The insect central complex as model for heterochronic brain development—background, concepts, and tools

Neuroethology: Unweaving the Senses of Direction

(2015) Stanley Heinze   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Evolution of Early Neurogenesis

(2015) Volker Hartenstein et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Conservation and evolutionary modifications of neuroblast expression patterns in insects

(2014) Lucia Biffar et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gene knockout by targeted mutagenesis in a hemimetabolous insect, the two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, using TALENs

(2014) Takahito Watanabe et al.   METHODS

A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

(2014) Kei Ito et al.   NEURON

iBeetle-Base: a database for RNAi phenotypes in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2014) Jürgen Dönitz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Organization and Functional Roles of the Central Complex in the Insect Brain

(2013) Keram Pfeiffer et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Tc-knirps plays different roles in the specification of antennal and mandibular parasegment boundaries and is regulated by a pair-rule gene in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2013) Andrew D Peel et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Timelines in the insect brain: fates of identified neural stem cells generating the central complex in the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

(2013) George Boyan et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Neuropeptidome ofTribolium castaneumantennal lobes and mushroom bodies

(2013) Marlene Binzer et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Diverse neuronal lineages make stereotyped contributions to theDrosophilalocomotor control center, the central complex

(2013) Jacob S. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Combinatorial temporal patterning in progenitors expands neural diversity

(2013) Omer Ali Bayraktar et al.   NATURE

A visual motion detection circuit suggested by Drosophila connectomics

(2013) Shin-ya Takemura et al.   NATURE

Early-born neurons in type II neuroblast lineages establish a larval primordium and integrate into adult circuitry during central complex development in Drosophila

(2013) Nadia Riebli et al.   Neural Development

Correction: Integration of Transcriptome, Proteome and Metabolism Data Reveals the Alkaloids Biosynthesis in Macleaya cordata and Macleaya microcarpa

(2013) Jianguo Zeng et al.   PLoS One

Deep Homology of Arthropod Central Complex and Vertebrate Basal Ganglia

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

Heat shock-mediated misexpression of genes in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2012) Johannes Benno Schinko et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Programmed cell death in type II neuroblast lineages is required for central complex development in the Drosophila brain

(2012) Yanrui Jiang et al.   Neural Development

A GAL4-Driver Line Resource for Drosophila Neurobiology

(2012) Arnim Jenett et al.   Cell Reports

Embryonic development of the insect central complex: Insights from lineages in the grasshopper and Drosophila

(2011) George Boyan et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Brain organization in Collembola (springtails)

(2011) Martin Kollmann et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Multipotent neural stem cells generate glial cells of the central complex through transit amplifying intermediate progenitors in Drosophila brain development

(2011) Gudrun Viktorin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Functional genomics identifies neural stem cell sub-type expression profiles and genes regulating neuroblast homeostasis

(2011) Travis D. Carney et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms for complexity in the brain: generating the insect central complex

(2011) George S. Boyan et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals

(2011) Patrick RH Steinmetz et al.   EvoDevo

Candidate Gene Screen in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Reveals Six3 as Ancient Regulator of Anterior Median Head and Central Complex Development

(2011) Nico Posnien et al.   PLoS Genetics

Functionality of the GAL4/UAS system in Tribolium requires the use of endogenous core promoters

(2010) Johannes B Schinko et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Profiling by Image Registration Reveals Common Origin of Annelid Mushroom Bodies and Vertebrate Pallium

(2010) Raju Tomer et al.   CELL

Proliferative cell types in embryonic lineages of the central complex of the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

(2010) George Boyan et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Imaging of Transgenic Cricket Embryos Reveals Cell Movements Consistent with a Syncytial Patterning Mechanism

(2010) Taro Nakamura et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Drosophila neural lineages: a model system to study brain development and circuitry

(2010) Shana R. Spindler et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Lineage-based analysis of the development of the central complex of the drosophila brain

(2010) Wayne Pereanu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Drosophila type II neuroblast lineages keep Prospero levels low to generate large clones that contribute to the adult brain central complex

(2010) Omer Bayraktar et al.   Neural Development

Expression patterns of neural genes in Euperipatoides kanangrensis suggest divergent evolution of onychophoran and euarthropod neurogenesis

(2010) B. J. Eriksson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps

(2009) Jochen Trauner et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Ground plan of the insect mushroom body: Functional and evolutionary implications

(2009) Nicholas J. Strausfeld et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Arborization pattern ofEngrailed-positive neural lineages reveal neuromere boundaries in theDrosophilabrain neuropil

(2009) Abhilasha Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Anisometric brain dimorphism revisited: Implementation of a volumetric 3D standard brain inManduca sexta

(2009) Basil El Jundi et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Structure of the adult central complex inDrosophila: Organization of distinct neuronal subsets

(2009) J.M. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Building the central complex inDrosophila: The generation and development of distinct neural subsets

(2009) J.M. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system

(2008) Uwe Homberg   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Standardized atlas of the brain of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

(2008) Angela E. Kurylas et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

The Tumor Suppressors Brat and Numb Regulate Transit-Amplifying Neuroblast Lineages in Drosophila

(2008) Sarah K. Bowman et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Identification ofDrosophilatype II neuroblast lineages containing transit amplifying ganglion mother cells

(2008) Jason Q. Boone et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Amplification of neural stem cell proliferation by intermediate progenitor cells in Drosophila brain development

(2008) Bruno C Bello et al.   Neural Development

Tools for neuroanatomy and neurogenetics in Drosophila

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

Insights into neural stem cell biology from flies

(2007) B. Egger et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Filling the gap between identified neuroblasts and neurons in crustaceans adds new support for Tetraconata

(2007) P. Ungerer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES