Publications

The following articles were published by Ron Davis, his lab members and his collaborators. You may view the entire article by clicking on the abstract link at the end of the corresponding title. The link will redirect you to the PubMed.gov website.

Davis, R.L. (2023). Five decades of learning and memory research using Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. Invited review, submitted.

Noyes, N.C. and Davis, R.L. (2023). Innate and learned odor-guided behaviors utilize distinct molecular signaling pathways in a shared dopaminergic circuit. Cell Reports. Abstract

Sharma, N., Banerjee, R., and Davis, R.L. (2023). Early Mitochondrial Defects in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. J. Alzheimer’s ResearchAbstract

Noyes, N.C., Davis, R.L. (2022). Genetics and molecular biology of memory suppression. Neuroscientist. Abstract

Zhang, X., Sabandal, J.M., Tsaprailis, G., and Davis, R.L. (2022). Active forgetting requires Sickie function in a dedicated dopamine circuit in DrosophilaProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119. Abstract 

Stahl, A., Noyes, N.C., Boto, T., Botero, J., V.M, Zeng, J., King, L.B., Li, Y., Davis, R.L., and Tomchik, S.M. (2022). Associative learning drives longitudinally graded presynaptic plasticity of neurotransmitter release along axonal compartments. eLife 11, e76712. Abstract

Noyes NC, Phan A, Davis RL. (2021) Memory suppressor genes: Modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting. Neuron. 109, 3211-3227. Abstract

MacMullen, C. and Davis RL. (2021) High throughput phenotypic assay for compounds that influence mitochondrial health using iPSC derived human neurons. SLAS Discovery, Epub ahead of print. Abstract

Sabandal JM, Berry JA, Davis RL. (2021) Dopamine-based mechanism for transient forgetting. Nature 591, 426-430. . Abstract

Wang X and Davis RL. (2021) Early Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Dysfunction in a Drosophila Model for Alzheimer’s Disease. Mol Neurobiol. 58, 143-155. Abstract

Cervantes-Sandoval I, Berry JA and Davis RL. (2020) Rac1 Impairs Forgetting-Induced Cellular Plasticity in Mushroom Body Output Neurons. Front Cell Neurosci. 14, 258. Abstract

Davis RL. (2020) Mechanism of Action and Target Identification: A Matter of Timing in Drug Discovery. iScience. 23, 101487. Abstract

Guven-Ozkan T, Busto GU, Jung JY, Drago I and Davis RL. (2020) miR-92a Suppresses Mushroom Body-Dependent Memory Consolidation in DrosophilaeNeuro. 7, 0224-20. Abstract

Varkuti BH, Liu Z, Kepiro M, Pacifico R, Gai Y, Kamenecka T and Davis RL (2020) High-throughput small molecule screen identifies modulators of mitochondrial function in neurons. iScience 23, 100931. Abstract

Varkuti BH, Kepiro M, Liu Z, Vick K, Avchalumov Y, Pacifico R, McMullen CM, Kamenecka TM, Puthanveettil SV and Davis RL. (2020) Neuron-based high content assay and screen for CNS active mitotherapeutics. Science Advances 6, eaaw8702. Abstract

Noyes NC, Walkinshaw E and Davis RL. (2020) Ras acts as a molecular switch between two forms of consolidated memory in DrosophilProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117(4), 2133-2139. Abstract

Zhang X, Noyes NC, Zeng J, Li Y and Davis RL. (2019) Aversive training induces both presynaptic and postsynaptic suppression in DrosophilaJ. Neurosci.13, 9164-9172. Abstract

Phan A, Thomas CI, Chakraborty M, Berry JA, Kamasawa N and Davis RL. (2019) Stromalin constrains memory acquisition by developmentally limiting synaptic vesicle pool size. Neuron 101, 103-118. Abstract

