Publications (since 2000)

2011

• el Jundi B, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U 2011
  A distinct layer of the medulla integrates sky compass signals in the brain of an insect
  PLoS One 6(11); e27855
  PMID: 22114712

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• Schulze J, Neupert S, Schmidt L, Predel R, Lamkemeyer T, Homberg U, Stengl M 2011
  Myoinhibitory peptides in the brain of the cockroach Leucopahaea maderae and colocalization with pigment-dispersing factor in circadian peacemaker cells
  J Comp Neurol doi: 10.1002/cne
  PMID: 22095637

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• Träger, Homberg U 2011
  Polarization-sensitive descending neurons in the locust: connecting the brain to thoracic ganglia
  J Neurosci 31(6):2238-47
  PMID: 21307260

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• Kollmann M, Minoli S, Bonhomme J, Homberg U, Schachtner J, Tagu D, Anton S 2011
  Revisiting the anatomy of the central nervous system of a hemimetabolous model insect species: the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
  Cell Tissue Res 343(2):343-55
  PMID: 21170552
  

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• Pfeiffer K, Negrello M, Homberg U 2011
  Conditional perception under stimulus ambiguity: Polarization- and azimuth-sensitive neurons in the locust brain are inhibited by low degrees of polarization
  J Neurophysiol 105(1):28-35
  PMID: 20962968

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2010

• Wei H, el Jundi B, Homberg U, Stengl M 2010
  Implementation of pigment-dispersing factor-immunreactive neurons in a standardized atlas of the brain of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  J Comp Neurol 518:4113–4133
  PMID: 20878779

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• el Jundi B, Homberg U 2010
  Evidence for the possible existence of a second polarization vision pathway in the locust brain
  J Insect Physiol 56(8):971-979
  PMID: 20488187

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• Schmeling F, Stange G, Homberg U 2010
  Synchronization of wing beat cycle of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, by periodic light flashes
  J Comp Physiol [A] 196:199-211
  PMID: 20131057

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• el Jundi B, Heinze S, Kurylas A, Lenschow C, Rohlfing T, Homberg U 2010
  The locust standard brain: A 3D standard of the central complex as a platform for neural network analysis
  Front Syst Neurosci 3:21
  PMID: 20161763

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2009

• Heinze S, Gotthardt S, Homberg U 2009
  Transformation of polarized light information in the central complex of the locust
  J Neurosci 29(38):11783-93
  PMID: 19776265

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• Siegl T, Schachtner J, Holstein G, Homberg U 2009
  No/cGMP signalling: L-Citrulline- and cGMP immunostaining in the central complex of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
  Cell Tissue Res 337(2):327-40
  PMID: 19506907
  

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• Heinze S, Homberg U 2009
  Linking the input to the output: new sets of neurons complement the polarization vision network in the locust central complex
  J Neurosci 29(15):4911-4921
  PMID: 19369560
  

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• Berg BG, Schachtner J, Homberg U 2009
  gamma-Aminobutyric acid immunostaining in the antennal lobe of the moth Heliothis virescens and its colocalization with neuropeptides
  Cell Tissue Res 335(3):593-605
  PMID: 19156440
  

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2008

• Heinze S, Homberg U 2008
  Neuroarchitecture of the Central Complex of the Desert Locust: Intrinsic and Columnar Neurons
  J Comp Neurol 511:454-478
  PMID: 18837039   Abstract  full Article
  

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• Kurylas AE, Rohlfing T, Krofczik S, Jenett A, Homberg U 2008
  Standardized atlas of the brain of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria
  Cell Tissue Res 333(1):125-145
  PMID: 18504618
  

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• Träger U, Wagner R, Bausenwein B, Homberg U 2008
  A Novel Type of Microglomerular Synaptic Complex in the Polarization Vision Pathway of the Locust Brain
  J Comp Neurol 506(2):288-300
  PMID: 18022957
  

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2007

• Santos JG, Vömel M, Struck R, Homberg U, Nässel DR, Wegener C 2007
  Neuroarchitecture of peptidergic systems in the larval ventral ganglion of Drosophila melanogaster 
  PLoS ONE 2(8):e695
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  PMID: 17668072

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• Pfeiffer K, Homberg U 2007
  Coding of Azimuthal Directions via Time-Compensated Combination of Celestial Compass Cues
  Curr Biol  17(11):960-5
  PMID: 17524646
  

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• Kinoshita M, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U 2007
  Spectral properties of identified polarized-light sensitive interneurons in the brain of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
  J Exp Biol 210:1350-61
  PMID: 17401118
  

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• Heinze S, Homberg U 2007
  Map-like Representation of Celestial E-vector Orientations in the Brain of an Insect
  Science 315(5814):995-997
  PMID: 17303756  Abstract  full Article
  

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• Berg BG, Schachtner J, Utz S, Homberg U 2007
  Distribution of neuropeptides in the primary olfactory centre of the heliothine moth Heliothis virescens
  Cell Tissue Res 327(2):385-98
  PMID: 17013588

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2006

• Mappes M, Homberg U 2006
  Surgical lesion of the anterior optic tract abolishes polarotaxis in tethered flying locusts, Schistocerca gregaria
  J Comp Physiol [A] 193(1):43-50
  PMID: 16988831

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• Hofer S, Homberg U 2006
  Evidence for a role of orcokinin-related peptides in the circadian clock controlling locomotor activity of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  J Exp Biol 209(Pt 14):2794-803
  PMID: 16809470

