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Publikationen seit 2000

2024

Althaus V, Exner G, von Hadeln J, Homberg U, Rosner R (2024)
Anatomical organization of the cerebrum of the praying mantis Hierodula membranacea.
J Comp Neurol 532: e25607; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25607

2023

Jahn S, Althaus V, Heckmann J, Janning M, Seip A-K, Takahashi N, Grigoriev C, Kolano J, Homberg U (2023)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae: Pontine and columnar neuronal cell types.
J Comp Neurol 531:1689–1714; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25535

Homberg U, Kirchner M, Kowalewski K, Pitz V, Kinoshita M, Kern M, Seyfarth J (2023)
Comparative morphology of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons innervating the central complex in the brain of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 531:1482–1508; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25529

Staudacher EM, Cigan M-L, Wenz F, Pollun A, Beck S, Beck M, Reh F, Haas J, Homberg U (2023).
Organization of descending neurons in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Neurol 531:1350–1380; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25513

Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2023)
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods.
J Comp Physiol A 209:459–464; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01635-9

Zittrell F, Pabst K, Carlomagno E, Rosner R, Pegel U, Endres DM, Homberg U (2023)
Integration of optic flow into the sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust.
Front Neural Circuits 17:1111310; DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1111310

Beck M, Althaus V, Pegel U, Homberg U (2023)
Neurons sensitive to non‑celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Physiol A 209:907–928; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01618-w

2022

Homberg U, Hensgen R, Jahn S, Pegel U, Takahashi N, Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K (2022)
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Physiol A 209:641–662; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-022-01601-x

Althaus V, Jahn S, Massah A, Stengl M, Homberg U (2022)
3D-atlas of the brain of the cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.
J Comp Neurol 530:3126-3156; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25396

Pabst K, Zittrell F, Homberg U, Endres DM (2022)
A model for optic flow integration in locust central-complex neurons tuned to head direction.
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44
Edited by Culbertson J, Perfors A, Rabagliati H, Ramenzoni V; Permalink: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/17k48481

Hensgen R, Dippel S, Hümmert S, Jahn S, Seyfarth J, Homberg U (2022)
Myoinhibitory peptides in the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria and colocalization with locustatachykinin-related peptides.
J Comp Neurol 530:2782-2801; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25374

Takahashi N, Zittrell F, Hensgen R, Homberg U (2022)
Receptive field structures for two celestial compass cues at the input stage of the central complex in the locust brain.
J Exp Biol 225: jeb243858; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243858

Hensgen R, Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2022)
Performance of polarization‑sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization.
J Comp Physiol A 208:387–403; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-022-01545-2

Massah A, Neupert S, Brodesser S, Homberg U, Stengl M (2022)
Distribution and daily oscillation of GABA in the circadian system of the cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.
J Comp Neurol 530:770–791; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25244

Martin C, Jahn H, Klein M, Hammel JU, Stevenson PA, Homberg U, Mayer G (2022)
The velvet worm brain unveils homologies and evolutionary novelties across panarthropods.
BMC Biol 20, 26; DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01196-w

2021

Heinze S, el Jundi B, Berg BG, Homberg U, Menzel R, Pfeiffer K, Hensgen R, Zittrell F, Dacke M, Warrant E, Pfuhl G,
Rybak J, Tedore K (2021)
A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience.
eLife 2021;10:e65376; DOI: 10.7554/eLife.65376

Trebels B, Dippel S, Goetz B, Graebner M, Hofmann C, Hofmann F, Schmid R-F, Uhl M, Vuong M-P, Weber V,
Schachtner J (2021)
Metamorphic development of the olfactory system in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum, Herbst).
BMC Biol 19, 155; DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01055-8

Hensgen R, Göthe J, Jahn S, Hümmert S, Schneider KL, Takahashi N, Pegel U, Gotthardt S, Homberg U (2021)
Organization and neural connections of the lateral complex in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Neurol 529:3533-3560; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25209

Hildebrandt J-P, Bleckmann H, Homberg U (2021)
Penzlin - Lehrbuch der Tierphysiologie.
Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg, Berlin; ISBN: 978-3-662-61595-9

