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Articles (2010-2014)

  • Zill, S.N., Chaudhry, S., Exter, A., Büschges, A. and Schmitz, J. (2014) Positive force feedback in development of substrate grip in the stick insect tarsus. Arthropod Structure and Development 43:441-455
  • Toth, T.I., Schmidt, J., Büschges, A., Daun-Gruhn, S. (2013) A neuro-mechanical model of a single leg joint highlighting the fundamental physiological role of fast and slow muscle fibres of an insect muscle system. PlosONE, Nov 22;8(11): e78246
  • Toth, T.I., Grabowska, M., Schmidt, J., Büschges, A., Daun-Gruhn, S. (2013) A neuro-mechanical model explaining the physiological role of fast and slow muscle fibres at stop and start of stepping of an insect leg. PlosONE, Nov 11;8(11):e78247
  • Knops, S., Tóth, T.I., Guschlbauer, C., Gruhn, M., Daun-Gruhn, S. (2013). A neuromechanical model for the neuronal basis of curve walking in the stick insect. J Neurophysiol. 109(3):679-91
  • Zill, S.N., Chaudhry, S., Büschges, A. and Schmitz, J. (2013) Directional specificity and encoding of muscle forces and loads by stick insect tibial campaniform sensilla, in particular by receptors with round cuticular caps. Arthropod, Structure and Development 42: 455-467
  • Wosnitza, A., Bockemühl, T., Dübbert, M., Scholz, H. and Büschges, A. (2013) Inter-leg coordination on the Control of Walking speed in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 480-491
  • Berendes V, Dübbert M, Bockemühl T, Schmitz J, Büschges A and Gruhn M. (2013) A laser-supported lowerable surface setup to study the role of ground contact during stepping. J Neurosci Methods. 215(2):224-33.
  • Berg, E., Büschges, A. and Schmidt, J. (2013) Single perturbations cause sustained changes in searching behavior in stick insects. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 1064-1074. highlighted in: Current Biology, 2013, Vol. 23(8), R324-R326
  • Goldammer, J., Büschges, A., Schmidt, J. (2012) A Tracing Study of Mesothoracic Leg Motoneurons and DUM Neurons in the stick insect Carausius morosus. J. Comp. Neurology 520(2): 230-57
  • Zill. S.N., Schmitz, J., Chaudhry, S. and Büschges, A. (2012) Force encoding in stick insect legs delineates a reference frame for motor control. J. Neurophysiol. 108: 1453-1472
  • Blümel, M., Guschlbauer, C., Hooper, S.L. and Büschges, A. (2012) Determining all parameters necessary to build Hill-type muscle models from experiments on single muscles. Biol. Cybern. 106: 543–558
  • Blümel, M., Guschlbauer, C., Gruhn, S., Hooper, S.L. and Büschges, A. (2012) Hill-type muscle model parameters determined from experiments on single muscles show large (up to 17-fold) animal-to-animal variation. Biol. Cybern. 106: 559–571
  • Blümel, M., Guschlbauer, C., Hooper, S.L. and Büschges, A. (2012) Using individual-muscle specific instead of across-muscle mean data halves muscle simulation error. Biol. Cybern. 106: 573–585
  • Schneider A., Ruppert, M., Hendrich, O., Giang, T., Ogueta M., Hampel, S., Vollbach, M., Büschges, A. and Scholz, H. (2012) Neuronal basis of Innate Olfactory Attraction to Ethanol in Drosophila. PlosONE, 7(12): e52007/journal.pone.0052007
  • Borgmann, A., Toth, T.I., Gruhn, M., Daun-Gruhn, S. and Büschges, A. (2011) Dominance of local sensory signals over inter-segmental effects in a motor system - Experiments. Biol. Cybern. 105:399-411
  • Hellekes K, Blincow E, Hoffmann J, Büschges A. Control of reflex reversal in stick insect walking: effects of intersegmental signals, changes in direction, and optomotor-induced turning. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Jan;107(1):239-49.
  • Oliveira EE, Schleicher S, Büschges A, Schmidt J, Kloppenburg P, Salgado VL. Desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in central nervous system neurons of the stick insect (Carausius morosus) by imidacloprid and sulfoximine insecticides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2011 Nov;41(11):872-80.
  • Kyriakatos A, Mahmood R, Ausborn J, Porres CP, Büschges A, El Manira A. Initiation of locomotion in adult zebrafish. J Neurosci. 2011 Jun 8;31(23):8422-31.
  • Goldammer J, Büschges A, Schmidt J. Motoneurons, DUM cells, and sensory neurons in an insect thoracic ganglion: a tracing study in the stick insect Carausius morosus. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Feb 1;520(2):230-57.
  • Zill SN, Büschges A, Schmitz J. Encoding of force increases and decreases by tibial campaniform sensilla in the stick insect, Carausius morosus. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2011 Aug;197(8):851-67.
  • von Twickel A, Büschges A, Pasemann F. Deriving neural network controllers from neuro-biological data: implementation of a single-leg stick insect controller. Biol Cybern. 2011 Feb;104(1-2):95-119.
  • Rosenbaum P, Wosnitza A, Büschges A, Gruhn M. Activity patterns and timing of muscle activity in the forward walking and backward walking stick insect Carausius morosus. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Sep;104(3):1681-95.
  • Oliveira EE, Pippow A, Salgado VL, Büschges A, Schmidt J, Kloppenburg P. Cholinergic currents in leg motoneurons of Carausius morosus. J Neurophysiol. 2010 May;103(5):2770-82.

Reviews and Book Articles (2010-2014)

  • Büschges A., Borgmann A (2013) Network Modularity: Back to the Future in Motor Control. Curr. Biol. 23: R936-938.

  • Büschges, A. (2012) Lessons for Circuit Function from Large Insects: Towards Understanding the Neural Basis of Motor Flexibility. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22: 1-7

  • Fouad, K., Bennet, D., Fischer, G., Büschges, A. (2012) Comparative Locomotor Systems. In: Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 3: Biological Psychology (M. Gallaghar and R. Nelson; 2nd Edition), p. XXX-XXX

  • Daun-Gruhn S, Büschges A. From neuron to behavior: dynamic equation-based prediction of biological processes in motor control. Biol Cybern. 2011 Jul;105(1):71-88.

  • Büschges A, Scholz H, El Manira A. New moves in motor control. Curr Biol. 2011 Jul 12;21(13):R513-24.
  • Fouad, K., Bennett, D:, Fischer, G., Büschges, A. (2011) Comparative Locomotor Systems. In: Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, 2nd ed., Volume 3: Biological Psychology (M. Gallaghar and R. Nelson), (in press)*

 *peer reviewed