Light input pathways to the circadian clock of insects with an emphasis on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

The HisCl1 histamine receptor acts in photoreceptors to synchronize Drosophila behavioral rhythms with light-dark cycles

(2019) Faredin Alejevski et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple Phototransduction Inputs Integrate to Mediate UV Light–evoked Avoidance/Attraction Behavior in Drosophila

(2019) Lisa Soyeon Baik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Peptidergic signaling from clock neurons regulates reproductive dormancy in Drosophila melanogaster

(2019) Dóra Nagy et al.   PLoS Genetics

Daytime colour preference in Drosophila depends on the circadian clock and TRP channels

(2019) Stanislav Lazopulo et al.   NATURE

Light-Mediated Circuit Switching in the Drosophila Neuronal Clock Network

(2019) Matthias Schlichting et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Reconfiguration of a Multi-oscillator Network by Light in the Drosophila Circadian Clock

(2018) Abhishek Chatterjee et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Non-canonical Phototransduction Mediates Synchronization of the Drosophila melanogaster Circadian Clock and Retinal Light Responses

(2018) Maite Ogueta et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

GABA- and serotonin-expressing neurons take part in inhibitory as well as excitatory input pathways to the circadian clock of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae

(2018) Maria Giese et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Circadian Clock of the Ant Camponotus floridanus Is Localized in Dorsal and Lateral Neurons of the Brain

(2018) Janina Kay et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Neuroanatomical details of the lateral neurons of Drosophila melanogaster support their functional role in the circadian system

(2018) Frank K. Schubert et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Pigment-Dispersing Factor-expressing neurons convey circadian information in the honey bee brain

(2018) Katharina Beer et al.   Open Biology

Cryptochrome Interacts With Actin and Enhances Eye-Mediated Light Sensitivity of the Circadian Clock in Drosophila melanogaster

(2018) Matthias Schlichting et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Closely Related Fruit Fly Species Living at Different Latitudes Diverge in Their Circadian Clock Anatomy and Rhythmic Behavior

(2018) Marta Beauchamp et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

The characterization of the circadian clock in the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) reveals a Drosophila-like organization

(2018) Enrico Bertolini et al.   Scientific Reports

The CCHamide1 Neuropeptide Expressed in the Anterior Dorsal Neuron 1 Conveys a Circadian Signal to the Ventral Lateral Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

(2018) Yuri Fujiwara et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

A novel photic entrainment mechanism for the circadian clock in an insect: involvement of c-fos and cryptochromes

(2018) Yuki Kutaragi et al.   Zoological Letters

Flies as models for circadian clock adaptation to environmental challenges

(2018) Charlotte Helfrich-Förster et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Hub-organized parallel circuits of central circadian pacemaker neurons for visual photoentrainment in Drosophila

(2018) Meng-Tong Li et al.   Nature Communications

Characterisation, analysis of expression and localisation of circadian clock genes from the perspective of photoperiodism in the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2017) Miquel Barberà et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A New Rhodopsin Influences Light-dependent Daily Activity Patterns of Fruit Flies

(2017) Christa Kistenpfennig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

A Tug-of-War between Cryptochrome and the Visual System Allows the Adaptation of Evening Activity to Long Photoperiods in Drosophila melanogaster

(2017) Christa Kistenpfennig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Drosophila Rhodopsin 7 can partially replace the structural role of Rhodopsin 1, but not its physiological function

(2017) Rudi Grebler et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

A rhodopsin in the brain functions in circadian photoentrainment in Drosophila

(2017) Jinfei D. Ni et al.   NATURE

A Series of Suppressive Signals within the Drosophila Circadian Neural Circuit Generates Sequential Daily Outputs

(2017) Xitong Liang et al.   NEURON

CRYPTOCHROME mediates behavioral executive choice in response to UV light

(2017) Lisa S. Baik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coordination between Differentially Regulated Circadian Clocks Generates Rhythmic Behavior

(2017) Deniz Top et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A damping circadian clock drives weak oscillations in metabolism and locomotor activity of aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

(2017) Katharina Beer et al.   Scientific Reports

Neuronal circadian clock protein oscillations are similar in behaviourally rhythmic forager honeybees and in arrhythmic nurses

(2017) T. Fuchikawa et al.   Open Biology

Peptidergic circadian clock circuits in the Madeira cockroach

(2016) Monika Stengl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Four of the sixDrosophilarhodopsin-expressing photoreceptors can mediate circadian entrainment in low light

(2016) Alexandra Saint-Charles et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Functions of corazonin and histamine in light entrainment of the circadian pacemaker in the Madeira cockroach,Rhyparobia maderae

(2016) Andreas Arendt et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Pea Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Have Diurnal Rhythms When Raised Independently of a Host Plant

(2016) Jens Joschinski et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

M1 ipRGCs Influence Visual Function through Retrograde Signaling in the Retina

(2016) C. L. Prigge et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Neural Network Underlying Circadian Entrainment and Photoperiodic Adjustment of Sleep and Activity in Drosophila

(2016) M. Schlichting et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Circadian neuron feedback controls the Drosophila sleep–activity profile

(2016) Fang Guo et al.   NATURE

Synchronous Drosophila circadian pacemakers display nonsynchronous Ca2+ rhythms in vivo

(2016) X. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Neuronal Organization of Deep Brain Opsin Photoreceptors in Adult Teleosts

(2016) Chong Yee Hang et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Rhodopsin 7–The unusual Rhodopsin inDrosophila

(2016) Pingkalai R. Senthilan et al.   PeerJ

Visual circuits in flies: beginning to see the whole picture

(2015) Rudy Behnia et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

An extended family of novel vertebrate photopigments is widely expressed and displays a diversity of function

(2015) Wayne I.L. Davies et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Functional circadian clock genes are essential for the overwintering diapause of the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens

(2015) M. E. Meuti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Acetylcholine from Visual Circuits Modulates the Activity of Arousal Neurons in Drosophila

(2015) N. I. Muraro et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

CRYPTOCHROME-mediated phototransduction by modulation of the potassium ion channel β-subunit redox sensor

(2015) Keri J. Fogle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How does the circadian clock tick in the Madeira cockroach?