Timm J, Scherner M, Matschke J, Kern M, Homberg U (2021)
Tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining in the central complex of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 529:3131-3154; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25151

Homberg U, Hensgen R, Rieber E, Seyfarth J, Kern M, Dippel S, Dircksen H, Spänig L, Kina YP (2021)
Orcokinin in the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria: Identification of immunostained neurons and colocalization with other neuroactive substances.
J Comp Neurol 529:1876-1894; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24796

Hensgen R, England L, Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2021)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the brain of the honeybee: Neuronal cell types.
J Comp Neurol. 2021;529:159-186; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24941

2020

Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2020)
Matched-filter coding of sky polarization results in an internal sun compass in the brain of the desert locust.
PNAS vol. 117, no. 41:25810-25817; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005192117/-/DCSupplement

Held M, Le K, Pegel U, Dersch F, Beetz MJ, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2020)
Anatomical and ultrastructural analysis of the posterior optic tubercle in the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Arthropod Struct Dev 58:100971; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100971

Homberg U (2020)
Visual circuits in arthropod brains.
J Comp Physiol A 206:105–107; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-020-01407-9

Trebels B, Dippel S, Schaaf M, Balakrishnan K, Wimmer EA, Schachtner J (2020)
Adult neurogenesis in the mushroom bodies of red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum, Herbst) is influenced by the olfactory environment.
Sci Rep 10:1090; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57639-x

von Hadeln J, Hensgen R, Bockhorst T, Rosner R, Heidasch R, Pegel U, Pérez MQ, Homberg U (2020)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex of the desert locust: Tangential neurons.
J Comp Neurol 528:906-934; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24796

2019

Rosner R, von Hadeln J, Tarawneh G, Read JCA (2019)
A neuronal correlate of insect stereopsis.
Nat Commun 10:2845; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10721-z

Pegel U, Pfeiffer K, Zittrell F, Scholtyssek C, Homberg U (2019)
Two compasses in the central complex of the locust brain.
J Neurosci 39:3070-3080; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0940-18.2019

Rosner R, Pegel U, Homberg U (2019)
Responses of compass neurons in the locust brain to visual motion and leg motor activity.
J Exp Biol 222:jeb196261; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.196261

2018

Homberg U, Humberg T-H, Seyfarth S, Bode K, Pérez MQ (2018)
GABA immunostaining in the central complex of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 526:2301-2318; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24497

von Hadeln J, Althaus V, Häger L, Homberg U (2018)
Anatomical organization of the cerebrum of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Cell Tissue Res 374:39–62; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-018-2844-8

Pegel U, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2018)
Integration of celestial compass cues in the central complex of the locust brain.
J Exp Biol 221:jeb171207; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.171207

Christ P, Hill SR, Schachtner J, Hauser F, Ignell R (2018)
Functional characterization of mosquito short neuropeptide F receptors.
Peptides 103:31-39; DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2018.03.009

Diesner M, Gallot A, Binz H, Gaertner C, Vitecek S, Kahnt J, Schachtner J, Jacquin-Joly E, Gadenne C (2018)
Mating-induced differential peptidomics of neuropeptides and protein hormones in Agrotis ipsilon moths.
J Proteome Res 17:1397-1414; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00779

Christ P, Hill SR, Schachtner J, Hauser F, Ignell R (2018)
Functional characterization of the dual allatostatin-A receptors in mosquitoes.
Peptides 99:44-55; DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.10.016

2017

Christ P, Reifenrath A, Kahnt J, Hauser F, Hill SR, Schachtner J, Ignell R (2017)
Breeding induced changes in allatostatin-A and short neuropeptide F in the antennal lobes affect odor-mediated host seeking in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
PLoS ONE 12:e0188243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188243

Christ P, Hill SR, Schachtner J, Hauser F, Ignell R (2017)
Functional characterization of the dual allatostatin-A receptors in mosquitoes.
Peptides 99:44-55; DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.10.016

Zhao X-C, Xie G-Y, Berg BG, Schachtner J, Homberg U (2017)
Distribution of tachykinin-related peptides in the brain of the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens.
J Comp Neurol 525:3918-3934; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24310

Bockhorst T, Homberg U (2017)
Interaction of compass sensing and object-motion detection in the locust central complex.
J Neurophysiol 118:496-506; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00927.2016

Rosner R, von Hadeln J, Salden T, Homberg U (2017)
Anatomy of the lobula complex in the brain of the praying mantis compared to the lobula complexes of the locust and cockroach.
J Comp Neurol 525:2343-2357; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24208

Kinoshita M, Homberg U (2017)
Insect brains: minute structures controlling complex behaviors.
In: Brain evolution by design, diversity and commonality in animals
Edited by Shigeno S et al., Springer Japan KK 2017; DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-56469-0_6

2016

Warrant E, Homberg U (2016)
Research spotlight - Insect polarization vision: peripheral and central mechanisms.
In: Structure and evolution of invertebrate nervous systems.
Edited by Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Harzsch S and Purschke G, Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199682201

Held M, Berz A, Hensgen R, Muenz TS, Scholl C, Rössler W, Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2016)
Microglomerular synaptic complexes in the sky-compass network of the honeybee connect parallel pathways from the anterior optic tubercle to the central complex.
Front Behav Neurosci 10:186; DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00186

Beetz MJ, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2016)
Neurons in the brain of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria sensitive to polarized light at low stimulus elevations.
J Comp Physiol A 202:759-781; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1116-x

Homberg U, Müller M (2016)
Ultrastructure of GABA- and tachykinin-immunoreactive neurons in the lower division of the central body of the desert locust.
Front Behav Neurosci 10:230; DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00230

Koniszewski NDB, Kollmann M, Bigham M, Farnworth M, He B, Büscher M, Huetteroth W, Binzer M, Schachtner J, Bucher G (2016)
The insect central complex as model for heterochronic brain development - background, concepts and tools.
Dev Genes Evol 226:209-219; DOI: 10.1007/s00427-016-0542-7

Dippel S, Kollmann M, Oberhofer G, Montino A, Knoll C, Krala M, Rexer KH, Frank S, Kumpf R, Schachtner J, Wimmer EA (2016)
Morphological and transcriptomic analysis of a beetle chemosensory system reveals a gnathal olfactory center.
BMC Biol 14(1):90; DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0304-z

Kollmann M, Rupenthal A, Neumann P, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J (2016)
Novel antennal lobe substructures revealed in the small hive beetle Aethina tumida.
Cell Tissue Res 363:679-692; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2282-9

Kollmann M, Schmidt R, Heuer CM, Schachtner J (2016)
Variations on a theme: antennal lobe architecture across Coleoptera.
PLoS ONE 11(12):e0166253; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166253

2015

Zeller M, Held M, Bender J, Berz A, Heinloth T, Hellfritz T, Pfeiffer K (2015)
Transmedulla neurons in the sky compass network of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) are a possible site of circadian input.
PLoS ONE 10:e0143244; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143244

Bockhorst T, Homberg U (2015)
Compass cells in the brain of an insect are sensitive to novel events in the visual world.
PLoS One 10:e0144501; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144501

Bockhorst T, Homberg U (2015)
Amplitude and dynamics of polarization-plane signaling in the central complex of the locust brain.
J Neurophysiol 113:3291-3311; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00742.2014

Beetz MJ, el Jundi B, Heinze S, Homberg U (2015)
Topographic organization and possible function of the posterior optic tubercles in the brain of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
J Comp Neurol 523:1589-1607; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23736

Schmeling F, Tegtmeier J, Kinoshita M, Homberg U (2015)
Photoreceptor projections and receptive fields in the dorsal rim area and main retina of the locust eye.
J Comp Physiol A 201:427-440; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-0990-y

Hildebrandt JP, Bleckmann H, Homberg U (2015)
Penzlin - Lehrbuch der Tierphysiologie, 8. Auflage
Springer Spektrum, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-642-55369-1

Fusca D, Schachtner J, Kloppenburg P (2015)
Colocalization of allatotropin and tachykinin-related peptides with classical transmitters in physiologically distinct subtypes of olfactory local interneurons in the cockroach (Periplaneta americana).
J Comp Neurol 523:1569-1586; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23757

