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1. Brembs B. (1990): Die Laichwanderung der Lachse – Ein kritischer Überblick mit besonderer Gewichtung der Orientierungsmechanismen. Facharbeit, Wirsberg-Gymnasium Würzburg.

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1. Brembs B. (1996): Chaos, cheating and cooperation: potential solutions to the Prisoner’s Dilemma. OIKOS 76, 14-24.
2. Brembs B. (1996): Classical and operant conditioning in Drosophila at the flight simulator. Diploma-Thesis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

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1. Brembs B.; Wolf R.; Heisenberg M. (1997): Is operant behavior facilitating classical conditioning of Drosophila at the flight simulator? In: Elsner N, Waessle H (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1997. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York: 652.

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1. Wolf R.; Brembs B.; Ernst R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): Classification of learning in tethered flying Drosophila. In: Elsner N and Wehner R (eds) New Neuroethology on the Move. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York: 111
2. Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): How different are operant and classical conditioning at the flight simulator? 5th International Congress of Neuroethology, San Diego, Ca.
3. Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): Operant and Classical Learning at the Flight Simulator: What is the Role of the Context? In: Elsner N and Wehner R (eds) New Neuroethology on the Move. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York: 514.

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1. Cutts C.J.; Brembs B.; Metcalfe N.B. and Taylor A.C. (1999): Prior residence, territory quality and life-history strategies in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). J. Fish. Biol. 55, 784-794.
2. Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1999): Classical Questions in an Operant Learning Paradigm. In: Elsner N and Eysel U (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1999. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York: 545.

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1. Brembs B. (2000): An Analysis of Associative Learning in Drosophila at the Flight Simulator. PhD Dissertation, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
2. Baxter D.A.; Cai Y.; Brembs B. and Byrne J.H. (2000): Simulating physiological and morphological properties of neurons with SNNAP (Simulator for Neural Networks and Action Potentials). Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 26:21.64.
3. Brembs B. and Heisenberg M. (2000): The Operant and the Classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator. Learn. Mem. 7, 104-115.

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1. Brembs B. and Heisenberg M. (2001): Conditioning with compound stimuli in Drosophila at the flight simulator. J. exp. Biol. 204, 2849-2859
2. Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning using self-stimulation in Aplysia. In: Kreutzberg GW and Elsner N (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 2001. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York
3. Baxter D.A.; Brembs B. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Learning and Memory.
4. Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia using self-stimulation. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 644.19
5. Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia. 6th International Congress of Neuroethology, Bonn, Germany.
6. Heisenberg M.; Wolf R. and Brembs B. (2001): Flexibility in a single behavioral variable of Drosophila. Learn. Mem. 8, 1-10
7. Brembs B. (2001): Hamilton’s Theory. In: Brenner, S. and Miller, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press, London, New York; pp. 906-910.

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1. Baier A.; Wittek B. and Brembs B. (2002): Drosophila as a new model organism for the neurobiology of aggression? J. exp. Biol. 205, 1233-1240.
2. Brembs B.; Lorenzetti F.D.; Reyes F.D.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2002): Operant Reward Learning in Aplysia: Neuronal Correlates and Mechanisms. Science 296, 1706-1709.

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1. Evans C.G; Jing J.; Proekt A., Brembs B.; Rosen S. and Cropper E.C. (2003): Frequency-dependent regulation of afferent transmission in the feeding circuitry of Aplysia. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 604.1.
2. Brembs B. (2003): Operant reward learning in Aplysia. Curr. Dir. Psychol. Sci. 12, 218-221.
3. Brembs B. (2003): Operant conditioning in invertebrates. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 13, 710-717.

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1. Brembs B.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2004): Extending in vitro conditioning in Aplysia to analyze operant and classical processes in the same preparation. 7th International Congress of Neuroethology, Nyborg, Denmark.
2. Carbon, C.C.; Leder, H.; Weber, J.; Sander, T.; Trahms, L.; Grueter, M.; Grueter, T.; Brembs, B. and Lueschow, A. (2004): Specific impairments of configural processing in prosopagnosics. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 200.23.
3. Brembs B.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2004): Extending in vitro conditioning in Aplysia to analyze operant and classical processes in the same preparation. Learn. Mem. 11, 412-420.

