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Honeybees acquire a spatial memory by learning landmarks and visual patterns in parallel
. Scheuring N, Pfeiffer K,
Beetz MJ
2025, bioRxiv.
Monarch butterflies memorize the spatial location of a food source. Konnerth M, Foster JJ, el Jundi B, Spaethe J,
Beetz MJ
2023
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Proc R Soc B. 290:20231574.
Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain.
Beetz MJ
, Kraus C, el Jundi B Nature communications 2023, 5859.
The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain.
Beetz MJ
, el Jundi B J Comp Physiol A 2023, 209:663-677.
Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network.
Beetz MJ
, Kraus C, Franzke M, Dreyer D, Strube-Bloss MF, Rössler W, Warrant EJ, Merlin C, el Jundi B 2022, Curr Biol 32, 1-12.
Weighting of celestial and terrestrial cues in the monarch butterfly central complex. Thi Nguyen TA,
Beetz MJ
, Merlin C, Pfeiffer K., el Jundi B. Front. Neural Circuits. 2022; 16: 862279.
Sun compass neurons are tuned to migratory orientation in monarch butterflies. Thi Nguyen TA,
Beetz MJ
, Merlin C, el Jundi B. Proc Biol Sci. 2021, 288:20202988
Spatial orientation based on multiple visual cues in non-migratory monarch butterflies. Franzke M, Kraus C, Dreyer D, Pfeiffer K,
Beetz MJ
, Stöckl AL, Foster JJ, Warrant EJ, el Jundi B. J Exp Biol. 2020, 223:jeb223800
The frugivorous bat
Carollia perspicillata
dynamically changes echolocation parameters in response to acoustic playback.
Beetz MJ,
Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. J Exp Biol. 2021, 224:jeb234245
Bats distress vocalizations carry fast amplitude modulations that could represent an acoustic correlate of roughness. Hechavarría JC,
Beetz MJ
, García-Rosales F, Kössl M. Sci Rep. 2020,10:1-20
Adaptations in the call emission pattern of frugivorous bats when orienting under challenging conditions.
Beetz MJ
, Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. J Comp Physiol A 2019, 205:457-467.
Neuronal coding of multiscale temporal features in communication sequences within the bat auditory cortex. García-Rosales F,
Beetz MJ
, Cabral-Calderin Y, Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. Commun Biol 2018, 1:200
Low frequency spike-field coherence is a fingerprint of periodicity coding in the auditory cortex. García-Rosales F, Martin LM,
Beetz MJ
, Cabral-Calderin Y, Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. iScience 2018, 9:47-62
Robustness of cortical and subcortical processing in the presence of natural masking sounds.
Beetz MJ,
García-Rosales F, Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. Sci Rep. 2018 8:6863.
Processing of natural echolocation sequences in the inferior colliculus of Seba’s fruit eating bat,
Carollia perspicillata
.
Beetz MJ
, Kordes S, García-Rosales F, Kössl M, Hechavarría JC. eNeuro 2017 4:ENEURO.0314-17
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Processing of temporally patterned sounds in the auditory cortex of Seba's short-tailed bat,
Carollia perspicillata
. Martin LM, García-Rosales F,
Beetz MJ
, Hechavarría JC. Eur J Neurosci. 2017, 46:2365-2379.
Vocal sequences suppress spiking in the bat auditory cortex while evoking concomitant steady-state local field potentials. Hechavarría JC,
Beetz MJ
, Macias S, Kössl M. Sci Rep. 2016, 6:39226.
Cortical neurons of bats respond best to echoes from nearest targets when listening to natural biosonar multi-echo streams.
Beetz MJ
, Hechavarría JC, Kössl M, Sci Rep. 2016, 6:35991.
Temporal tuning in the bat auditory cortex is sharper when studied with natural echolocation sequences.
Beetz MJ
, Hechavarría JC, Kössl M, Sci Rep. 2016, 6:29102.
Distress vocalization sequences broadcasted by bats carry redundant information. Hechavarría JC,
Beetz MJ
, Macias S, Kössl M. J Comp Physiol A 2016, 202:503-15.
Anatomical and ultrastructural analysis of the posterior optic tubercle in the locust
Schistocerca gregaria
. Held M, Le K, Pegel U, Dersch F,
Beetz MJ
, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U. Arthropod Struct Dev. 2020, 58:100971
Neurons in the brain of the desert locust
Schistocerca gregaria
sensitive to polarized light at low stimulus elevations.
Beetz MJ
, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U. J Comp Physiol A. 2016, 202:759-781.
Topographic organization and possible function of the posterior optic tubercles in the brain of the desert locust
Schistocerca gregaria
.
Beetz MJ
, el Jundi B, Heinze S, Homberg U. J Comp Neurol. 2015, 523:1589-607.
Reviews
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology.
Beetz MJ
J Comp Physiol A 210:325-346.
The neurobiology of the Monarch butterfly compass.
Beetz MJ
, el Jundi B Curr Opin in Insect Science 2023, 60:101109
Insect Orientation: Stay on Course with the Sun.
Beetz MJ
, El Jundi B. Curr Biol. 2018 28:R933-R936. (
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