Kinoshita M, Shimohigashi M, Tominaga Y, Arikawa K, Homberg U (2015)
Topographically distinct visual and olfactory inputs to the mushroom body in the Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus.
J Comp Neurol 523:162-182; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23674

Gellerer A, Franke A, Neupert S, Predel R, Zhou X, Liu S, Reiher W, Wegener C, Homberg U (2015)
Identification and distribution of SIFamide in the nervous system of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
J Comp Neurol 523:108-125; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23671

Homberg U (2015)
Sky compass orientation in desert locusts - evidence from field and laboratory studies.
Front Behav Neurosci 9:346; DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00346

2014

Schmeling F, Wakakuwa M, Tegtmeier J, Kinoshita M, Bockhorst T, Arikawa K, Homberg U (2014)
Opsin expression, physiological characterization and identification of photoreceptor cells in the dorsal rim area and main retina of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.
J Exp Biol 217:3557-3568; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.108514

Bech M, Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2014)
Receptive fields of locust brain neurons are matched to polarization patterns of the sky.
Curr Biol 24:2124-2129; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.045

Dippel S, Oberhofer G, Kahnt J, Gerischer L, Opitz L, Schachtner J, Stanke M, Schütz S, Wimmer EA, Angeli S (2014)
Tissue-specific transcriptomics, chromosomal localization, and phylogeny of chemosensory and odorant binding proteins from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum reveal subgroup specificities for olfaction or more general functions.
BMC Genomics 15:1141; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-11414

Ito K, Shinomiya K, Ito M, Armstrong JD, Boyan G, Hartenstein V, Harzsch S, Heisenberg M, Homberg U, Jenett A, Keshishian H, Restifo LL, Rössler W, Simpson JH, Strausfeld NJ, Strauss R, Vosshall LB (2014)
A systematic nomenclature for the insect brain.
Neuron 81:755-765; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.12.017

Siju KP, Reifenrath A, Scheiblich H, Neupert S, Predel R, Hansson BS, Schachtner J, Ignell R (2014)
Neuropeptides in the antennal lobe of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
J Comp Neurol 522:592-608; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23434;

Binzer J, Heuer CM, Kollmann M, Kahnt J, Hauser F, Grimmelikhuijzen CJP, Schachtner J (2014)
The neuropeptidome of Tribolium castaneum antennal lobes and mushroom bodies.
J Comp Neurol 522:337-57; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23399

Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2014)
Organization and functional roles of the central complex in the insect brain.
Annu Rev Entomol 59:165-184; DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162031

2013

Homberg U, Seyfarth J, Binkle U, Monastirioti M, Alkema Mark J (2013)
Identification of distinct tyraminergic and octopaminergic neurons innervating the central complex of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.
J Comp Neurol 521:2025-2041; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23269

Rosner R, Homberg U (2013)
Widespread sensitivity to looming stimuli and small moving objects in the central complex of an insect brain.
J Neurosci 33:8122-8133; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5390-12.2013

Homberg U, el Jundi B (2013)
Polarization vision in arthropods.
In: Werner JS, Chalupa LM (eds) The new visual neurosciences
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp1207-1218; ISBN: 9780262019163

2012

Sellami A, Wegener C, Veenstra JA (2012)
Functional significance of the copper transporter ATP7 in peptidergic neurons and endocrine cells in Drosophila melanogaster.
FEBS Lett 586:3633-3638; DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.08.009

Zoephel J, Reiher W, Rexer KH, Kahnt J, Wegener C (2012)
Peptidomics of the agriculturally damaging larval stage of the cabbage root fly Delia radicum (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).
PLoS One 7:e41543; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041543

Hamanaka Y, Kinoshita M, Homberg U, Arikawa K (2012)
Immunocytochemical localization of amines and GABA in the optic lobe of the butterfly, Papilio xuthus.
PLoS One 7:e41109; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041109

el Jundi B, Homberg U (2012)
Receptive field properties and intensity-response functions of polarization-sensitive neurons of the optic tubercle in gregarious and solitarious locusts.
J Neurophysiol 108:1695-1710; DOI: 10.1152/jn.01023.2011

Weissteiner S, Huetteroth W, Kollmann M, Weißbecker B, Romani R, Schachtner J, Schütz S (2012)
Cockchafer larvae smell host root scents in soil.
PLoS ONE 7:e45827; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045827

