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Martin Heisenberg
Researcher at University of Würzburg
Publications - 128
Citations - 16182
Martin Heisenberg is an academic researcher from University of Würzburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mushroom bodies & Kenyon cell. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 128 publications receiving 15222 citations. Previous affiliations of Martin Heisenberg include Martin University & Max Planck Society.
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Drosophila Mushroom Bodies Are Dispensable for Visual, Tactile, and Motor Learning
TL;DR: A total of 18 associative learning/memory tests have been applied to Drosophila melanogaster flies lacking mushroom bodies, finding only in paradigms involving chemosensory cues as conditioned stimuli have flies been compromised by a block in the mushroom body pathway.
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Expression of Drosophila mushroom body mutations in alternative genetic backgrounds: a case study of the mushroom body miniature gene (mbm)
J S de Belle,Martin Heisenberg +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that polymorphic gene interactions (in addition to ontogenetic factors) determine MB size and, concomitantly, the ability to recognize and learn odors.
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Tissue-specific expression of a type I adenylyl cyclase rescues the rutabaga mutant memory defect: in search of the engram.
TL;DR: This work has rescued the memory defect of the rutabaga mutant in a fast robust spatial learning paradigm by using pan-neural and restricted CNS expression with the GAL4 binary transcription activation system to determine in which CNS region AC expression is sufficient for memory formation.
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Conditioned visual flight orientation in Drosophila: dependence on age, practice, and diet.
TL;DR: Investigating the interindividual differences in learning performance in tethered flies describes here three significant variables: the age of the animals, their experience in the flight simulator prior to the experiment, and the composition of the fly food.
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Flies lacking all synapsins are unexpectedly healthy but are impaired in complex behaviour.
Tanja A. Godenschwege,Dietmar Reisch,Sören Diegelmann,Kai K. Eberle,Natalja Funk,Martin Heisenberg,Viviane Hoppe,Jürgen Hoppe,Bert R. E. Klagges,Jean-René Martin,E. A. Nikitina,Gabi Putz,Rita Reifegerste,Natascha Reisch,Jens Rister,Michael Schaupp,Henrike Scholz,Martin Schwärzel,Ursula Werner,Troy Zars,Sigrid Buchner,Erich Buchner +21 more
TL;DR: Drosophila synapsins play a significant role in nervous system function, which is subtle at the cellular level but manifests itself in complex behaviour as measured using three different paradigms.