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Articles (2015-2019)

  • Stolz T., Diesner M., Neupert S., Hess M.E., Delgado-Betancourt E, Pflüger H.-J., and Schmidt J. (2019). Descending octopaminergic neurons modulate sensory evoked activity of thoracic motor neurons in stick insects. J. Neurophysiol.  doi: 10.1152/jn.00196.2019. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Schmitz J., Gruhn M., and Büschges A. (2019). Body side-specific changes in sensorimotor processing of movement feedback in a walking insect. J. Neurophysiol. 122(5):2173-2186. doi: 10.1152/jn.00436.201.
  • Bidaye, S. S., Laturney, M., Chang, A. K., Liu, Y., Bockemühl, T., Büschges, A. and Scott, K. (2019). Two brain pathways initiate distinct forward walking programs in Drosophila. bioRxiv 798439. (under review)
  • Imperadore P, Parazzoli D, Oldani A, Duebbert M, Büschges A, Fiorito G (2019) From injury to full repair: nerve regeneration and functional recovery in the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris. J. Exp. Biol. Oct 9;222(Pt 19). pii: jeb209965. doi: 10.1242/jeb.209965
  • Daun S, Mantziaris C, Tóth T, Büschges A, Rosjat N (2019) Unravelling intra- and intersegmental neuronal connectivity between central pattern generating networks in a multi-legged locomotor system. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 6;14(8):e0220767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220767.
  • von Twickel A, Guschlbauer C, Hooper SL, Büschges A (2019) Swing Velocity Profiles of Small Limbs Can Arise from Transient Passive Torques of the Antagonist Muscle Alone. Curr Biol. 2019 Jan 7;29(1):1-12.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.016
  • Grätsch S, Auclair F, Demers O, Auguste E, Hanna A, Büschges A, Dubuc R. (2019) A Brainstem Neural Substrate for Stopping Locomotion. J Neurosci. 2019 Feb 6;39(6):1044-1057.
  • Weigelt, CM , Hahn, O., Arlt, K., Gruhn, M. , Jahn, A., Eßer, J., Werner, J.A., Klein, C., Büschges, A., Grönke, S., Partridge, L. (2019), Loss of miR-210 leads to progressive retinal degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster“. Life Science Alliance, DOI 10.26508/lsa.201800149
  • Haberkorn, A., Gruhn, M., Zill, S.N., Büschges, A. (2019). „Identification of the origin of force-feedback signals influencing motor neurons of the thoraco-coxal joint in an insect”. J Comp. Physiol. A (2019) 205:253–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01334-4
  • Szczecinski, N. S., Büschges, A., Bockemühl, T. (2018). Direction-specific footpaths can be predicted by the motion of a single point on the body of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Paris, 2018, 477 - 489.
  • Szczecinski, N.S., Bockemühl, T., Chockley, A.S., Büschges, A. (2018). “Static stability predicts the continuum of interleg coordination patterns in Drosophila”, J Exp Biol.: 221, jeb189142. doi:10.1242/jeb.189142
  • Bidaye SS, Bockemühl T, Büschges A. (2018), “Six-legged walking in insects: how CPGs, peripheral feedback, and descending signals generate coordinated and adaptive motor rhythms”. J Neurophysiol 119: 459–475.
  • Goldammer J, Mantziaris C, Büschges A, Schmidt J (2018) Calcium imaging of CPG-evoked activity in efferent neurons of the stick insect. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202822. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202822  
  • Zill SN, Dallmann CJ, Büschges A, Chaudhry S, Schmitz J. (2018) Force dynamics and synergist muscle activation in stick insects: the effects of using joint torques as mechanical stimuli. J Neurophysiol. doi: 10.1152/jn.00371.2018.
  • Liessem S, Ragionieri L, Neupert S, Büschges A, Predel R. (2018) Transcriptomic and Neuropeptidomic Analysis of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus. J Proteome Res. 17(6):2192-2204.
  • Godlewska-Hammel E., Büschges A., Gruhn M. (2017) Fiber-type distribution in insect leg muscles parallels similarities and differences in the functional role of insect walking legs. J Comp Physiol A 203: 773-790
  • Ryczko D, Grätsch S, Schläger L, Keuyalian A, Boukhatem Z, Garcia C, Auclair F, Büschges A, Dubuc R (2017) Nigral glutamatergic neurons control the speed of locomotion. J Neurosci. 2017 Oct 4;37(40):9759-9770.
  • Mantziaris C, Bockemühl T, Holmes P, Borgmann A, Daun S, Büschges A. (2017) Intra- and intersegmental influences among central pattern generating networks in the walking system of the stick insect. J Neurophysiol. 2017 Oct 1;118(4):2296-2310
  • Godlewska-Hammel E, Büschges A, Gruhn M. (2017) Fiber-type distribution in insect leg muscles parallels similarities and differences in the functional role of insect walking legs. J Comp Physiol A (in press)
  • Zill SN, Neff D, Chaudhry S, Exter A, Schmitz J, Büschges A. (2017) Effects of force detecting sense organs on muscle synergies are correlated with their response properties. Arthropod Struct Dev. 2017 Jul;46(4):564-578
  • Berendes V, Zill SN, Büschges A and Bockemühl T. (2016) Speed-dependent interplay between local pattern-generating activity and sensory signals during walking in Drosophila. J Exp Biol. 219:3781-3793.
  • Hosseinibarkooie S, Peters M, Torres-Benito L, Rastetter RH, Hupperich K, Hoffmann A, Mendoza-Ferreira N, Kaczmarek A, Janzen E, Milbradt J, Lamkemeyer T, Rigo F, Bennett CF, Guschlbauer C, Büschges A, Hammerschmidt M, Riessland M, Kye MJ, Clemen CS, Wirth B. (2016) The Power of Human Protective Modifiers: PLS3 and CORO1C Unravel Impaired Endocytosis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Rescue SMA Phenotype. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Aug 3. pii: S0002-9297(16)30288-9
  • Juvin, L., Grätsch, S., Trillaud-Doppia, E., Gariépy, J.F., Büschges, A. and Dubuc, R. (2016) A specific population of reticulospinal neurons controls the termination of locomotion. Cell Rep. 2016 Jun 14;15(11):2377-86
  • Gruhn M, Rosenbaum P, Bockemühl T, Büschges A (2016) Body side-specific control of motor activity during turning in a walking animal. eLife, published April 27, 2016; cite as: eLife 2016;10.7554/eLife.13799
  • Zill SN, Chaudhry S, Büschges A, Schmitz J. (2015) Force feedback reinforces muscle synergies in insect legs. Arthropod Struct Dev. Jul 17. pii: S1467-8039(15)00059-6. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2015.07.001. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Schmitz, J., Berendes, V. Büschges, A., Gruhn, M. (2015) The Role of Ground-contact Signals in the Generation of the Motor-Output of a stepping Insect Leg: Insights from a Foot-in-the-Hole-Study. J. Neurophysiol. 113(7):2309-20
  • Hooper SL, Thuma JB, Guschlbauer C, Schmidt J, Büschges A. (2015) Cell dialysis by sharp electrodes can cause non-physiological changes in neuron properties. J Neurophysiol. 114(2):1255-71
  • Rosenbaum, R., Schmitz, J., Schmidt, J., and Büschges, A. (2015) Task-dependent Modification of Leg Motor Neuron Synaptic Input Underlying Changes in Walking Direction and Walking Speed. J. Neurophysiol. Vol. 114 no. 2, 1090-1101
  • Berg EM, Hooper SL, Schmidt J, and Büschges A (2015). A leg-local neural mechanism mediates the decision to search in stick insect Current Biology 25, 2012-2017