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• Hofer S, Homberg U 2006
  Orcokinin immunoreactivity in the accessory medulla of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  Cell Tissue Res 325(3):589-600
  PMID: 16628411

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2005

• Pfeiffer K, Kinoshita M, Homberg U 2005
  Polarization-sensitive and light-sensitive neurons in two parallel pathways passing through the anterior optic tubercle in the locust brain
  J Neurophysiol 94(6):3903-15
  PMID: 16049147

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• Hofer S, Dircksen H, Tollback P, Homberg U 2005
  Novel insect orcokinins: Characterization and neuronal distribution in the brains of selected dicondylian insects
  J Comp Neurol 490(1):57-71
  PMID: 16041719

• Kurylas A, Ott SR, Schachtner J, Elphick MR, Williams L, Homberg U 2005
  Localisation of nitric oxide synthase in the central complex and surrounding midbrain neuropils of the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
  J Comp Neurol 484(2):206-23
  PMID: 15736229

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2004

• Homberg U, Brandl C, Clynen E, Schoofs L, Veenstra JA 2004
  Mas-allatotropin/Lom-AG-myotropin I immunostaining in the brain of the locust, Schistocerca gregaria
  Cell Tissue Res 318(2):439-457
  PMID: 15480799

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• Gebhardt S, Homberg U 2004
  Immunocytochemistry of histamine in the brain of the locust Schistocerca gregaria
  Cell Tissue Res 317(2):195-205
  PMID: 15221442

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• Mappes M, Homberg U 2004
  Behavioral analysis of polarization vision in tethered flying locusts
  J Comp Physiol [A] 190:61-68
  PMID: 14648100

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2003

• Homberg U, Hofer S, Pfeiffer K, Gebhardt S 2003
  Organization and neural connections of the anterior optic tubercle in the brain of the locust, Schistocerca gregaria
  J Comp Neurol 462:415-430
  PMID: 12811810

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2002

• Homberg U, Paech A 2002
  Ultrastructure and orientation of ommatidia in the dorsal rim area of the locust compound eye
  Arthropod Struct Dev 30:271-280
  PMID: 18088961

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• Petri B, Homberg U, Loesel R, Stengl M 2002
  Evidence for a role of GABA and Mas-allatotropin in photic entrainment of the circadian clock of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  J Exp Biol 205(Pt 10):1459-1469
  PMID: 11976357

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• Vitzthum H, Müller M, Homberg U 2002
  Neurons of the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria are sensitive to polarized light
  J Neurosci 22(3):1114-1125
  PMID: 11826140

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2001

• Loesel R, Homberg U 2001
  Anatomy and physiology of neurons with processes in the accessory medulla of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  J Comp Neurol 439:193-207
  PMID: 11596048

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• Fleissner Ge, Loesel R, Fleissner Gü, Waterkamp M, Kleiner O, Batschauer A, Homberg U 2001
  Candidates for extraocular photoreceptors in the cockroach suggest homology to the lamina and lobula organs in beetles
  J Comp Neurol 433:401-414
  PMID: 11298364

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2000

• Strausfeld NJ, Homberg U, Kloppenburg P 2000
  Parallel organization in honey bee mushroom bodies by peptidergic Kenyon cells
  J Comp Neurol 424:179-195
  PMID: 10888747

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Reviews

• Homberg U, Heinze S, Pfeiffer K, Kinoshita M, el Jundi B 2011
  Central neural coding of sky polarization in insects
  Phil Trans R Soc B 366:680-687
  PMID: 21282171

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• Homberg U 2008
  Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system
  Arthropod Struct Dev 37(5):347-62
  PMID: 18502176
  

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• Nassel DR, Homberg U 2006
  Neuropeptides in interneurons of the insect brain
  Cell Tissue Res 326(1):1-24
  PMID: 16761145
  

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• Schachtner J, Schmidt M, Homberg U 2005
  Organization and evolutionary trends of primary olfactory brain centers in Tetraconata (Crustacea + Hexapoda)
  Arthropod Struct Dev 34:257-299
  

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• Homberg U, Hofer S, Mappes M, Vitzthum H, Pfeiffer K, Gebhardt S, Müller M, Paech A 2004
  Neurobiology of polarization vision in the locust Schistocerca gregaria
  Acta Biol Hung 55:81-89
  PMID: 15270221
  

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• Homberg U 2004
  In search of the sky compasss in the insect brain
  Naturwissenschaften 91:199-208
  PMID: 15146265
  

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• Homberg U, Reischig T, Stengl M 2003
  Neural organization of the circadian system of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae
  Chronobiol Int 20:577-590
  PMID: 12916714
  

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• Homberg U 2002
  Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the brain of the locust
  Microsc Res Tech 56:189-209
  PMID: 11810722
  

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• Helfrich-Förster C, Stengl M, Homberg U 1998
  Organization of the circadian system in insects
  Chronobiol Int 15:567-594
  PMID: 9844747
  

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Book Chapters

• Homberg U 2005
  Multisensory processing in the insect brain
  In: TA Christensen (ed) Advances in Insect Sensory Neuroscience CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp3-25
  

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• Yack JE, Homberg U 2003
  Nervous system
  In: NP Kristensen (ed) Handbook of Zoology, Vol IV: Arthropoda: Insecta, Part 35: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies, Vol 2: Morphology, physiology and development pp229-265