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1. Phillips A.M.; Smart R.; Strauss R.; Brembs B. and Kelly, L.E. (2005): The Drosophila black enigma: the molecular and behavioural characterization of the black1 mutant allele. Gene 351C, 131-142.
2. Brembs, B.; Maye, A. and Greggers, U. (2005): Order in spontaneous behavior. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 754.2.
3. Wiener, J.; Gerber, B.; Hempel de Ibarra, N.; Menzel, R. and Brembs, B. (2005): Occasion setting in Drosophila at the flight simulator. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 777.9

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1. Brembs, B.; Hsieh, C.; Sugihara, G. and Maye, A (2006): Do fruit flies have free will? FENS Abstr., vol.3, A233.7
2. Christiansen, F.; Pflüger, J.; Duch, C.; and Brembs, B. (2006): Profound flight performance deficit in Drosophila lacking octopamine. FENS Abstr., vol.3, A218.2
3. Brembs, B. (2006): Operant and classical components interact hierarchically in Drosophila predictive learning. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 813.26
4. Brembs B. and Wiener, J. (2006): Context generalization and occasion setting in Drosophila visual learning. Learn. Mem. 13, 618-628
5. Brembs, B. and Hempel de Ibarra, N. (2006): Different parameters support discrimination and generalization in Drosophila at the flight simulator. Learn. Mem. 13, 629-637
6. Menzel R.; Brembs, B. and Giurfa M. (2006): Cognition in Invertebrates. In: Kaas, J.H. (ed.) Evolution of Nervous Systems. Chapter No. 1.26. Academic Press, Oxford; pp. 403-422

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1. Maye, A.; Hsieh, C.; Sugihara, G. and Brembs, B. (2007): Order in spontaneous behavior. PLoS ONE 2(5): e443
2. Brembs, B.; Maye, A; Hsieh, C. and Sugihara, G. (2007): Do fruit flies have free will? 8th International Congress of Neuroethology, Vancouver, Canada
3. Brembs, B. (2007): Mushroom-bodies regulate habit formation in Drosophila. 8th International Congress of Neuroethology, Vancouver, Canada
4. Brembs, B.; Christiansen, F.: Pflüger, J and Duch, C. (2007): Flight motor performance deficits in flies with genetically altered biogenic amine levels. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 453.9 (talk)
5. Brembs, B.; Christiansen, F.: Pflüger, J and Duch, C. (2007): Flight initiation and maintenance deficits in flies with genetically altered biogenic amine levels. J. Neurosci. 27(41):11122–11131

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1. Brembs, B. (2008): Neurogenetic dissection of learning-by-doing in Drosophila. Gordon Research Conference “Genes & Behavior”, Barga, Italy
2. Brembs, B. (2008): Operant learning of Drosophila at the torque meter. J. Vis. Exp. 16. https://www.jove.com/index/Details.stp?ID=731, doi: 10.3791/731
3. Brembs, B. (2008): Mushroom-bodies regulate habit formation in Drosophila. FENS Abstr. vol.4, 134.2 (talk)
4. Brembs, B. and Plendl, W. (2008): Double dissociation of protein-kinase C and adenylyl cyclase manipulations on operant and classical learning in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 18(15):1168-1171.
5. Brembs, B. (2008): Double dissociation of protein-kinase C and adenylyl cyclase manipulations on operant and classical learning in Drosophila. 12th European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference, Würzburg, Germany
6. Brembs, B (2008): The neurobiology of operant learning: biophysical and molecular mechanisms in a hierarchical organization of multiple memory systems. Habilitation thesis, Freie Univerität Berlin
7. Brembs, B. (2008): Adenylyl cyclase and PKC differentiate operant and classical learning in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 792.12
8. Brembs B. (2008): Operant conditioning. In: Windhorst, U. Binder, M.D. and Hirokawa, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 3031-3033

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1. Brembs B. (2009): The importance of being active. J. Neurogen. 23(1): 120-126
2. van Swinderen, B and Brembs, B. (2009): Attention deficit and hyperactivity in a Drosophila memory mutant. Annual meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.
3. Brembs, B. (2009): Mushroom-bodies regulate habit formation in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 19(16): 1351-1355
4. Pflüger, HJ.; Vierk, R.; Kononenko, NL.; Brembs, B.; Stocker, B and Duch, C. (2009): Modulatory function of octopamine and tyramine in insects. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 178.8
5. Brembs, B. and van Swinderen, B. (2009): Attention deficit and hyperactivity in a Drosophila memory mutant. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 478.3
6. Rentinck, M.N.; Beuster, B. and Brembs, B. (2009): Mechanisms of plasticity in simple taxis behaviors in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 580.13
   

