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Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesInstitute of Zoology - AG Büschges

Articles (2020-)

  • Godesberg V., Bockemühl T.*, & Büschges A.* (2024). Natural variability and individuality of walking behavior in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 15 November 2024; 227 (22): jeb247878. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247878
  • Goldsmith CA, Haustein M, Büschges A, & Szczecinski NS. A biomimetic fruit fly robot for studying the neuromechanics of legged locomotion. Bioinspir Biomim. 2024 Oct 9;19(6). doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ad80ec. PMID: 39332442
  • Haustein, M., Blanke, A., Bockemühl, T., & Büschges, A. (2024). A leg model based on anatomical landmarks to study 3D joint kinematics of walking in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12, 1357598. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2024.1357598
  • Ruthe, A., Mantziaris, C., & Büschges, A. (2024). The synaptic drive of central pattern-generating networks to leg motor neurons of a walking insect is motor neuron pool specific. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.026
  • Gebehart, C., & Büschges, A. (2024). The processing of proprioceptive signals in distributed networks: insights from insect motor control. Journal of Experimental Biology, 227(1), jeb246182. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246182
  • Büschges, A., & Gorostiza, E. A. (2023). Neurons with names: Descending control and sensorimotor processing in insect motor control. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 83, 102766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2023.102766
  • Goldammer, J., Büschges, A., & Dürr, V. (2023). Descending interneurons of the stick insect connecting brain neuropiles with the prothoracic ganglion. PLOS One, 18(8), e0290359. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290359
  • Goldsmith, C. A., Zyhowski, W. P., Büschges, A., Zill, S. N., Dinges, G. F., & Szczecinski, N. S. (2023, July). Effects of Tarsal Morphology on Load Feedback During Stepping of a Robotic Stick Insect (Carausius Morosus) Limb. In Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp. 442-457). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_32
  • Griffin J.M., Hingorani Jai Prakash S., Bockemühl T., Gonyer J.M., Schaffran B., Moreno-Manzano V., Büschges A., Bradke F. (2023). Rehabilitation enhances epothilone-induced locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury. Brain Communications. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcad005
  • Clarissa A. Goldsmith, Moritz Haustein, Till Bockemühl, Ansgar Büschges, Nicholas S. Szczecinski (2022). Analyzing 3D Limb Kinematics of Drosophila Melanogaster for Robotic Platform Development. Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, p. 111-122. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_12
  • Harris, C. M., Szczecinski, N. S., Büschges, A., & Zill, S. N. (2022). Sensory signals of unloading in insects are tuned to distinguish leg slipping from load variations in gait: experimental and modeling studies. Journal of Neurophysiology, 128(4), 790-807. doi: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00285.2022
  • Chockley AS, Dinges GF, Di Cristina G, Ratican S, Bockemühl T*, Büschges A* (2022) Subsets of leg proprioceptors influence leg kinematics but not interleg coordination in Drosophila melanogaster walking. J Exp Biol 15 October 2022; 225 (20): jeb244245. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244245. (*authors contributed equally)
  • Gebehart C, Hooper SL, Büschges A. (2022) Non-linear multimodal integration in a distributed premotor network controls proprioceptive reflex gain in the insect leg. Current Biology Jul 20:S0960-9822(22)01106-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.005.
  • Wieters F, Gruhn M, Büschges A, Fink GF, Aswendt M (2022) Terminal H-reflex Measurements in Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments Jun 16;(184). doi: 10.3791/63304
  • Guschlbauer C, Hooper SL, Mantziaris C, Schwarz A, Szczecinski NS, Büschges A. (2022) Correlation between ranges of leg walking angles and passive rest angles among leg types in stick insects. Current Biology 2022 Apr 21: S0960-9822(22)00582-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.013.
  • Strohmer B, Mantziaris C, Kynigopoulos D, Manoonpong P, Larsen LB, Büschges (2022) Network Architecture Producing Swing to Stance Tranisitions in an Insect Walking System. Front. Insect Sci. April 15. Doi: 10.3389/finsc.2022.818449
  • Dinges GD, Bockemühl T, Iacoviello F, Shearing PR, Büschges A, Blanke A (2022) Utlra high-resolution biomechanics suggest structures within insect mechanoreceptor decisively affect their sensitivity. Journal Royal Society Interface 19: 20220102.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0102
  • Hammel E, Mantziaris C, Schmitz J, Büschges A, Gruhn M. (2022) Thorax-Segment- and Leg-Segment-Specific Motor Control for Adaptive Behavior. Front. Physiol. May 04. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.883858
  • Grabowska M, Toth T, Büschges A, Daun S (2022) Existence of a long-range caudo-rostral sensory influence in terrestrial locomotion. Journal of Neuroscience Jun 15;42(24):4841-4851. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2290-20.2022
  • Zill, S.N., Dallmann, C.J., Szczecinski, N., Büschges, A., Schmitz, J. (2021) Evaluation of force feedback in walking using joint torques as "naturalistic" stimuli. Journal of Neurophysiol. 126(1):227-248. doi: 10.1152/jn.00120.2021. Epub 2021 Jun 9.
  • Gebehart, C., & Büschges, A. (2021). Temporal Differences between Load and Movement Signal Integration in the Sensorimotor Network of an Insect Leg. Journal of Neurophysiology. 126(6):1875-1890. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00399.2021
  • Haberkorn, A., Özbagci, B., Gruhn, M., & Büschges, A. (2021). Optical inactivation of a proprioceptor in an insect by non-genetic tools. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 363, 109322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109322
  • Gebehart, C., Schmidt, J., & Büschges, A. (2021). Distributed processing of load and movement feedback in the premotor network controlling an insect leg joint. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125(5), 1800-1813. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00090.2021
  • Liessem, S., Kowatschew, D., Dippel, S., Blanke, A., Korsching, S., Guschlbauer, C., Hooper, S. L., Predel, R. and Büschges, A. (2021). Neuromodulation can be simple: myoinhibitory peptide, contained in dedicated regulatory pathways, is the only neurally-mediated peptide modulator of stick insect leg muscle.Journal of Neuroscience 41(13):2911-2929. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0188-20.2021.
  • Feng, K., Sen, R., Minegishi, R., Dübbert, M., Bockemühl, T., Büschges, A., & Dickson, B. J. (2020). Distributed control of motor circuits for backward walking in Drosophila. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19936-x
  • Reinoß P, Ciglieri E, Minére M, Bremser S, Klein A, Löhr H, Fuller PM, Büschges A, Kloppenburg P, (2020) Fenselau H and Hammerschmidt M. (2020) Hypothalamic Pomc Neurons Innervate the Spinal Cord and Modulate the Excitability of Premotor Circuits. Current Biology Sep 15:S0960-9822(20)31293-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.103.
  • Bidaye SS, Laturney M, Chang AK, Liu Y, Bockemühl T, Büschges A, Scott K. (2020) Two Brain Pathways Initiate Distinct Forward Walking Programs in Drosophila. Neuron. Aug 12:S0896-6273(20)30576-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.032
  • Dinges, GF, Chockley, AS, Bockemühl, T, Ito, K, Blanke, A, Büschges, A. (2020) Location and arrangement of campaniform sensilla in Drosophila melanogaster . Journal of Comparative Neurology 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24987
  • Harris CM, Dinges GF, Haberkorn A, Gebehart C, Büschges A and Zill SN (2020) Gradients in mechanotransduction of force and body weight in insects. Arthropod Structure and Development. Sep;58:100970. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100970
     