Heuer CM, Binzer J, Schachtner J (2012)
SIFamide in the brain of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
Acta Biol Hung 63:48-57; DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.63.2012.Suppl.2.4

Neupert S, Fusca D, Schachtner J, Kloppenburg P, Predel R (2012)
Toward a single-cell-based analysis of neuropeptide expression in Periplaneta americana antennal lobe neurons.
J Comp Neurol 520:694-716; DOI: 10.1002/cne.22745

Tups A, Stöhr S, Helwig M, Barrett P, Krol E, Schachtner J, Mercer JG, Klingenspor M (2012)
Seasonal leptin resistance is associated with impaired signalling 3 via JAK2-STAT3 but not ERK, possibly mediated by reduced 4 hypothalamic GRB2 protein.
J Comp Physiol B 182:553-567; DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0637-4

Martínez-Harms J, Vorobyev M, Schorn J, Shmida A, Keasar T, Homberg U, Schmeling F, Menzel R (2012)
Evidence of red sensitive photoreceptors in Pygopleurus israelitus (Glaphyridae: Coleoptera) and its implications for beetle pollination in the southeast Mediterranean.
J Comp Physiol A 198:451-463; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0722-5

Schulze J, Neupert S, Schmidt L, Predel R, Lamkemeyer T, Homberg U, Stengl M (2012)
Myoinhibitory peptides in the brain of the cockroach Leucopahaea maderae and colocalization with pigment-dispersing factor in circadian peacemaker cells.
J Comp Neurol 520:1078-1097; DOI: 10.1002/cne.22785

Heuer CM, Kollmann M, Binzer J, Schachtner J (2012)
Neuropeptides in insect mushroom bodies.
Arthropod Struct Dev 41:199-226; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2012.02.005

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:e27855; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027855

Kollmann M, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J (2011)
Brain organization in Collembola (springtails).
Arthropod Struct Dev 40:304-316; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.02.003

Träger U, Homberg U (2011)
Polarization-sensitive descending neurons in the locust: connecting the brain to thoracic ganglia.
J Neurosci 31:2238-2247; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3624-10.2011

Reiher W, Shirras C, Kahnt J, Baumeister S, Isaac RE, Wegener C (2011)
Peptidomics and peptide hormone processing in the Drosophila midgut.
J Proteome Res 10:1881-1892; DOI: 10.1021/pr101116g

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 343:343-355; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1099-9

Wegener C, Herbert H, Kahnt J, Bender M, Rhea JM (2011)
Deficiency of prohormone convertase dPC2 (AMONTILLADO) results in impaired production of bioactive neuropeptide hormones in Drosophila.
J Neurochem 118:581-595; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07130.x

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 105:28-35; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00480.2010

Nässel DR, Wegener C (2011)
A comparative review of short and long neuropeptide F signaling in invertebrates: any similarities to vertebrate neuropeptide Y signaling?
Peptides 32:1335-1355; DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.03.013

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; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0199

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; DOI: 10.1002/cne.22471

Bruns S, Müllner T, Kollmann M, Schachtner J, Hötzel A, Tallarek U (2010)
Confocal laser scanning microscopy method for quantitative characterization of silica monolith morphology.
Anal Chem 82:6569-6575; DOI: 10.1021/ac100909t

Carlsson MA, Diesner M, Schachtner J, Nässel D (2010)
Multiple neuropeptides in the Drosophila antennal lobe suggest complex modulatory circuits.
J Comp Neurol 518:3359-3380; DOI: 10.1002/cne.22405

Rhea JM, Wegener C, Bender M (2010)
The proprotein convertase encoded by amontillado (amon) is required in Drosophila corpora cardiaca endocrine cells producing the glucose regulatory hormone AKH.
PLoS Genetics 6:e1000967; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000967

el Jundi B, Homberg U (2010)
Evidence for the possible existence of a second polarization vision pathway in the locust brain.
J Insect Physiol 56:971-979; DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.05.011

