Plasticity in animal behaviour relies on the ability to integrate external and internal cues from
the changing environment and hence modulate activity in synaptic circuits of the brain. This …

Hormones regulate development, as well as many vital processes in the daily life of an
animal. Many of these hormones are peptides that act at a higher hierarchical level in the …

Conventional approaches to identify secreted factors that regulate homeostasis are limited
in their abilities to identify the tissues/cells of origin and destination. We established a …

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an established model organism in chronobiology,
because genetic manipulation and breeding in the laboratory are easy. The circadian clock …

Circadian rhythms are physical, behavioral and environmental cycles that respond primarily
to light and dark, with a period of time of approximately 24 h. The most essential …

Regulation of circadian behavior and physiology by the Drosophila brain clock requires
communication from central clock neurons to downstream output regions, but the …

Many behaviors exhibit~ 24-h oscillations under control of an endogenous circadian timing
system that tracks time of day via a molecular circadian clock. In the fruit fly, Drosophila …

Behavioral flexibility is an important cornerstone for the ecological success of animals.
Social Cataglyphis nodus ants with their age‐related polyethism characterized by age …

Animals invest crucial resources in foraging to support development, sustenance, and
reproduction. Foraging and feeding behaviors are rhythmically expressed by most insects …

Circadian clocks align various behaviors such as locomotor activity, sleep/wake, feeding,
and mating to times of day that are most adaptive. How rhythmic information in pacemaker …