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1. Colomb, J. and Brembs, B. (2010): The biology of psychology: ‘simple’ conditioning. Comm. Integr. Biol. 3(2): 1-4
2. van Swinderen, B and Brembs, B. (2010): Attention deficit and hyperactivity in a Drosophila memory mutant. J. Neurosci. 30 (3), 1003-1014
3. Brembs B, Pauly D, Schade R, Mendoza E, Pflüger J, Rybak J, Scharff C, Zars T (2010): The Drosophila FoxP gene is necessary for operant self-learning: implications for the evolutionary origins of language. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 704.7
4. Colomb J, Brembs B (2010): The what and where of PKC action during operant learning in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 704.21
5. Colomb J, Mendoza E, Pauly D, Raja S, Brembs B (2010): The what and where of operant self-learning mechanisms in Drosophila. P279, 9th International Congress of Neuroethology, Salamanca, Spain
6. Brembs B, Rughöft S, Leinhoß K (2010): Unattractive males can sire attractive sons in Drosophila melanogaster. P 92, 9th International Congress of Neuroethology, Salamanca, Spain
7. Brembs, B. (2010): Q & A. Curr. Biol. 20(14) R588

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1. Brembs, B. (2011): Towards a scientific concept of free will as a biological trait: spontaneous actions and decision-making in invertebrates. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 278(1707), 930-939
2. Damrau C, Colomb J, Brembs B (2011): Does starvation-resistance in flies without octopamine explain differences in sucrose preference and learning? Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 615.11
3. Brembs B, Colomb J, Beuster B, Rentinck M-N (2011): Hide if you cannot fly? Behavioral plasticity in flightless Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 198.24
4. Colomb J, Beuster B, Rentinck M-N, Brembs B (2011): Hide or fly: phototaxis in flightless Drosophila. Göttingen Neurobiology Report, LP-T24-1B
5. Gilles M, Graf Y, Rughöft S, Leinhoß K, Brembs B (2011): Drosophila courtship: Male hybrid vigor after crossing isogenic lines? Göttingen Neurobiology Report, LP-T19-1B
6. Brembs B, Pauly D, Schade R, Mendoza E, Pflüger H-J, Rybak J, Scharff C, Zars T (2011): The Drosophila FoxP gene is necessary for operant self-learning: Implications for the evolutionary origins of language. Göttingen Neurobiology Report, LP-T25-1B
7. Brembs B. (2011): Spontaneous decisions and operant conditioning in fruit flies. Behav. Proc. 87(1):157-164

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1. Colomb J, Reiter L, Blaszkiewicz J, Wessnitzer J, Brembs B (2012): Open Source Tracking and Analysis of Adult Drosophila Locomotion in Buridan’s Paradigm with and without Visual Targets. PLoS ONE 7(8): e42247
2. Colomb J, Brembs B (2012): Identification and localization of the Protein Kinase C requirement for operant self-learning in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 582.23
3. Damrau C, Colomb J, Brembs B (2012): What role does octopamine play in behavioral control in Drosophila? Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 398.04
4. Damrau C, Colomb J, Brembs B (2012): Role of Octopamine in walking behavior and sucrose responsiveness. European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference (Neurofly), Padua, Italy
5. Colomb J, Brembs B (2012): The what and where of operant self-learning: PKC53e necessity in motorneurons? European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference (Neurofly), Padua, Italy
6. Raja S, Brembs B (2012): Identification of neural circuits required for spontaneous behavioral variability. 10th International Congress of Neuroethology, College Park, Maryland, USS
7. Colomb J, Brembs B (2012): PKC and dFoxP are necessary for operant self-learning. FENS Abstr., Volume 6, p022.06
8. Mendoza E, Colomb J, Rybak J, Pflüger H-J, Zars T, Scharff C, Brembs B (2012): The Drosophila FoxP gene is required for operant self-learning: implications for the evolution of language acquisition. In: The Evolution of Language (eds.: Scott-Phillips TC, Tamariz M, Cartmill EA, Hurford JR), Proceedings of the 9^th international conference (EVOLANG9), Kyoto, Japan, World Scientific, 500-501

