List of works - Swidbert R Ott

A long-latency aversive learning mechanism enables locusts to avoid odours associated with the consequences of ingesting toxic food.

scientific article published on May 2012

Acquisition of high-resolution digital images in video microscopy: Automated image mosaicking on a desktop microcomputer ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase reveals extensive nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of cyclic GMP in insect brain

scientific article published in September 2004

Associative olfactory learning in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.

scientific article published on August 2011

Brain composition in Godyris zavaleta, a diurnal butterfly, Reflects an increased reliance on olfactory information.

scientific article

Brain composition in Heliconius butterflies, posteclosion growth and experience-dependent neuropil plasticity.

scientific article

Contralateral inhibition as a sensory bias: the neural basis for a female preference in a synchronously calling bushcricket, Mecopoda elongata

scientific article published in May 2002

Critical role for protein kinase A in the acquisition of gregarious behavior in the desert locust.

scientific article

Differential activation of serotonergic neurons during short- and long-term gregarization of desert locusts

scientific article published in February 2015

Enhanced fidelity of diffusive nitric oxide signalling by the spatial segregation of source and target neurones in the memory centre of an insect brain

scientific article

Environmental Adaptation, Phenotypic Plasticity, and Associative Learning in Insects: The Desert Locust as a Case Study.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Epigenetic remodelling of brain, body and behaviour during phase change in locusts.

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism

article published in 2017

Gregarious desert locusts have substantially larger brains with altered proportions compared with the solitarious phase

scientific article published on 27 May 2010

Laboratory Populations as a Resource for Understanding the Relationship Between Genotypes and Phenotypes

Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the central complex and surrounding midbrain neuropils of the locust Schistocerca gregaria

scientific article published in April 2005

Microarray-based transcriptomic analysis of differences between long-term gregarious and solitarious desert locusts

scientific article

Modeling cooperative volume signaling in a plexus of nitric-oxide-synthase-expressing neurons.

scientific article published in July 2005

Motor neurone responses during a postural reflex in solitarious and gregarious desert locusts.

scientific article

NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the thoracic ganglia of locusts, crickets, and cockroaches: species differences and the impact of fixation

scientific article published in August 1999

New techniques for whole-mount NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry demonstrated in insect ganglia

scientific article published in April 2003

Nitric oxide synthase histochemistry in insect nervous systems: Methanol/formalin fixation reveals the neuroarchitecture of formaldehyde-sensitive NADPH diaphorase in the cockroach Periplaneta americana

scientific article

Nitric oxide synthase in crayfish walking leg ganglia: segmental differences in chemo-tactile centers argue against a generic role in sensory integration

scientific article published in March 2007

Nitric oxide synthase in the thoracic ganglia of the locust: distribution in the neuropiles and morphology of neurones

scientific article published in June 1998

Phenotypic transformation affects associative learning in the desert locust.

scientific article

Pollen feeding proteomics: Salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene

scientific article

Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics.

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Regressions Fit for Purpose: Models of Locust Phase State Must Not Conflate Morphology With Behavior

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Sensory afferents and motor neurons as targets for nitric oxide in the locust

scientific article published in July 2000

Serial hearing organs in the atympanate grasshopper Bullacris membracioides (Orthoptera, Pneumoridae).

scientific article published in October 2003

Serotonin mediates behavioral gregarization underlying swarm formation in desert locusts

scientific article

Three-dimensional distribution of NO sources in a primary mechanosensory integration center in the locust and its implications for volume signaling

scientific article published in August 2010

Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation.

scientific article published in February 2005

Visually targeted reaching in horse-head grasshoppers

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

List of works by Swidbert R Ott

A long-latency aversive learning mechanism enables locusts to avoid odours associated with the consequences of ingesting toxic food.

Acquisition of high-resolution digital images in video microscopy: Automated image mosaicking on a desktop microcomputer ⬇️

Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts.

An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase reveals extensive nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of cyclic GMP in insect brain

Associative olfactory learning in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.

Brain composition in Godyris zavaleta, a diurnal butterfly, Reflects an increased reliance on olfactory information.

Brain composition in Heliconius butterflies, posteclosion growth and experience-dependent neuropil plasticity.

Contralateral inhibition as a sensory bias: the neural basis for a female preference in a synchronously calling bushcricket, Mecopoda elongata

Critical role for protein kinase A in the acquisition of gregarious behavior in the desert locust.

Differential activation of serotonergic neurons during short- and long-term gregarization of desert locusts

Enhanced fidelity of diffusive nitric oxide signalling by the spatial segregation of source and target neurones in the memory centre of an insect brain

Environmental Adaptation, Phenotypic Plasticity, and Associative Learning in Insects: The Desert Locust as a Case Study.

Epigenetic remodelling of brain, body and behaviour during phase change in locusts.

From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism

Gregarious desert locusts have substantially larger brains with altered proportions compared with the solitarious phase

Laboratory Populations as a Resource for Understanding the Relationship Between Genotypes and Phenotypes

Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the central complex and surrounding midbrain neuropils of the locust Schistocerca gregaria

Microarray-based transcriptomic analysis of differences between long-term gregarious and solitarious desert locusts

Modeling cooperative volume signaling in a plexus of nitric-oxide-synthase-expressing neurons.

Motor neurone responses during a postural reflex in solitarious and gregarious desert locusts.

NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the thoracic ganglia of locusts, crickets, and cockroaches: species differences and the impact of fixation

New techniques for whole-mount NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry demonstrated in insect ganglia

Nitric oxide synthase histochemistry in insect nervous systems: Methanol/formalin fixation reveals the neuroarchitecture of formaldehyde-sensitive NADPH diaphorase in the cockroach Periplaneta americana

Nitric oxide synthase in crayfish walking leg ganglia: segmental differences in chemo-tactile centers argue against a generic role in sensory integration

Nitric oxide synthase in the thoracic ganglia of the locust: distribution in the neuropiles and morphology of neurones

Phenotypic transformation affects associative learning in the desert locust.

Pollen feeding proteomics: Salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene

Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics.

Regressions Fit for Purpose: Models of Locust Phase State Must Not Conflate Morphology With Behavior

Sensory afferents and motor neurons as targets for nitric oxide in the locust

Serial hearing organs in the atympanate grasshopper Bullacris membracioides (Orthoptera, Pneumoridae).

Serotonin mediates behavioral gregarization underlying swarm formation in desert locusts

Three-dimensional distribution of NO sources in a primary mechanosensory integration center in the locust and its implications for volume signaling

Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation.

Visually targeted reaching in horse-head grasshoppers