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Volume 30, 2016

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Volume 30, Issue 3-4, 2016

Special Issue: Neurogenetics of Drosophila: The Ganetzky Legacy

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Special Issue Articles

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Editorial

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The Neurogenetics of Drosophila: The Ganetzky Legacy

Guest Editors Kate O'Connor Giles, Bing Zhang, & Julie Simpson; Editor-in-Chief Chun-Fang Wu

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Perspectives

 

One Plus One Makes More than Two

(A Memory Pill)

Alberto Ferrús

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How the Ganetzky Lab Drove me to Alcohol

Nigel Atkinson

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A Tribute to Barry Ganetzky: A Trainee's Persective from 1986-1992

Gail Robertson

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Reviews

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Ion Channels as Insecticide Targets

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

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Kinase-mediated signaling cascades in mood disorders and antidepressant treatment

Li-Lian Yuan, Eric Wauson & Vanja Duric

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Original Research Articles

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Rationally Subdividing the Fly Nervous System with Versatile Expression Reagents

J. H. Simpson

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Immediate-early Alcohol-responsive miRNA Expression in Drosophila

Alfredo Ghezzi, Marie Zomeno, Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski & Nigel S. Atkinson

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The Hillary Climber trumps manual testing: an automatic system for studying Drosophila climbing

Alex M. Willenbrink, Margo K. Gronauer, Leon F. Toebben, Daniel R. Kick, Madalyn Wells & Bing Zhang

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Characterization of axonal transport defects in Drosophila Huntingtin mutants

Kurt R. Weiss & Troy Littleton

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Photo Gallery

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Photo gallery for the special issue in honor of Barry Ganetzky

Atsushi Ueda, Tim Patience, & Chun-Fang Wu

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Original Research Articles

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Three-dimensional imaging of Drosophila motor synapses reveals ultrastructural organizational patterns

Hong Zhan, Joseph Bruckner, Ziheng Zhang & Kate O’Connor-Giles

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The ATP-sensitive K channel is seizure protective and required for effective dietary therapy in a model of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Keri J. Fogle, J. Ian Hertzler, Joy H. Shon & Michael J. Palladino

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K+ channel reorganization and homeostatic plasticity during postembryonic development: biophysical and genetic analyses in acutely dissociated Drosophila central neurons

Taixiang Saur, I-Feng Peng, Peng Jiang, Neng Gong, Wei-Dong Yao, Tian-Le Xu & Chun-Fang Wu

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Regular Submissions

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Short Communications

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Dopamine DRD2 polymorphism (DRD2/ANNK1-Taq1A) is not a significant risk factor in writer’s cramp

Kirsten E. Zeuner, Albert Acewicz, Arne Knutzen, Dirk Dressler, Katja Lohmann & Karsten Witt

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The altered promoter methylation of oxytocin receptor gene in autism

Mine Elagoz Yuksel, Betul Yuceturk, Omer Faruk Karatas, Mustafa Ozen & Burak Dogangun

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A novel de novo mutation in the TSC2 gene in a Chinese patient with tuberous sclerosis complex

Wenzao Li, Peng Zhou, Congmin Zhao & Yuping Zhang

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Original Research Articles

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Individual differences in sensory responses influence decision making by Drosophila melanogaster larvae on exposure to contradictory cues

Nozomi Koseki, Satoshi Mori, Shoki Suzuki, Yuta Tonooka, Sakiko Kosugi, Hiroyoshi Miyakawa & Takako Morimoto

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Acute and chronic effects of clozapine on cholinergic transmission in cultured mouse superior cervical ganglion neurons

Taixiang Saur, Bruce M Cohen, Qi Ma, Suzann M Babb, Edgar A Buttner & Wei-Dong Yao

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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

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Corrigenda

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Corrigendum

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Volume 30, Issue 2, 2016

Special Issue: Neurogenetics of Connectomes: From Fly to Fish

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Special Issue Articles

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Editorial

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Neurogenetics of connectomes: from fly to fish                

Guest Editors Harold A. Burgess & Chi-Hon Lee; Editor-in-Chief Chun-Fang Wu.

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Invited Commentary

 

What genetic model organisms offer the study of behavior and neural circuits

Benjamin H. White

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Original Research Article

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Connectome studies on Drosophila: a short perspective on a tiny brain

Ian A. Meinertzhagen

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Review

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Wiring dendrites in layers and columns

Jiangnan Luo, Philip G. McQueen, Bo Shi, Chi-Hon Lee & Chun-Yuan Ting

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Original Research Article

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Imaging voltage in zebrafish as a route to characterizing a vertebrate functional connectome: promises and pitfalls of genetically encoded indicators 

Caroline Kibat, Seetha Krishnan, Mahathi Ramaswamy, Bradley J. Baker & Suresh Jesuthasan

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Reviews

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Neural circuits that drive startle behavior, with a focus on the Mauthner cells and spiral fiber neurons of fishes

Melina E. Hale, Hilary R. Katz, Martin Y. Peek & Rachel T. Fremont

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Motor control of fly feeding

Claire E. McKellar

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Gustatory processing and taste memory in Drosophila

Pavel Masek & Alex C. Keene

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Motivated state control in larval zebrafish: behavioral paradigms and anatomical substrates

Eric J. Horstick, Thomas Mueller & Harold A. Burgess

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

Kristin M. Scaplen & Karla R. Kaun

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Volume 30, Issue 1, 2016

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Short Communication

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A rare form of limb girdle muscular dystrophy (type 2E) seen in an Iranian family detected by autozygosity mapping

Marzieh Mojbafan, Yalda Nilipour, Seyed Hasan Tonekaboni, Samira Dabbagh Bagheri, Hamideh Bagherian, Zohreh Sharifi, Zahra Zeinali, Javad Tavakkoly-Bazzaz & Sirous Zeinali

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Review

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Dopamine transporter mutant animals: a translational perspective

Evgeniya V. Efimova, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Evgeny A. Budygin & Tatyana D. Sotnikova

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Original Research Articles

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Effects of EPHX1 and CYP3A4*22 genetic polymorphisms on carbamazepine metabolism and drug response among Tunisian epileptic patients

Chahra Chbili, Neila Fathallah, Aicha Laouani, Manel Nouira, Anis Hassine, Sana Ben Amor, Sofiene Ben Ammou, Chaker Ben Salem & Saad Saguem

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Effects of transgenic expression of botulinum toxins in Drosophila

Philipp Backhaus, Tobias Langenhan & Kirsa Neuser

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Pharmacological evaluation of orexin receptor antagonists in preclinical animal models of pain

Terrence McDonald, Hongyu A. Liang, Raul Sanoja, Anthony L. Gotter, Scott D. Kuduk, Paul J. Coleman, Karen M. Smith, Christopher J. Winrow & John J. Renger

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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

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