Ph.D. University College London,
London
My research focuses on understanding neuronal arrangements and interactions
that underlie sensorimotor control systems and pathways that mediate
learning and memory of spatial relationships. Three main research projects
in my laboratory are (1) the elucidation of the cellular and functional
organization of the insect visual system; (2) the functional and structural
analysis of brain regions involved in learning and memory; (3) brain
evolution in arthropods.
Sinakevitch I, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2006. Comparison
of octopamine-like immunoreactivity in the brains of the fruit fly
and blow fly. J Comp Neurol, 494:460-75
Sztarker J, Strausfeld NJ, Tomsic D. Dec 2005. Organization
of optic lobes that support motion detection in a semiterrestrial
crab. J Comp Neurol, 493:396-411
Sjoholm M, Sinakevitch I, Ignell R, Strausfeld NJ,
Hansson BS. Oct 2005. Organization of Kenyon cells in subdivisions
of the mushroom bodies of a lepidopteran insect. J Comp Neurol,
491:290-304
Sinakevitch I, Niwa M, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 2005.
Octopamine-like immunoreactivity in the honey bee and cockroach: comparable
organization in the brain and subesophageal ganglion. J Comp Neurol,
488:233-54
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. May 2005. Sign-conserving
amacrine neurons in the fly's external plexiform layer. Vis Neurosci,
22:345-58
Pinter M, Lent DD, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2005. Memory
consolidation and gene expression in Periplaneta americana.
Learn Mem,2005 Jan 12;
Larsson MC, Hansson BS, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 2004.
A simple mushroom body in an African scarabid beetle. J Comp Neurol,
478:219
Higgins CM, Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Jul 2004.
The computational basis of an identified neuronal circuit for elementary
motion detection in dipterous insects. Vis Neurosci, 21:567-86
Farris SM, Abrams AI, Strausfeld NJ. Jun 2004. Development
and morphology of class II Kenyon cells in the mushroom bodies of
the honey bee, Apis mellifera. J Comp Neurol, 474:325-39
Sinakevitch I, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2004. Chemical
neuroanatomy of the fly's movement detection pathway. J Comp Neurol,
468:6-23
Kwon HW, Lent DD, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2004. Spatial
learning in the restrained American cockroach Periplaneta americana.
J Exp Biol, 207:377-83
Sinakevitch I, Douglass JK, Scholtz G, Loesel R, Strausfeld
NJ. Dec 2003. Conserved and convergent organization in the
optic lobes of insects and isopods, with reference to other crustacean
taxa. J Comp Neurol, 467:150-72
Strausfeld NJ, Sinakevitch I, Vilinsky I. Oct 2003.
The mushroom bodies of Drosophila melanogaster: an immunocytological
and golgi study of Kenyon cell organization in the calyces and lobes.
Microsc Res Tech, 62:151-69
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 2003. Anatomical
organization of retinotopic motion-sensitive pathways in the optic
lobes of flies. Microsc Res Tech, 62:132-50
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Mar 2003. Retinotopic
pathways providing motion-selective information to the lobula from
peripheral elementary motion-detecting circuits. J Comp Neurol,
457:326-44
Farris SM, Strausfeld NJ. Feb 2003. A unique mushroom
body substructure common to basal cockroaches and to termites. J
Comp Neurol, 456:305-20
Strausfeld NJ. Aug 2002. Organization of the honey
bee mushroom body: representation of the calyx within the vertical
and gamma lobes. J Comp Neurol, 450:4-33
Sinakevitch I, Farris SM, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 2001.
Taurine-, aspartate- and glutamate-like immunoreactivity identifies
chemically distinct subdivisions of Kenyon cells in the cockroach
mushroom body. J Comp Neurol, 439:352-67
Farris SM, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 2001. Development
of laminar organization in the mushroom bodies of the cockroach: Kenyon
cell proliferation, outgrowth, and maturation. J Comp Neurol,
439:331-51
Jablonski PG, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2001. Exploitation
of an ancient escape circuit by an avian predator: relationships between
taxon-specific prey escape circuits and the sensitivity to visual
cues from the predator. Brain Behav Evol, 58:218-40
Campbell HR, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 2001. Learned discrimination
of pattern orientation in walking flies. J Exp Biol, 204:1-14
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Sep 2000. Optic flow
representation in the optic lobes of Diptera: modeling innervation
matrices onto collators and their evolutionary implications. J
Comp Physiol [A], 186:799-811
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Sep 2000. Optic flow
representation in the optic lobes of Diptera: modeling the role of
T5 directional tuning properties. J Comp Physiol [A], 186:783-97
Jablonski PG, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 2000. Exploitation
of an ancient escape circuit by an avian predator: prey sensitivity
to model predator display in the field. Brain Behav Evol,
56:94-106
Wicklein M, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 2000. Organization
and significance of neurons that detect change of visual depth in
the hawk moth Manduca sexta. J Comp Neurol, 424:356-76
Strausfeld NJ, Homberg U, Kloppenburg P. Aug 2000.