Sidyelyeva G, Wegener C, Schoenfeld BP, Bell AJ, Baker NE, McBride SM, Fricker LD (2010)
Individual carboxypeptidase D domains have both redundant and unique functions in Drosophila development and behavior.
Cell Mol Life Sci 67:2991-3004; DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0369-8

Huetteroth W, el Jundi B, el Jundi S, Schachtner J (2010)
3D-reconstructions and virtual 4D-visualization to study metamorphic brain development in the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
Front Syst Neurosci 4:7; DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2010.00007

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; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0505-9

Dreyer D, Vitt H, Dippel S, Goetz B, el Jundi B, Kollmann M, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J (2010)
3D standard brain of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum: a tool to study metamorphic development and adult plasticity.
Front Syst Neurosci 4:3; DOI: 10.3389/neuro.06.003.2010

el Jundi B, Heinze S, Lenschow C, Kurylas A, 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; DOI: 10.3389/neuro.06.021.2009

Hansen KK, Stafflinger E, Schneider M, Hauser F, Cazzamali G, Williamson M, Kollmann M, Schachtner J, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ (2010)
Discovery of a novel insect neuropeptide/CPCR signaling system closely related to the insect adipokinetic hormone and corazonin hormonal system.
J Biol Chem 285:10736-10747; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.045369

Schachtner J, Wegener C, Neupert S, Predel R (2010)
Direct peptide profiling of brain tissue by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
In: Soloviev [Ed] "Peptidomics". Methods in Molecular Biology 615: 129-135. Humana Press. USA; DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-535-4_10

2009

Heinze S, Gotthardt S, Homberg U (2009)
Transformation of polarized light information in the central complex of the locust.
J Neurosci 29:11783-11793; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1870-09.2009

Neupert S, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J, Predel R (2009)
Conservation of the function counts: Homologous neurons express sequence-related neuropeptides that originate from different genes.
J Neurochem 111:757-765; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06361.x

el Jundi B, Huetteroth W, Kurylas AE, Schachtner J (2009)
Anisometric brain dimorphism revisited: implementation of a volumetric 3D standard brain in Manduca sexta.
J Comp Neurol 517:210-225; DOI: 10.1002/cne.22150

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 337:327-340; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0820-z

Staudacher EM, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J, Daly KC (2009)
A 4-dimensional representation of antennal lobe output based on an ensemble of characterized projection neurons.
J Neurosci Methods 180:208-223; DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.019

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 29:4911-4921; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0332-09.2009

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 335:593-605; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0744-z

2008

Fuchs TM, Bresolin G, Marcinowski L, Schachtner J, Scherer S (2008)
Insecticidal genes of Yersinia spp.: taxonomical distribution, contribution to toxicity towards Manduca sexta and Galleria mellonella, and evolution.
BMC Microbiol 8:214; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-214

Heinze S, Homberg U (2008)
Neuroarchitecture of the Central Complex of the Desert Locust: Intrinsic and Columnar Neurons.
J Comp Neurol 511:454-478; DOI: 10.1002/cne.21842

Nässel DR, Enell LE, Santos JG, Wegener C, Johard HA (2008)
A large population of diverse neurons in the Drosophila central nervous system expresses short neuropeptide F, suggesting multiple distributed peptide functions.
BMC Neurosci 9:90; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-90

Wegener C, Gorbashov A (2008)
Molecular evolution of neuropeptides in the genus Drosophila.
Genome Biol 9:R131; DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r131

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 333:125-145; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0620-x

Tribolium genome sequencing consortium, Richards S et al. (2008)
The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.
Nature 452:949-955; DOI: 10.1038/nature06784

Vömel M, Wegener C (2008)
Neuroarchitecture of aminergic systems in the larval ventral ganglion of Drosophila melanogaster.
PLoS ONE 3:e1848; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001848

Li B, Predel R, Neupert S, Hauser F, Tanaka Y, Cazzamali G, Williamson M, Arakane Y, Verleyen P, Schoofs L, Schachtner J, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Park Y (2008)
Genomics, Transcriptomics, Peptidomics, and Evolution of Neuropeptides and Protein hormones in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.
Genome Res 18:113-122; DOI: 10.1101/gr.6714008

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 506:288-300; DOI: 10.1002/cne.21512

Utz S, Huetteroth W, Vömel M, Schachtner J (2008)
Mas-allatotropin in the developing antennal lobe of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta: Distribution, time course, developmental regulation and colocalization with other neuropeptides.
Dev Neurobiol 68:123-142; DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20579

Homberg U (2008)
Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system.
Arthropod Struct Dev 37:347-362; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.01.008

Hauser F, Cazzamali G, Williamson M, Park Y, Li B, Tanaka Y, Predel R, Neupert S, Schachtner J, Verleyen P, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ (2008)
A genome-wide inventory of neurohormone GPCRs in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.
Front Neuroendocrin 29:142-165; DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2007.10.003

2007

Bader R, Wegener C, Pankratz M (2007)
Comparative neuroanatomy and genomics of hugin and pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN).
FLY 1:228-231; PMID: 18820431

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:e695; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000695

Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2007)
Coding of azimuthal directions via time-compensated combination of celestial compass cues.
Curr Biol 17:960-965; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.059

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 210:1350-1361; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02744

Vömel M, Wegener C (2007)
Neurotransmitter-induced changes in the intracellular calcium concentration suggest a differential central modulation of CCAP neuron subsets in Drosophila.
Dev Neurobiol 67:792-808; DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20392

Heinze S, Homberg U (2007)
Map-like representation of celestial e-vector orientations in the brain of an insect.
Science 315:995-997; DOI: 10.1126/science.1135531

Utz S, Huetteroth W, Wegener C, Kahnt J, Predel R, Schachtner J (2007)
Direct peptide profiling of lateral cell groups of the antennal lobes of Manduca sexta reveals specific composition and changes in neuropeptide expression during development.
Dev Neurobiol 67:764-777; DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20381

Fastner S, Predel R, Kahnt J, Schachtner J, Wegener C (2007)
A simple purification protocol for the detection of peptide hormones in the hemolymph of individual insects by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 21(1):23-28; DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2800

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 327:385-398; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0318-x

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] 193:43-50; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0166-x

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 209:2794-2803; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02307

Crawford MJ, Thomsen-Zieger N, Ray M, Schachtner J, Roos DS, Seeber F (2006)
Toxoplasma gondii scavenges host-derived lipoic acid despite its de novo synthesis in the apicoplast.
EMBO Journal 25:3214-3222; DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601189

Watanabe T, Schachtner J, Krizan M, Boretius S, Frahm J, Michaelis T (2006)
Manganese-enhanced 3D MRI of established and disrupted synaptic activity in the developing insect brain in vivo.
J Neurosci Methods 158:50-55; DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.05.012

Santos JG, Pollák E, Rexer KH, Molnár L, Wegener C (2006)
Morphology and metamorphosis of the peptidergic Va neurons and the median nerve system of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Cell Tissue Res 326:187-199; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0211-7

Hofer S, Homberg U (2006)
Orcokinin immunoreactivity in the accessory medulla of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae.
Cell Tissue Res 325:589-600;
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0155-y

Wegener C, Reinl T, Jänsch L, Predel R (2006)
Direct mass spectrometric profiling and fragmentation in larval peptide hormone release sites of Drosophila melanogaster reveals tagma-specific peptide expression and differential processing.
J Neurochem 96:1362-1374; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03634.x

Predel R, Wegener C (2006)
Biology of the CAPA peptides in insects.
Cell Mol Life Sci 63:2477-2490; DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6187-3

Nässel DR, Homberg U (2006)
Neuropeptides in interneurons of the insect brain.
Cell Tissue Res 326:1-24; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0210-8

2005

Hamasaka Y, Mohrherr C, Predel R, Wegener C (2005)
Chronobiological quantification and mass spectrometric characterisation of PDF-immunoreactive material in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae.
J Insect Sci 5:43; PMID: 17119625

Hamasaka Y, Wegener C, Nässel DR (2005)
GABA modulates Drosophila circadian clock neurons via GABAB receptors and decreases in calcium.
J Neurobiol 65:225-240; DOI: 10.1002/neu.20184

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 94:3903-3915; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00276.2005

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 490:57-71; DOI: 10.1002/cne.20650

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 484:206-223; DOI: 10.1002/cne.20467