(2015) Monika Stengl et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Green-sensitive opsin is the photoreceptor for photic entrainment of an insect circadian clock

(2015) Sayaka Komada et al.   Zoological Letters

Differential contributions of intra-cellular and inter-cellular mechanisms to the spatial and temporal architecture of the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian circuitry in wild-type, cryptochrome-null and vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 2-null mutant

(2014) S. Pauls et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Moonlight Detection by Drosophila’s Endogenous Clock Depends on Multiple Photopigments in the Compound Eyes

(2014) Matthias Schlichting et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

From Neurogenetic Studies in the Fly Brain to a Concept in Circadian Biology

(2014) Charlotte Helfrich-Förster   JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS

Chronobiology of Crickets: A Review

(2014) Kenji Tomioka   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Dual PDF Signaling Pathways Reset Clocks Via TIMELESS and Acutely Excite Target Neurons to Control Circadian Behavior

(2014) Adam Seluzicki et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

PDF neuron firing phase-shifts key circadian activity neurons in Drosophila

(2014) Fang Guo et al.   eLife

Candidates for the light entrainment pathway to the circadian clock of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae

(2013) Julia Schendzielorz et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Circadian Pacemaking in Cells and Circuits of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

(2013) M. H. Hastings et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Fly cryptochrome and the visual system

(2013) G. Mazzotta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exquisite Light Sensitivity of Drosophila melanogaster Cryptochrome

(2013) Pooja Vinayak et al.   PLoS Genetics

Phase-Shifting the Fruit Fly Clock without Cryptochrome

(2012) Christa Kistenpfennig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Rhodopsin 5– and Rhodopsin 6–Mediated Clock Synchronization in Drosophila melanogaster Is Independent of Retinal Phospholipase C-β Signaling

(2012) Joanna Szular et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Autoreceptor Control of Peptide/Neurotransmitter Corelease from PDF Neurons Determines Allocation of Circadian Activity in Drosophila

(2012) Charles Choi et al.   Cell Reports

Pigment-Dispersing Factor Affects Nocturnal Activity Rhythms, Photic Entrainment, and the Free-Running Period of the Circadian Clock in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

(2011) Ehab Hassaneen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

CRYPTOCHROME Is a Blue-Light Sensor That Regulates Neuronal Firing Rate

(2011) K. J. Fogle et al.   SCIENCE

Effect of photoperiod on clock gene expression and subcellular distribution of PERIOD in the circadian clock neurons of the blow fly Protophormia terraenovae

(2010) Fumiaki Muguruma et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Identification and characterization of circadian clock genes in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) T. Cortés et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Implementation of pigment-dispersing factor-immunoreactive neurons in a standardized atlas of the brain of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

(2010) Hongying Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

A comparative view of insect circadian clock systems

(2009) Kenji Tomioka et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The clock gene cryptochrome of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in strains with different mating times

(2009) T Fuchikawa et al.   HEREDITY

Pigment Dispersing Factor: An Output Regulator of the Circadian Clock in the German Cockroach

(2009) Chi-Mei Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Circadian Expression of Clock Genes in Two Mosquito Disease Vectors: cry2 Is Different

(2009) Carla Gentile et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

The Neuropeptide Pigment-Dispersing Factor Adjusts Period and Phase of Drosophila's Clock

(2009) T. Yoshii et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Photon capture and signalling by melanopsin retinal ganglion cells

(2009) Michael Tri H. Do et al.   NATURE

Mapping the cellular network of the circadian clock in two cockroach species

(2008) Chih‐Jen Wen et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Large Ventral Lateral Neurons Modulate Arousal and Sleep in Drosophila

(2008) Vasu Sheeba et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of circadian clock genes in insects

(2008) F. Sandrelli et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Blue-Light Photoreceptor CRYPTOCHROME Is Expressed in a Subset of Circadian Oscillator Neurons in the Drosophila CNS

(2008) Juliana Benito et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Cryptochrome is present in the compound eyes and a subset ofDrosophila's clock neurons

(2008) Taishi Yoshii et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Characterization of PDF-immunoreactive neurons in the optic lobe and cerebral lobe of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

(2008) Salaheldin Abdelsalam et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Switch of rhodopsin expression in terminally differentiated Drosophila sensory neurons

(2008) Simon G. Sprecher et al.   NATURE

Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

(2008) Ali D. Güler et al.   NATURE

PDF Cells Are a GABA-Responsive Wake-Promoting Component of the Drosophila Sleep Circuit

(2008) Katherine M. Parisky et al.   NEURON

Retina-clock relations dictate nocturnal to diurnal behaviors

(2008) D. S. McNeill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-arousal and circadian photoreception circuits intersect at the large PDF cells of the Drosophila brain

(2008) Y. Shang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cryptochromes Define a Novel Circadian Clock Mechanism in Monarch Butterflies That May Underlie Sun Compass Navigation

(2008) Haisun Zhu et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Circadian- and Light-Dependent Regulation of Resting Membrane Potential and Spontaneous Action Potential Firing of Drosophila Circadian Pacemaker Neurons

(2007) Vasu Sheeba et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY