Publication

Monyak R, Golbari N, Chan Y-B, Pranevicius A, Tang G, Fernandez M de la Paz, Kravitz EA. (2021) Masculinized Drosophila females adapt their fighting strategies to their opponent. J Exp Biol. 2021 Feb 10;jeb.238006. doi: 10.1242/jeb.238006

Palavicino-Maggio C, Chan YB, McKellar C, Kravitz EA. (2019) A small number of cholinergic neurons mediate hyper-aggression in female Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Aug 20;116(34):17029-17038. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1907042116. Epub 2019 Aug 7. PMID: 31391301

Alekseyenko OV, Chan YB, Okaty BW, Chang Y, Dymecki SM, Kravitz EA. (2019) Serotonergic Modulation of Aggression in Drosophila Involves GABAergic and Cholinergic Opposing Pathways. Curr Biol. 2019 Jul 8;29(13):2145-2156.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.070. Epub 2019 Jun 20. PMCID: PMC6633915.

Palavicino-Maggio CB, Trannoy S, Holton KM, Song X, Li K, Nevo E. (2019) Aggression and courtship differences found in Drosophila melanogaster from two different microclimates at Evolution Canyon, Israel. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 11;9(1):4084. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40701-8. PMCID: PMC6411990.

Jois S, Chan YB, Fernandez MP, Leung AK. (2018) Characterization of the Sexually Dimorphic fruitless Neurons That Regulate Copulation Duration. Front Physiol. 2018 Jun 25;9:780. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00780. eCollection 2018 PMCID: PMC6026680.

Chowdhury B, Chan YB and Kravitz EA (2017) Putative transmembrane transporter modulates higher-level aggression in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 28;114(9):2373-2378 PMCID: PMC5338563.

Trannoy S and Kravitz EA (2016) Strategy changes in subsequent fights as consequences of winning and losing in fruit fly fights. Fly. 2016 Apr 3;11(2):129-138 PMCID: PMC5406166.

Trannoy S, Penn J, Lucey K, Popovic D and Kravitz EA (2016) Short and long-lasting behavioral consequences of agonistic encounters between male Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Apr 26;113(17):4818-4823 PMCID: PMC4855558.

Chan YB, Alekseyenko OV and Kravitz EA (2015) Optogenetic control of gene expression in Drosophila. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 18;10(9):e0138181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138181. eCollection 2015 PMCID: PMC4575133

Fernández M de la Paz and Kravitz EA (2015) Aggression in Drosophila. Behav Neurosci Behav Neurosci. 2015 Oct;129(5):549-63. doi: 10.1037/bne0000089. Epub 2015 Sep 7. PMID: 26348714.

Trannoy S, Chowdhury B and Kravitz EA (2015) A new approach that eliminates handling for studying aggression and the "loser" effect in Drosophila melanogaster." J Vis Exp. 2015 Dec 30;(106):e53395. doi: 10.3791/53395. PMCID: PMC4780936.

Trannoy S and Kravitz EA (2015) Learning and memory during aggression in Drosophila: handling affects aggression and the formation of a "loser" effect. J Nat Sci.1(3):e56. PMID: 25789340 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4360964

Trannoy S, Chowdhury B and Kravitz EA (2015) Handling alters aggression and “loser” effect formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Learn Mem. Jan 15;22(2):64-8. doi: 10.1101/lm.036418.114. Print 2015 Feb. PMID: 25593291 PMCID: PMC4341365

Alekseyenko OV and Kravitz EA (2014) Serotonin and the search for the anatomical substrate of aggression. Fly (Austin). Oct 2;8(4):200-5. doi: 10.1080/19336934.2015.1045171. Epub 2015 Apr 29. PMCID: PMC4594415

Alekseyenko OV, Chan YB, Fernandez MP, Bülow T, Pankratz M and Kravitz EA (2014) Single serotonergic neurons that modulate aggression in Drosophila. Curr Biol 24: 2700-2707. PMCID: PMC4254562

Andrews JC, Fernández M-P, Yu Q, Leary GP, Leung AKW, Kavanaugh MP, Kravitz EA, and Certel SJ (2014)
Octopamine neuromodulation regulates Gr32a-linked aggression and courtship pathways in Drosophila males. PLoS Gen 10(5): e1004356. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004356 PMCID: PMC4031044

Fernández M de la Paz and Kravitz EA (2013) Aggression and Courtship in Drosophila: Pheromonal Communication and Sex Recognition. J. Comp. Physiol. A 199: 1065-1076. PMCID: PMC3821735

Alekseyenko OV, Chan YB, Li R and Kravitz EA (2013) Single dopaminergic neurons that modulate aggression in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110: 6151-6156. PMCID: PMC3625311

Rezával C, Pavlou HJ, Dornan AJ, Chan YB, Kravitz EA and Goodwin SF (2012) Neural circuitry underlying Drosophila female postmating behavioral response. Curr Biol 13:1155-1165. PMCID: PMC3396843

Certel SJ and Kravitz EA (2012) Scoring and analyzing aggression in Drosophila. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 3: 319-25. PMID: 22383642

Jonsson T, Kravitz EA, Heinrich R (2011) Sound production during agonistic behavior of male Drosophila melanogaster. Fly Jan -Mar;5(1). 29-38. Epub 2011 PMCID: PMC3052870

Fernandez M de la Paz, Chan YB, Yew JY, Billeter JC, Driesewerd K, Levine JD and Kravitz EA (2010) Pheromonal and behavioral cues trigger male-to-female aggression in Drosophila. PLoS Biol Nov 23;8(11)e1000541 PMCID: PMC2990703

Huber, RH and Kravitz EA (2010) Aggression: towards an integration of gene, brain and behavior. In: Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution (Ed., T Szekely, A Moore, and J Komdeur) pp 163-180.

Penn JKM, Zito MF and Kravitz EA (2010) A single social defeat reduces aggression in a highly aggressive strain of Drosophila. Proc Nat Acad Sci PNAS 28:12682-12686. PMCID: PMC2906583

Certel SJ, Leung A, Lin CY, Perez P, Chiang AS and Kravitz EA (2010) Octopamine neuromodulatory effects on a social behavior decision-making network in Drosophila males. PLoS One Oct 12 5 (10)e13248 PMCID: PMC2953509

Alekseyenko O, Lee C and Kravitz EA (2010) Targeted manipulation of brain serotonergic neurotransmission affects the escalation of aggression in adult male Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 5(5): e10806. PMCID: PMC2875409

Yew JY, Dreisewerd K, Luftmann H, Müthing J, Pohlentz G and Kravitz EA. (2009) A new male sex pheromone and novel cuticular cues for chemical communication in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 19:1245-1254. PMCID: PMC2726907

Mundiyanapurath S, Chan Y-B and Kravitz EA. (2009) Feminizing cholinergic neurons in a male Drosophila nervous system enhances aggression. Fly: 3:1-6. PMCID: PMC2831085

Siwicki KK, and Kravitz EA (2009) Fruitless, doublesex and the genetics of social behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 19:1–7. PMCID: PMC2716404

Yew J, Wang Y, Barteneva N, Dikler S, Kutz-Naber K, Li L, and Kravitz EA (2009) Analysis of neuropeptide expression and localization in adult Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system by affinity cell-capture mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 8:1271-1284. PMCID: PMC2693453

Yew, JY, Cody RB and Kravitz, EA. (2008) Cuticular hydrocarbon analysis of an awake behaving fly using direct analysis in real-time time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Proc Nat Acad Sci 105: 7135-7140. PMCID: PMC2438217

Chan, Y-B and Kravitz EA (2007) Specific subgroups of FruM neurons control sexually dimorphic patterns of aggression in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Nat Acad Sci 104:19577-19582. PMCID: PMC2148331

Miczek KA, de Almeida RMM, Kravitz EA, Rissman EF, de Boer SF and Raine A (2007) Neurobiology of escalated aggression and violence. J Neurosci 27:11803-11806. PMCID: PMC2667097

Mundiyanapurath S, Certel S and Kravitz EA (2007) Studying aggression in Drosophila (fruit flies) Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) 2nd issue, March 1, 2007. PMCID: PMC2532939

Ganter GK, Walton KL, Merriman JO, Salmon MV, Brooks K, Maddula S and Kravitz EA (2007) Increased male-male courtship in ecdysone receptor deficient adult flies. Behav. Genet. 37:507-512. PMID: 17238001

Certel SJ, Savella MG, Schlegel DCF and Kravitz EA (2007) Modulation of Drosophila male behavioral choice. Proc Nat Acad Sci 104: 4706-4711. PMCID: PMC1810337

Vrontou E, Nilsen SP, Demir E, Kravitz EA and Dickson BJ (2006) fruitless regulates aggression and dominance in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 9: 1469-1471. PMID: 17088536

Yurkovic A, Wang O, Basu AC and Kravitz EA (2006) Learning and memory associated with aggression in Drosophila melanogaster Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103: 17519-17524. PMCID: PMC1634832

Nilsen SP, Chan Y-B, Huber R and Kravitz EA (2004) Gender-selective patterns of aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 101: 12342-12347. PMCID: PMC514477

Kravitz EA and Huber R (2003) Aggression in invertebrates. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 13: 736-743. PMID: 14662376

Chen S, Lee AY, Bowens N, Huber R and Kravitz EA (2002) Fighting fruit flies: a model system for the study of aggression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99: 5664-5668. PMCID: PMC122828

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