Parallel organization in honey bee mushroom bodies by peptidergic
Kenyon cells. J Comp Neurol, 424:179-95
Strausfeld NJ, Hildebrand JG. Oct 1999. Olfactory
systems: common design, uncommon origins?. Curr Opin Neurobiol,
9:634-9
Li Y, Strausfeld NJ. Jul 1999. Multimodal efferent
and recurrent neurons in the medial lobes of cockroach mushroom bodies.
J Comp Neurol, 409:647-63
Strausfeld NJ, Li Y. Jul 1999. Representation of
the calyces in the medial and vertical lobes of cockroach mushroom
bodies. J Comp Neurol, 409:626-46
Strausfeld NJ, Li Y. Jul 1999. Organization of olfactory
and multimodal afferent neurons supplying the calyx and pedunculus
of the cockroach mushroom bodies. J Comp Neurol, 409:603-25
Strausfeld NJ. Jan 1999. A brain region in insects
that supervises walking. Prog Brain Res, 123:273-84
Mizunami M, Weibrecht JM, Strausfeld NJ. Dec 1998.
Mushroom bodies of the cockroach: their participation in place memory.
J Comp Neurol, 402:520-37
Mizunami M, Okada R, Li Y, Strausfeld NJ. Dec 1998.
Mushroom bodies of the cockroach: activity and identities of neurons
recorded in freely moving animals. J Comp Neurol, 402:501-19
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Jun 1998. Functionally
and anatomically segregated visual pathways in the lobula complex
of a calliphorid fly. J Comp Neurol, 396:84-104
Strausfeld NJ, Hansen L, Li Y, Gomez RS, Ito K.
May 1998. Evolution, discovery, and interpretations of arthropod mushroom
bodies. Learn Mem, 5:11-37
Ito K, Suzuki K, Estes P, Ramaswami M, Yamamoto D, Strausfeld
NJ. May 1998. The organization of extrinsic neurons and their
implications in the functional roles of the mushroom bodies in Drosophila
melanogaster Meigen. Learn Mem, 5:52-77
Strausfeld NJ. Jan 1998. Crustacean-insect relationships:
the use of brain characters to derive phylogeny amongst segmented
invertebrates. Brain Behav Evol, 52:186-206
Li Y, Strausfeld NJ. Nov 1997. Morphology and sensory
modality of mushroom body extrinsic neurons in the brain of the cockroach,
Periplaneta americana. J Comp Neurol, 387:631-50
Buschbeck EK, Strausfeld NJ. Jul 1997. The relevance
of neural architecture to visual performance: phylogenetic conservation
and variation in Dipteran visual systems. J Comp Neurol,
383:282-304
Buschbeck EK, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 1996. Visual motion-detection
circuits in flies: small-field retinotopic elements responding to
motion are evolutionarily conserved across taxa. J Neurosci,
16:4563-78
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 1996. Visual motion-detection
circuits in flies: parallel direction- and non-direction-sensitive
pathways between the medulla and lobula plate. J Neurosci,
16:4551-62
Strausfeld NJ, Kong A, Milde JJ, Gilbert C, Ramaiah
L. Oct 1995. Oculomotor control in calliphorid flies: GABAergic organization
in heterolateral inhibitory pathways. J Comp Neurol, 361:298-320
Gilbert C, Gronenberg W, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1995.
Oculomotor control in calliphorid flies: head movements during activation
and inhibition of neck motor neurons corroborate neuroanatomical predictions.
J Comp Neurol, 361:285-97
Gronenberg W, Milde JJ, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1995.
