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2024

Althaus V, Exner G, von Hadeln J, Homberg U, Rosner R (2024)
Anatomical organization of the cerebrum of the praying mantis Hierodula membranacea.
J Comp Neurol 532: e25607; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25607

2023

Jahn S, Althaus V, Heckmann J, Janning M, Seip A-K, Takahashi N, Grigoriev C, Kolano J, Homberg U (2023)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae: Pontine and columnar neuronal cell types.
J Comp Neurol 531:1689–1714; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25535

Homberg U, Kirchner M, Kowalewski K, Pitz V, Kinoshita M, Kern M, Seyfarth J (2023)
Comparative morphology of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons innervating the central complex in the brain of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 531:1482–1508; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25529

Staudacher EM, Cigan M-L, Wenz F, Pollun A, Beck S, Beck M, Reh F, Haas J, Homberg U (2023).
Organization of descending neurons in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Neurol 531:1350–1380; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25513

Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2023)
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods.
J Comp Physiol A 209:459–464; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01635-9

Zittrell F, Pabst K, Carlomagno E, Rosner R, Pegel U, Endres DM, Homberg U (2023)
Integration of optic flow into the sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust.
Front Neural Circuits 17:1111310; DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1111310

Beck M, Althaus V, Pegel U, Homberg U (2023)
Neurons sensitive to non‑celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Physiol A 209:907–928; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-023-01618-w

2022

Homberg U, Hensgen R, Jahn S, Pegel U, Takahashi N, Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K (2022)
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Physiol A 209:641–662; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-022-01601-x

Althaus V, Jahn S, Massah A, Stengl M, Homberg U (2022)
3D-atlas of the brain of the cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.
J Comp Neurol 530:3126-3156; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25396

Pabst K, Zittrell F, Homberg U, Endres DM (2022)
A model for optic flow integration in locust central-complex neurons tuned to head direction.
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44
Edited by Culbertson J, Perfors A, Rabagliati H, Ramenzoni V; Permalink: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/17k48481

Hensgen R, Dippel S, Hümmert S, Jahn S, Seyfarth J, Homberg U (2022)
Myoinhibitory peptides in the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria and colocalization with locustatachykinin-related peptides.
J Comp Neurol 530:2782-2801; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25374

Takahashi N, Zittrell F, Hensgen R, Homberg U (2022)
Receptive field structures for two celestial compass cues at the input stage of the central complex in the locust brain.
J Exp Biol 225: jeb243858; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243858

Hensgen R, Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2022)
Performance of polarization‑sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization.
J Comp Physiol A 208:387–403; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-022-01545-2

Massah A, Neupert S, Brodesser S, Homberg U, Stengl M (2022)
Distribution and daily oscillation of GABA in the circadian system of the cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.
J Comp Neurol 530:770–791; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25244

Martin C, Jahn H, Klein M, Hammel JU, Stevenson PA, Homberg U, Mayer G (2022)
The velvet worm brain unveils homologies and evolutionary novelties across panarthropods.
BMC Biol 20, 26; DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01196-w

2021

Heinze S, el Jundi B, Berg BG, Homberg U, Menzel R, Pfeiffer K, Hensgen R, Zittrell F, Dacke M, Warrant E, Pfuhl G,
Rybak J, Tedore K (2021)
A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience.
eLife 2021;10:e65376; DOI: 10.7554/eLife.65376

Trebels B, Dippel S, Goetz B, Graebner M, Hofmann C, Hofmann F, Schmid R-F, Uhl M, Vuong M-P, Weber V,
Schachtner J (2021)
Metamorphic development of the olfactory system in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum, Herbst).
BMC Biol 19, 155; DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01055-8

Hensgen R, Göthe J, Jahn S, Hümmert S, Schneider KL, Takahashi N, Pegel U, Gotthardt S, Homberg U (2021)
Organization and neural connections of the lateral complex in the brain of the desert locust.
J Comp Neurol 529:3533-3560; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25209

Hildebrandt J-P, Bleckmann H, Homberg U (2021)
Penzlin - Lehrbuch der Tierphysiologie.
Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg, Berlin; ISBN: 978-3-662-61595-9

Timm J, Scherner M, Matschke J, Kern M, Homberg U (2021)
Tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining in the central complex of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 529:3131-3154; DOI: 10.1002/cne.25151

Homberg U, Hensgen R, Rieber E, Seyfarth J, Kern M, Dippel S, Dircksen H, Spänig L, Kina YP (2021)
Orcokinin in the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria: Identification of immunostained neurons and colocalization with other neuroactive substances.
J Comp Neurol 529:1876-1894; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24796

Hensgen R, England L, Homberg U, Pfeiffer K (2021)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the brain of the honeybee: Neuronal cell types.
J Comp Neurol. 2021;529:159-186; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24941

2020

Zittrell F, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2020)
Matched-filter coding of sky polarization results in an internal sun compass in the brain of the desert locust.
PNAS vol. 117, no. 41:25810-25817; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005192117/-/DCSupplement

Held M, Le K, Pegel U, Dersch F, Beetz MJ, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2020)
Anatomical and ultrastructural analysis of the posterior optic tubercle in the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Arthropod Struct Dev 58:100971; DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100971

Homberg U (2020)
Visual circuits in arthropod brains.
J Comp Physiol A 206:105–107; DOI: 10.1007/s00359-020-01407-9

Trebels B, Dippel S, Schaaf M, Balakrishnan K, Wimmer EA, Schachtner J (2020)
Adult neurogenesis in the mushroom bodies of red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum, Herbst) is influenced by the olfactory environment.
Sci Rep 10:1090; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57639-x

von Hadeln J, Hensgen R, Bockhorst T, Rosner R, Heidasch R, Pegel U, Pérez MQ, Homberg U (2020)
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex of the desert locust: Tangential neurons.
J Comp Neurol 528:906-934; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24796

2019

Rosner R, von Hadeln J, Tarawneh G, Read JCA (2019)
A neuronal correlate of insect stereopsis.
Nat Commun 10:2845 (2019); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10721-z

Pegel U, Pfeiffer K, Zittrell F, Scholtyssek C, Homberg U (2019)
Two compasses in the central complex of the locust brain.
J Neurosci 39:3070-3080; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0940-18.2019

Rosner R, Pegel U, Homberg U (2019)
Responses of compass neurons in the locust brain to visual motion and leg motor activity.
J Exp Biol 222:jeb196261; DOI: 10.1242/jeb.196261

2018

Homberg U, Humberg T-H, Seyfarth J, Bode K, Pérez MQ (2018)
GABA immunostaining in the central complex of dicondylian insects.
J Comp Neurol 526:2301-2318; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24497

von Hadeln J, Althaus V, Häger L, Homberg U (2018)
Anatomical organization of the cerebrum of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Cell Tissue Res 374:39–62; DOI: 10.1007/s00441-018-2844-8