Reviews, Book Articles and Books (2015-2019)

  • Graetsch, S, Büschges, A. and Dubuc R. (2019) Descending Control of locomotor circuits. Current Opinion in Physiology, 8:94–98
  • Büschges A (2019) Connecting the micro with the macro level in motor control: unravelling general sensory influences on leg stepping. J Physiol. 2019 Jun;597(12):2971-2972. doi: 10.1113/JP278031
  • Bidaye SS, Bockemühl T., Büschges, A. (2018) Six-legged walking in insects: how CPGs, peripheral feedback, and descending signals generate coordinated and adaptive motor rhythms. J Neurophysiol 119: 459-475
  • Christodoulou C, Kostal L, Büschges A. (2017) Editorial. Biosystems S0303-2647(17): 30364-7 (in press).
  • Hooper SL, Büschges A (2017) Neurobiology of Motor Control - Fundamental Concepts and New Directions. Wiley Blackwell (SL Hooper & A Büschges, eds.) ISBN 9781118873625
  • Büschges, A (2017) Controlling the ‘simple’ – descending signals from the brainstem command the sign of a stretch reflex in a vertebrate spinal cord. J Physiol. 2017 Feb 1;595(3):625-626
  • Hooper SL, Guschlbauer C, Blümel M, von Twickel A, Hobbs KH, Thuma JB, Büschges A (2016). Muscles: Non-linear Transformers of Motor Neuron Activity. In: Prilutsky B, Edwards D (eds). Neuromechanical Modeling of Posture and Locomotion (pp. 163–194). Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY
  • Ayali A, Borgmann A, Büschges A, Couzin-Fuchs E, Daun-Gruhn S, Holmes P (2015) The comparative investigation of the stick insect and cockroach models in the study of insect locomotion. Current Opinion in Insect Science 12: 1-10
  • Büschges A, Schmidt J (2015a) Neuronale Kontrolle des Laufens - Einblicke aus Untersuchungen an Insekten. Neuroforum, Vol. 21 (4), pp 152-160
  • Büschges A, Schmidt J (2015b) Neuronal control of walking: studies on insects. e-Neuroforum, Vol.6 (4), pp 105–112
  • Borgmann A, Büschges A. (2015) Insect motor control: methodological advances, descending control and inter-leg coordination on the move. Curr Opin Neurobiol. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.12.010. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Buschmann Th., Ewald A., von Twickel A., Büschges A. (2015) Controlling Legs for Locomotion - Insights from Robotics and Neurobiology". Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 10; 041001