Utz S, Schachtner J (2005)
Development of A-type allatostatin immunoreactivity in antennal lobe neurons of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
Cell Tissue Res 320:149-162; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-1059-3

Huetteroth W, Schachtner J 2005
Standard three-dimensional glomeruli of the Manduca sexta antennal lobe: a tool to study both developmental and adult neuronal plasticity.
Cell Tissue Res 319:513-524; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-1016-1

Michaelis T, Watanabe T, Natt O, Boretius S, Frahm J, Utz S, Schachtner J (2005)
In vivo 3D MRI of insect brain: cerebral development during metamorphosis of Manduca sexta.
Neuroimage 24:596-602; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.08.048

Homberg U (2005)
Multisensory processing in the insect brain.
In: TA Christensen (ed) Methods in insect sensory neuroscience, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp3-25; ISBN: 9780849320248

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; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2005.04.003

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 318:439-457; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0913-7

Gebhardt S, Homberg U (2004)
Immunocytochemistry of histamine in the brain of the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Cell Tissue Res 317:195-205; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0841-y

Schachtner J, Trosowski B, D´Hanis W, Stubner S, Homberg U (2004)
Development and steroid regulation of RFamide immunoreactivity in antennal-lobe neurons of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
J Exp Biol 207:2389-2400; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01036

Predel R, Wegener C, Russell WK, Tichy SE, Russell DH, Nachman RJ (2004)
Peptidomics of CNS-associated neurohemal systems of adult Drosophila melanogaster: a mass spectrometric survey of peptides from individual flies.
J Comp Neurol 474:379-392; DOI: 10.1002/cne.20145

Schüler G, Mithöfer A, Baldwin IT, Berger S, Ebel J, Santos JG et al. (2004)
Coronalon: a powerful tool in plant stress physiology.
FEBS Lett 563:17-22; DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(04)00239-X

Schachtner J, Huetteroth W, Nighorn A, Honegger HW (2004)
Copper/zinc superoxide dismutase-like immunoreactivity in the metamorphosing brain of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
J Comp Neurol 469:141-152; DOI: 10.1002/cne.10992

Mappes M, Homberg U (2004)
Behavioral analysis of polarization vision in tethered flying locusts.
J Comp Physiol A 190:61-68; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0473-4

Wegener C, Hamasaka Y, Nässel DR (2004)
Acetylcholine increases intracellular Ca2+ via nicotinic receptors in cultured PDF-containing clock neurons
J Neurophysiol 91:912-923; DOI: 10.1152/jn.00678.2003

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; DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.10

Homberg U (2004)
In search of the sky compasss in the insect brain.
Naturwissenschaften 91:199-208; DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0525-9

2003

Thomsen-Zieger N, Schachtner J, Seeber F (2003)
Apicomplexan parasites contain a single lipoic acid synthase located in the plastid.
FEBS Lett 547:80-86; PMID: 12860390

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; DOI: 10.1002/cne.10771

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

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 pp 229-265; ISBN: 9783110162103

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

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 205:1459-1469; PMID: 11976357

Wegener C, Herbert Z, Predel R, Eckert M (2002)
The periviscerokinin (PVK) peptide family in insects: Evidence for the inclusion of CAP2b as a PVK family member.
Peptides 23:605-611; PMID: 11897378

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

Homberg U (2002)
Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the brain of the locust.
Microsc Res Tech 56:189-209; DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10024

2001

Dubuque SH, Schachtner J, Nighorn AJ, Menon KP, Zinn K, Tolbert LP (2001)
Immunolocalization of synaptotagmin for the study of synapses in the developing antennal lobe of Manduca sexta.
J Comp Neurol 441:277-287; PMID: 11745650

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

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

Wegener C, Linde D, Eckert M (2001)
Periviscerokinins in cockroaches: release, distribution and a taxon-restricted myotropic effect of Pea-periviscerokinin-1.
Gen Comp Endocrinol 121:1-12; DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7570

2000

Wegener C, Nässel DR (2000)
Peptide-induced Ca2+ movements in a tonic insect muscle: the effect of proctolin and periviscerokinin-2.
J Neurophysiol 84:3056-3066; PMID: 11110832

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