Wasp Voodoo Rituals, Venom-Cocktails, and the Zombification of Cockroach Hosts

Sensory Arsenal on the Stinger of the Parasitoid Jewel Wasp and Its Possible Role in Identifying Cockroach Brains

(2014) Ram Gal et al.   PLoS One

Larvae of the parasitoid waspAmpulex compressasanitize their host, the American cockroach, with a blend of antimicrobials

(2013) Gudrun Herzner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deep Homology of Arthropod Central Complex and Vertebrate Basal Ganglia

(2013) N. J. Strausfeld et al.   SCIENCE

Grooming Behavior as a Mechanism of Insect Disease Defense

(2013) Marianna Zhukovskaya et al.   Insects

Identification of distinct tyraminergic and octopaminergic neurons innervating the central complex of the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria

(2012) Uwe Homberg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Neural activity in the central complex of the cockroach brain is linked to turning behaviors

(2012) P. Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Distribution of the Octopamine Receptor AmOA1 in the Honey Bee Brain

(2011) Irina Sinakevitch et al.   PLoS One

Neural Activity in the Central Complex of the Insect Brain Is Linked to Locomotor Changes

(2010) John A. Bender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Involvement of the opioid system in the hypokinetic state induced in cockroaches by a parasitoid wasp

(2010) Tali Gavra et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Electrolytic lesions within central complex neuropils of the cockroach brain affect negotiation of barriers

(2010) C. M. Harley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Wasp Manipulates Neuronal Activity in the Sub-Esophageal Ganglion to Decrease the Drive for Walking in Its Cockroach Prey

(2010) Ram Gal et al.   PLoS One

Ants defend aphids against lethal disease

(2009) C. Nielsen et al.   Biology Letters

A map of octopaminergic neurons in theDrosophilabrain

(2009) Sebastian Busch et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Descending unpaired median neurons with bilaterally symmetrical axons in the suboesophageal ganglion of Manduca sexta larvae

(2009) Jadwiga Cholewa et al.   ZOOLOGY

Manipulation of Host Behavior by Parasitic Insects and Insect Parasites

(2008) Frederic Libersat et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

A Parasitoid Wasp Manipulates the Drive for Walking of Its Cockroach Prey

(2008) Ram Gal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Parasitoid Increases Survival of Its Pupae by Inducing Hosts to Fight Predators

(2008) Amir H. Grosman et al.   PLoS One