Selected Publications
Depolarization block in olfactory sensory neurons expands the dimensionality of odor encoding
Tadres, D., Wong, P., To, T., Moehlis, J. and M. Louis (2022). Science Advances, 8(50).
Article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade7209
UCSB News: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2023/020800/multifaceted-sensation
Action selection: Neuropeptidergic gates of behavior
Louis, M. and I. Kadow (2022). Current Biology, 32(1), R39-R42.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221015967
PiVR: an affordable and versatile closed-loop platform to study unrestrained sensorimotor behavior
Tadres, D. and M. Louis (2020). PLOS Biology.
Article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000712
Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fruit-flies-plug-into-the-matrix/
Mini-brain computations converting dynamic olfactory inputs into orientation behavior
M. Louis (2019). Current Opinion in Neurobiology 64.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.11.015
Order in odors: A power law structures the encoding of stimulus identity and intensity
M. Louis (2019). Neuron 101.5: 768-770.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.02.022
Sensorimotor pathway controlling stopping behavior during chemotaxis in the Drosophila melanogaster larva
Tastekin, I., Khandelwal, A., Tadres, D., Fessner, N.D., Truman, J.W., Zlatic, M., Cardona, A. and M. Louis (2018). Elife, 7, e38740.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/38740
Species-specific modulation of food-search behavior by respiration and chemosensation in Drosophila larvae
Kim, D., Alvarez, M., Lechuga, L. and M. Louis (2017). Elife, 6, e27057.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/27057
Dynamical feature extraction at the sensory periphery guides chemotaxis
Schulze, A., Gomez-Marin, A., Rajendran, V. G., Lott, G., Musy, M., Ahammad, P., ... & Trautman, E. T. (2015). Elife, 4, e06694.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/06694
Role of the subesophageal zone in the sensorimotor control of orientation in the Drosophila larva
Tastekin*, I, Riedl*, J., Schilling-Kurz, V., Gomez-Marin, A., Truman, J.W. and M. Louis (2015). Current Biology, 25(11), 1448-1460.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25959970
Active sampling and decision making in Drosophila chemotaxis
Gomez-Marin, A., Stephens, G.J. and M. Louis (2011). Nature communications, 2, 441.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21863008
Molecular titration and ultrasensitivity in regulatory networks
Buchler, N. and M. Louis (2008). Journal of molecular biology, 384(5), 1106-1119.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18938177
Bilateral olfactory sensory input enhances chemotaxis behavior
Louis, M., Huber, T., Benton, R., Sakmar, T. and L. B. Vosshall (2008). Nature neuroscience, 11(2), 187.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18157126
Chemotaxis behavior mediated by single larval olfactory neurons in Drosophila
Fishilevich, E., Domingos, A.L., Asahina, K., Naef, F., Vosshall, L.B. and M. Louis (2005). Current biology, 15(23), 2086-2096.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16332533