Oculomotor control in calliphorid flies: organization of descending
neurons to neck motor neurons responding to visual stimuli. J
Comp Neurol, 361:267-84
Douglass JK, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 1995. Visual motion
detection circuits in flies: peripheral motion computation by identified
small-field retinotopic neurons. J Neurosci, 15:5596-611
Yang MY, Armstrong JD, Vilinsky I, Strausfeld NJ,
Kaiser K. Jul 1995. Subdivision of the Drosophila mushroom
bodies by enhancer-trap expression patterns. Neuron, 15:45-54
Armstrong JD, Kaiser K, Muller A, Fischbach KF, Merchant N, Strausfeld
NJ. Jul 1995. Flybrain, an on-line atlas and database of
the Drosophila nervous system. Neuron, 15:17-20
Strausfeld NJ, Weltzien P, Barth FG. Feb 1993. Two
visual systems in one brain: neuropils serving the principal eyes
of the spider Cupiennius salei. J Comp Neurol, 328:63-75
Strausfeld NJ, Barth FG. Feb 1993. Two visual systems
in one brain: neuropils serving the secondary eyes of the spider Cupiennius
salei. J Comp Neurol, 328:43-62
Gilbert C, Strausfeld NJ. Feb 1992. Small-field
neurons associated with oculomotor and optomotor control in muscoid
flies: functional organization. J Comp Neurol, 316:72-86
Strausfeld NJ, Gilbert C. Feb 1992. Small-field
neurons associated with oculomotor control in muscoid flies: cellular
organization in the lobula plate. J Comp Neurol, 316:56-71
Gronenberg W, Strausfeld NJ. Feb 1992. Premotor
descending neurons responding selectively to local visual stimuli
in flies. J Comp Neurol, 316:87-103
Gronenberg W, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1991. Descending
pathways connecting the male-specific visual system of flies to the
neck and flight motor. J Comp Physiol [A], 169:413-26
Gilbert C, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1991. The functional
organization of male-specific visual neurons in flies. J Comp
Physiol [A], 169:395-411
Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1991. Structural organization
of male-specific visual neurons in calliphorid optic lobes. J
Comp Physiol [A], 169:379-93
Strausfeld NJ, Lee JK. Jul 1991. Neuronal basis
for parallel visual processing in the fly. Vis Neurosci,
7:13-33
Gronenberg W, Strausfeld NJ. Dec 1990. Descending
neurons supplying the neck and flight motor of Diptera: physiological
and anatomical characteristics. J Comp Neurol, 302:973-91
Strausfeld NJ, Gronenberg W. Dec 1990. Descending
neurons supplying the neck and flight motor of Diptera: organization
and neuroanatomical relationships with visual pathways. J Comp
Neurol, 302:954-72
Lee JK, Strausfeld NJ. Aug 1990. Structure, distribution
and number of surface sensilla and their receptor cells on the olfactory
appendage of the male moth Manduca sexta. J Neurocytol, 19:519-38
Milde JJ, Strausfeld NJ. Apr 1990. Cluster organization
and response characteristics of the giant fiber pathway of the blowfly
Calliphora erythrocephala. J Comp Neurol, 294:59-75
Kanzaki R, Arbas EA, Strausfeld NJ, Hildebrand JG.
Aug 1989. Physiology and morphology of projection neurons in the antennal
lobe of the male moth Manduca sexta. J Comp Physiol [A],
165:427-53
Bassemir UK, Strausfeld NJ. Dec 1983. Cytology of
cobalt-filled neurons in flies: cobalt deposits at presynaptic and
postsynaptic sites, mitochondria and the cytoskeleton. J Neurocytol,
12:949-70
Strausfeld NJ, Bassemir UK. Dec 1983. Cobalt-coupled
neurons of a giant fibre system in Diptera. J Neurocytol,
12:971-91
Duve H, Thorpe A, Strausfeld NJ. Oct 1983. Cobalt-immunocytochemical
identification of peptidergic neurons in Calliphora innervating
central and peripheral targets. J Neurocytol, 12:847-61
Nassel DR, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 1982. A pair of descending
neurons with dendrites in the optic lobes projecting directly to thoracic
ganglia of dipterous insects. Cell Tissue Res, 226:355-62
Strausfeld NJ, Singh RN. Jan 1980. Peripheral and
central nervous system projections in normal and mutant (bithorax)
Drosophila melanogaster. Basic Life Sci, 16:267-91
Strasufeld NJ, Hausen K. Dec 1977. The resolution
of neuronal assemblies after cobalt injection into neuropil. Proc
R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 199:463-76
Strausfeld NJ, Campos-Ortega JA. Mar 1977. Vision
in insects: pathways possibly underlying neural adaptation and lateral
inhibition. Science, 195:894-7
Strausfeld NJ, Campos-Ortega JA. Sep 1973. The L4
monopolar neurone: a substrate for lateral interaction in the visual
system of the fly Musca domestica (L.). Brain Res,
59:97-117
Campos-Ortega JA, Strausfeld NJ. Sep 1973. Synaptic
connections of intrinsic cells and basket arborizations in the external
plexiform layer of the fly's eye. Brain Res, 59:119-36
Strausfeld NJ, Campos-Ortega JA. May 1973. L3, the
3rd 2nd order neuron of the 1st visual ganglion in the "neural
superposition" eye of Musca domestica. Z Zellforsch
Mikrosk Anat, 139:397-403
Campos-Ortega JA, Strausfeld NJ. Jan 1972. The columnar
organization of the second synaptic region of the visual system of
Musca domestica. L. I. Receptor terminals in the medulla.
Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat, 124:561-85