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1. Gorostiza EA, Brembs B (2015): Double dissociation of octopamine and dopamine on choice behavior in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 530.14
2. Rohrsen C, Raja S, Brembs B (2015): Are the neural circuits controlling the temporal structure of spontaneous actions involved in operant self-learning? Neurosci. Abstr., 630.06
3. Rahman R, Chirn G, Kanodia A, Sytnikova YA, Brembs B, Bergman CM, and Lau NC (2015): Unique transposon landscapes are pervasive across Drosophila melanogaster Nucl. Acids Res. 43 (22): 10655-10672 (doi:10.1093/nar/gkv1193)

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1. Colomb J, Brembs B. (2016): PKC in motorneurons underlies self-learning, a form of motor learning in Drosophila. PeerJ 4:e1971 (doi:10.7717/peerj.1971)
2. Rohrsen C, de Bivort B, Brembs B (2016): A fine-grained analysis of dopamine as a reinforcer of operant behavior in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 642.24
3. Gorostiza EA, Steymans I, Brembs B (2016): Do flies in groups make individual choices? Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 160.11
4. Gorostiza EA, Colomb J, Brembs B (2016): A decision underlies phototaxis in an insect. Royal Society Open Biology 6: 160229 (DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160229 )
5. Brembs B. (2016): We have no choice but to cancel all subscriptions. REVY 39(3): 24.

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1. Brembs B (2017): Operant Behavior in Model Systems. In: Menzel R (ed.) Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference 2E, Elsevier. (DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21032-8)
2. Brembs B (2017): Genetic analysis of behavior in Drosophila. In: Byrne JH (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Invertebrate Neurobiology. Oxford University Press (DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190456757.013.37)
3. Kraker P, Enkhbayar A, Schramm M, Kittel C, Chamberlain S, Skaug M, Brembs B (2017): Open Knowledge Maps: A Visual Interface to the World’s Scientific Knowledge. Open Science Conference, Berlin.
4. Benjamin D, Berger J, Johannesson M, Nosek B, Wagenmakers EJ, Berk R, Bollen K, Brembs B, Brown L, Camerer C, Cesarini D, Chambers C, Clyde M, Cook T, De Boeck P, Dienes Z, Dreber A, Easwaran K, Efferson C, Fehr E, Fidler F, Field A, Forster M, George E, Gonzalez R, Goodman S, Green E, Green D, Greenwald A, Hadfield J, Hedges LV, Held L, Ho T, Hoijtink H, Jones JH, Hruschka DJ, Imai K, Imbens G, Ioannidis JPA, Jeon M, Kirchler M, Laibson D, List J, Little R, Lupia A, Machery E, Maxwell S, McCarthy M, Moore D, Morgan S, Munafo M, Nakagawa S, Nyhan B, Parker T, Pericchi L, Perugini M, Rouder J, Rousseau J, Savalei V, Schoenbrodt F, Sellke T, Sinclair B, Tingley D, Van Zandt T, Vazire S, Watts D, Winship C, Wolpert RL, Xie Y, Young C, Zinman J, Johnson V (2017): Redefine statistical significance. Nat Hum Behav, doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0189-z
5. Holcombe A. and Brembs B. (2017): Open Access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal. Times Higher Education, December 27, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/open-access-germany-best-deal-no-deal
6. Brembs B, Sun W (2017): Searching for the genetic components of long-term memory for operant self-learning in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 317.01

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2018

1. Eriksson AE, Palazzo O, Brembs B (2018): CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing of the FoxP locus in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 407.23
2. Rohrsen C, Brembs B. (2018): Neurobiological mechanisms of spontaneous behavior and operant feedback in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 152.09
3. Rohrsen C, Koparkar A, Bianchini G, Agrawal N, Bedi S, Brembs B (2018): Neurobiological mechanisms of spontaneous behavior and operant feedback in Drosophila. FENS Abstr., F050
4. Brembs B, Sun W (2018): Searching for more genetic components of operant self-learning in Drosophila. FENS Abstr., F18-1976
5. Brembs B., Heisenberg, M. (2018): Der Zufall als kreatives Element in Gehirn und Verhalten. In: U. Herkenrath (ed.) Zufall in der belebten Natur, Verlag Roman Kovar, Hennef, pp. 80–94
6. Brembs B. (2018): Prestigious science journals struggle to reach even average reliability. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 12:37. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00037
7. Damrau C, Toshima N, Tanimura T, Brembs B, Colomb J (2018): Octopamine and Tyramine contribute separately to the counterregulatory response to sugar deficit in Drosophila. Front Syst. Neurosci. 11:100
8. Brembs B (2018): Automated linked open data. Big Data Day, Universität Regensburg
9. Brembs B (2018): Auftrag und Selbstverständnis der Hochschllehrer in Zeiten alternativer Fakten. LaborJournal 10-2018, 24-27

