Publikationen

Peer-Reviewed Originalpublikationen


  • C¸oban B, Poppinga H, Rachad EY, Geurten B, Vasmer D, Rodriguez Jimenez FJ, Gadgil Y, Deimel SH, Alyagor I, Schuldiner O, Grunwald Kadow IC, Riemensperger TD, Widmann A, Fiala A. (2024). The caloric value of food intake structurally adjusts a neuronal mushroom body circuit mediating olfactory learning in Drosophila. Learn Mem. 31(5):a053997. doi: 10.1101/lm.053997.124.
  • Sen E, El-Keredy A, Jacob N, Mancini N, Asnaz G, Widmann A, Gerber B, Thoener J. (2024). Cognitive limits of larval Drosophila: testing for conditioned inhibition, sensory preconditioning, and second-order conditioning. Learn Mem. 31(5):a053726. doi: 10.1101/lm.053726.122s
  • Schulz J*, Franz HR*, Deimel SH*, Widmann A. Exploring neonicotinoid effects on Drosophila: insights into olfactory memory, neurotransmission, and synaptic connectivity. (2024). Front Physiol. 15:1363943. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1363943. *equal contribution.
  • Poppinga H, C¸oban B, Meltzer H, Mayseless O, Widmann A, Schuldiner O, Fiala A. (2022). Pruning deficits of the developing Drosophila mushroom body result in mild impairment in associative odour learning and cause hyperactivity. Open Biol. 12(9):220096. doi:10.1098/rsob.220096.
  • Eschment M*, Franz HR*, G¨ull¨u N*, H¨olscher LG*, Huh KE*, Widmann A. (2020). Insulin signaling represents a gating mechanism between different memory phases in Drosophila larvae. PLoS Genet 16 (10): e1009064. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009064. *equal contribution.
  • Bilz F, Geurten BRH, Hancock CE, Widmann A, Fiala A (2020). Visualization of a distributed synaptic memory code in the Drosophila brain. Neuron 106(6): 963-976.e4.
  • Widmann A, Artinger M, Biesinger L, Boepple K, Peters C, Schlechter J, Selcho M, Thum AS. (2016). Genetic Dissection of Aversive Associative Olfactory Learning and Memory in Drosophila Larvae. PLoS Genet. 12(10): e1006378.
  • Apostolopoulou AA, Hersperger F, Mazija L, Widmann A, Wüst A, Thum AS. (2014). Composition of agarose substrate affects behavioral output of Drosophila larvae. Front Behav Neurosci. 8: 11.
  • Apostolopoulou AA, Widmann A, Rohwedder A, Pfitzenmaier JE. and Thum AS. (2013). Appetitive associative olfactory learning in Drosophila larvae. J Vis Exp. 72: 4334.
  • Huser A, Rohwedder A, Apostolopoulou AA, Widmann A, Pfitzenmaier JE, Maiolo EM, Selcho M, Pauls D, von Essen A, Gupta T, Sprecher SG, Birman S, Riemensperger T, Stocker RF, Thum AS. (2012). The serotonergic central nervous system of the Drosophila larva: anatomy and behavioral function. PLoS One. 7: e47518.
  • Rohwedder A, Pfitzenmaier JE, Ramsperger N, Apostolopoulou AA, Widmann A, Thum AS. (2012). Nutritional value dependent and independent effects on Drosophila melanogaster larval behavior. Chem Senses. 37: 711-721.


Reviewartikel


  • Widmann A, Eichler K, Selcho M, Thum AS, Pauls D. (2018). Odor-taste learning in Drosophila larvae. J Insect Physiol. 106(1): 47-54.