia

Charmaine Y. Pietersen, Sarah A. Mauney, Susie S. Kim, Maribel P. Lim, Robert J. Rooney, Jill M. Goldstein, Tracey L. Petryshen, Larry J. Seidman, Martha E. Shenton, Robert W. McCarley, Kai-C. Sonntag & Tsung-Ung W. Woo

Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 10 Apr 2014

Genetic Basis of Neuronal Individuality in the Mammalian Brain

Takeshi Yagi

Volume 27, 2013 - Issue 3

Published online: 3 Sep 2013

PDA (Prolonged Depolarizing Afterpotential)–Defective Mutants: The Story of nina's and ina'spinta and santa maria, Too

William L. Pak, Shikoh Shino & Hung-Tat Leung

Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 2

Published online: 13 Jul 2012

Mapping Neural Circuits with Activity-Dependent Nuclear Import of a Transcription Factor

Kaoru Masuyama, Yi Zhang, Yi Rao & Jing W. Wang

Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 1

Published online: 23 Mar 2012

Review Article

Acute Genetic Manipulation of Neuronal Activity for the Functional Dissection of Neural Circuits—A Dream Come True for the Pioneers of Behavioral Genetics

Moto Yoshihara & Kei Ito

Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 1

Published online: 23 Mar 2012

Original Research Article

Genetic Distortion of the Balance between Punishment and Relief Learning in Drosophila

Ayse Yarali, Markus Krischke, Birgit Michels, Timo Saumweber, Martin J. Mueller & Bertram Gerber

Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

Commentary

The Genetic Basis of Emotional Behavior: Has the Time Come for a Drosophila Model?

Konstantin G. Iliadi

Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

Perspective

Earlier Days

Nicholas J. Strausfeld

Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

Original Research Articles

The Mushroom Body of Adult Drosophila Characterized by GAL4 Drivers

Yoshinori Aso, Kornelia Grübel, Sebastian Busch, Anja B. Friedrich, Igor Siwanowicz & Hiromu Tanimoto

Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

The KIAA0319-Like (KIAA0319L) Gene on Chromosome 1p34 as a Candidate for Reading Disabilities

Jillian M Couto , Lissette Gomez , Karen Wigg , Tasha Cate-Carter , Jennifer Archibald , Barbara Anderson , Rosemary Tannock , Elizabeth N. Kerr , Maureen W. Lovett , Tom Humphries & Cathy L Barr 

Volume 22, 2008 - Issue 4

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

OLFACTORY JUMP REFLEX HABITUATION IN DROSOPHILA AND EFFECTS OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING MUTATIONS

Zoltan Asztalos*, Zoltan Asztalos*, Neeraj Arora & Tim Tully

Volume 21, 2007 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

Short Communication

THE fickle MUTATION OF A CYTOPLASMIC TYROSINE KINASE EFFECTS SENSITIZATION BUT NOT DISHABITUATION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Zoltan Asztalos*, Zoltan Asztalos*, Kotaro Baba, Daisuke Yamamoto & Tim Tully

Volume 21, 2007 - Issue 1-2

Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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