Reviews (2020-)

  • Duch C, Büschges A. (2022) Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan.  J Comp Physiol A Apr 25. doi: 10.1007/s00359-022-01550-5

  • Büschges, A. (2021). Drosophila neuroscience: Unravelling the circuits of sensory-motor control in the fly. Current Biology, 31(8), R394-R396.

  • Büschges, A., & Mantziaris, C. (2021). Proprioception: Blurring the boundaries of central and peripheral control. Current Biology, 31(9), R444-R445.

  • Pflüger H-J, Büschges A, Bässler U (2021) Historical Review on Thanatosis with Reference to the Work of Fritz Steiniger. In: Mechanisms and Functions of Tonic Immobility (Sakai M, eds.; Entomology Monographs; Springer Berlin, New York), p15-21

  • Büschges A, Pflüger H-J, Bässler U (2021) Catalepsy and Twig Mimesis in Insects and Its Neural Control. In: Mechanisms and Functions of Tonic Immobility (Sakai M, eds.; Entomology Monographs; Springer Berlin, New York), p135-143

  • Wieters F, Weiss Lucas C, Gruhn M, Büschges A, Fink GR, Aswendt M. (2021) Introduction to Spacticity and Related Mouse Models.
    Exp. Neurol. 335:113491. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113491

  • Büschges A. & Gruhn M (2020) Studying the neural basis of animal walking in the stick insect. In: Whelan P & Sharples SA (eds.), The Neural Control of Movement, 1st ed., Elsevier p57-73
  • Mantziaris C, Bockemühl T, Büschges A (2020) Central pattern generating networks in insect locomotion. Dev. Neurobiol. Vol. 80(1-2):16-30