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2019

1. Welpe I, Brembs B (2019): Pseudowettbewerbe und künstliche Märkte. Forschung & Lehre 5/19, 422-424
2. Eriksson AE, Brembs B (2019): Screening for neuronal substrate of the inhibitory interaction between two genetically different learning systems in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 419.14
3. Palazzo O, Eriksson AE, Raß M, Schäfer N, Pauly D, Brembs B (2019): CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing of the FoxP locus in Drosophila melanogaster. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 419.08
4. Brembs B. (2019): Reliable novelty: New should not trump true. PLOS Biology, 17(2), e3000117. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000117
5. Werkhoven Z, Rohrsen C, Brembs B, de Bivort, B (2019): MARGO (Massively Automated Real-time GUI for Object-tracking), a platform for high-throughput ethology. PLoS One 14(11): e0224243

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2020

1. Wolf R, Heisenberg M, Brembs B, Waddell S, Mishra A, Kehrer A, Simenson A (2020): Memory, anticipation, action – working with Troy D. Zars. J Neurogenet. 34(1): 9-20. DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1715976
   
2. Brembs B (2020): The brain as a dynamically active system. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 564: 55-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.011
3. Palazzo O, Rass M, Brembs B (2020): Identification of FoxP circuits involved in locomotion and object fixation in Drosophila. Open Biol. 10(12): 200295. DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200295.

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2021

1. Damrau C, Colomb J, Brembs B (2021): Sensitivity to expression levels underlies differential dominance of a putative null allele of the Drosophila tßh gene in behavioral phenotypes. PLoS Biol. 19(5):e3001228. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001228
2. Grossmann A, Brembs B (2021): Current market rates for scholarly publishing services. F1000Res. 10:20. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.27468.2
3. Steymans I, Pujol-Lereis LM, Brembs B, Gorostiza EA (2021): Collective action or individual choice: Spontaneity and individuality contribute to decision-making in Drosophila. PLoS One. 16(8):e0256560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256560
4. Ehweiner A, Brembs B (2021): Developmental expression of dFoxP is required in motorneurons for operant self-learning in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 857.07

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2022

1. Lyutova R, Brembs B (2022): Mushroom body output neuron 02 regulates the transition from goal-directed actions to habits in Drosophila. FENS Abstr. S05-117
   
2. Ehweiner A, Hauser A, Brembs B (2022): Developmental expression of dFoxP is required in motorneurons for operant self-learning in Drosophila. FENS Abstr. S07-032
   
3. Lyutova R, Ehweiner A, Brembs B (2022): A dedicated, non-olfactory mushroom body sub-circuit mediates the interaction between goal-directed actions and habit formation in Drosophila. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 323.03
4. Rohrsen C, Kumpf A, Semiz K, Aydin F, deBivort B, Brembs B (subm.): Pain is so close to pleasure: the same dopamine neurons can mediate approach and avoidance in Drosophila. Biorxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.04.463010

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2023

1. Lyutova R, Marcato S, Ehweiner A, Brembs B (2023): How to improve motor learning in Drosophila. Neurosci. Abstr., PSTR502.02
2. Guyton L, Rohrsen C, Kumpf A, Semiz K, Aydin F, de Bivort B, Brembs B (2023): Pain is so close to pleasure: the same dopamine neurons can mediate approach and avoidance in Drosophila. Neurosci. Abstr., PSTR362.11
3. Lyutova R, Marcato S, Brembs B (2023): A dedicated, non-olfactory mushroom body sub-circuit mediates the interaction between goal-directed actions and habit formation in Drosophila. Göttingen Neurobiology Report, T25-2A

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2024

1. Ehweiner A, Duch C, Brembs B. (2024): Wings of Change: aPKC/FoxP-dependent plasticity in steering motor neurons underlies operant self-learning in Drosophila. F1000Research, 13:116