Publications ("#" indicates undergraduate author)

  1. Zhang X, Coates K, Dacks AM, Günay C, Lauritzen JS, Li F, Calle-Schuler SA, Bock D, Gaudry Q. 2019. Local synaptic inputs support opposing, network-specific odor representations in a widely projecting modulatory neuron. eLife. 8:e46839.
  2. Lizbinski KM, Marsat G Dacks AM. 2018. Systematic analysis of transmitter co-expression reveals organizing principles of local interneuron heterogeneity. eNeuro. 5(5) e0212-18.2018. (featured on new research web ticker).
  3. Chapman PD, Burkland R, Bradley SP, Houot B, Bullman V#, Dacks AM, Daly KC. 2018. Flight Motor Networks Modulate Primary Olfactory Processing in the Moth Manduca sexta. PNAS. 115(21):5588-5593.
  4. Lizbinski KM, Dacks AM. 2018. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Neuromodulation of Olfactory Processing. Front Cell Neurosci. 11:424.
  5. Coates KE, Majot AT, Zhang X, Michael CT#, Spitzer SL#, Gaudry Q, Dacks AM. 2017. Identified serotonergic modulatory neurons have heterogeneous synaptic connectivity within the olfactory system of Drosophila. J Neurosci. 37(31):7318-7331. (Cover Article)
  6. Chapman PD, Bradley SP, Haught EJ#, Riggs KE#, Haffar MM#, Daly KC, and Dacks AM. 2017. Co-option of a Motor-to-Sensory Histaminergic Circuit Correlates with Insect Flight Biomechanics. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 284(1859).
  7. Sizemore TR, Dacks AM. 2016. Serotonergic Modulation Differentially Targets Distinct Network Elements within the Antennal Lobe of Drosophila melanogaster. Scientific Reports. 6:37119.
  8. Cropper E., Dacks AM, Weiss KR. 2016. Consequences of degeneracy in network function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 41:62–67.
  9. Ott B, Dacks AM, Ryan K, Rio RV.  2016. A Tale of Transmission: Aeromonas veronii Activity within Leech Exuded Mucus.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 18;82(9):2644-55. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00185-16 (Featured in Spotlights of Current Issue).
  10. Bradley SP, Chapman PD, Lizbinski KM, Daly KC, Dacks AM. 2016. A flight sensory-motor to olfactory processing circuit in the moth Manduca sexta. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 10:5, doi: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00005
  11. Lizbinski KM, Metheny JD, Bradley SP, Kesari A#, Dacks AM. 2016. The anatomical basis for modulatory convergence in the antennal lobe of Manduca sexta. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 524:1859-1875. doi: 10.1002/cne.23926
  12. Ott B, Cruciger M#, Dacks AM, Rio RV.  2014.  Hitchhiking of host biology by beneficial symbionts enhances transmission.  Scientific Reports. 4:5825.
  13. Dacks AM, Reale V, Pi Y#, Zhang W#, Dacks JB, Nighorn AJ, Evans PD.  2013. A Characterization of the Manduca sexta Serotonin Receptors in the Context of Olfactory Neuromodulation.  PLoS One.  8(7):e69422.
  14. Dacks AM, Weiss KR. 2013.  Release of a single neurotransmitter from an identified interneuron coherently affects motor output on multiple timescales.  The Journal of Neurophysiology.  109:2327-2334.  (Cover Article)
  15. Dacks AM, Weiss KR. 2013.  Latent modulation: A basis for non-disruptive promotion of two incompatible behaviors by a single network state. The Journal of Neuroscience. 33(9):3786-98.
  16. Dacks AM, Siniscalchi MJ, Weiss KR. 2012.  Removal of Default-State Associated Inhibition During Repetition Priming Improves Response Articulation.  The Journal of Neuroscience.  32 17740-17752.
  17. Dacks AM, Riffell JA, Martin JP, Gage SL, Nighorn AJ.  2012.  Olfactory modulation by dopamine in the context of aversive learning.  The Journal of Neurophysiology.  108(2):539-50. (Cover Article)
  18. Martin JP, Beyerlein A, Dacks AM, Riffell JA, Lei H, Hildebrand JG.  2011.  The neurobiology of insect olfaction: sensory processing in a comparative context.  Progress in Neurobiology.  95:427–447.
  19. Reisenman CE, Dacks AM, Hildebrand JG.  2011.  Local interneuron diversity in the primary olfactory center of the moth Manduca sexta.  The Journal of Comparative Physiology A.  197(6):653-65.
  20. Dacks AM, Nighorn AJ.  2011. The Organization of the Antennal Lobe Correlates Not Only with Phylogenetic Relationship, But Also Life History: A Basal Hymenopteran as Exemplar.  Chemical Senses.  36(2):209-20.  (Cover Article)
  21. Dacks AM, Reisenman CE, Paulk AC, Nighorn AJ.  2010. Histamine-Immunoreactive Local Neurons in the Antennal Lobes of the Hymenoptera.  The Journal of Comparative Neurology.  518:2917–2933.
  22. Dacks AM, Green DS, Root CM, Nighorn AJ, Wang JW.  2009.  Serotonin modulates olfactory processing in the antennal lobe of Drosophila.  The Journal of Neurogenetics. 23(4):366-77. 
  23. Paulk A, Dacks AM, Phillips-Portillo J, Fellous J-M, Gronenberg W.  2009.  Visual processing in the central bee brain.  The Journal of Neuroscience.  29(32):9987–9999.  (Cover Article)
  24. Paulk A, Dacks AM, Gronenberg W.  2009.  Color processing in the medulla of the bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus impatiens).  Journal of Comparative Neurology.  513(5):441-56.
  25. Paulk A, Phillips-Portillo J, Dacks AM, Fellous J-M, Gronenberg W.  2008.  The processing of color, motion, and stimulus timing are anatomically segregated in the bumblebee brain.  The Journal of Neuroscience. 28(25):6319-32.
  26. Dacks AM, Christensen TA, Hildebrand JG.  2008.  Modulation of Olfactory Processing in the Antennal Lobe of Manduca sexta by serotonin.  The Journal of Neurophysiology.  99(5):2077-85.
  27. Dacks AM, Dacks JB, Christensen TA, Nighorn AJ.  2006.  The cloning of one                   putative octopamine receptor and two putative serotonin receptors from the Tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta.  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.  36:741-747.
  28. Dacks AM, Christensen TA, Hildebrand JG.  2006.  The Phylogeny of a Serotonin-Immunoreactive Neuron in the Primary Olfactory Center of the Insect Brain.  The Journal of Comparative Neurology.   498:727-746.
  29. Dacks AM, Christensen TA, Agricola H-J, Wollweber L, Hildebrand JG.  2005.  Octopamine-immunoreactive neurons in the brain and subesophageal ganglion of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta.  The Journal of Comparative Neurology.  488(3):255-269.
  30. Dacks AM, Nickel T, Mitchell, B.  2003.  An examination of serotonin and feeding in the flesh fly Neobellieria bullata (Sarcophagidae: Diptera). The Journal of Insect Behavior.  16(1):1-21.