Kepiro M, Varkuti BH and Davis RL. (2019) High content, phenotypic assays and screens for compounds modulating cellular processes in primary neurons. Methods Enzymology – Modern Approaches in Drug Discovery. 610, 219-250. Abstract

Pacifico R, MacMullen CM, Walkinshaw E, Zhang X and Davis RL. (2018) Brain transcriptome changes in the aging Drosophila melanogasteraccompany olfactory memory performance deficits. PLoS One 13, 12:e0209405. Abstract

Berry JA, Phan Anna and Davis RL. (2018) Dopamine neurons mediate learning and forgetting through bidirectional modulation of a memory trace. Cell Reports 25, 651-662. Abstract

Crittendon JA, Skoulakis EMC, Goldstein ES and Davis RL. (2018) Drosophila mef2 is essential for normal mushroom body and wing development. Biology Open 7(9) pii: bio035618. doi: 10.1242/bio.035618. Abstract

Spicer TP, Hubbs C, Vaissiere T, Collia D, Rojas C, Kilinc M, Vick K, Madoux F, Baillargeon P, Shumate J, Martemyanov KA, Page DT, Puthanveettil S, Hodder P, Davis R, Miller CA, Scampavia L, Rumbaugh G. (2017) Improved scalability of neuron based phenotypic screening assays for therapeutic discovery in neuropsychiatric disorders. Molecular Neuropsychiatry 3, 141-150. Abstract

Yu D, Tan Y, Chakraborty M, Tomchik S and Davis RL. (2017) Elongator complex is required for long-term olfactory memory formation in DrosophilaLearning and Memory 25, 183-196. Abstract

Muntean BS, Zucca S, MacMullen CM, Iwamoto H, Blakely RD, Davis RL and Martemyanov KM. (2017) Interrogating the spatiotemporal landscape of neuromodulatory GPCR signaling by real-time imaging of cAMP in intact neurons and circuits. Cell Reports 22, 255-268. Abstract

Himmelreich S, Masuho I, Berry JA, MacMullen C, Skamangas N, Martemyanov KA, Davis RL. (2017). Dopamine receptor DAMB signals via Gq to mediate forgetting in Drosophila. Cell Reports 21, 2074-2081. Abstract

Davis RL and Zhong Y. (2017). The biology of forgetting – A Perspective. Neuron 95, 490-503. Abstract

Cervantes-Sandoval I, Phan A, Chakraborty M and Davis RL. (2017). Reciprocal synapses between mushroom body and dopamine neurons form a positive feedback loop required for learning. Elife May 10;6. pii: e23789. doi: 10.7554/eLife.23789. Abstract

MacMullen CM, Fallahi MS and Davis RL. (2017). Novel PDE10A transcript diversity in the human striatum: insights into gene complexity, conservation and regulation. Gene 606, 17-24. Abstract

Busto GU, Guven-Ozkan T and Davis RL. (2017). MicroRNA function in Drosophila memory formation. Current Opinion Neurobiology 43, 15-24. Abstract

Busto GU, Guven-Ozkan T, Chakraborty M and Davis RL. (2016). Developmental inhibition of miR-iab8-3p disrupts mushroom body neuron structure and adult learning ability. Developmental Biology 419, 237-249. Abstract

Drago I and Davis RL. (2016). Inhibiting the mitochondrial calcium uniporter during development impairs memory in adult DrosophilaCell Reports 16, 2763-2776. Abstract

Cervantes-Sandoval I, Chakraborty M, MacMullen C and Davis RL. (2016). Scribble scaffolds a signalosome for active forgetting.  Neuron90, 1230-1242. Abstract

Gai Y, Liu Z, Cervantes-Sandoval I and Davis RL. (2016). Drosophila SLC22A transporter is a memory suppressor gene that influences cholinergic neurotransmission to the mushroom bodies. Neuron 90, 581-595. Abstract

Guven-Ozkan T, Busto GU, Schutte SS, Cervantes-Sandoval I, O’Dowd D and Davis RL. (2016). MiR-980 is a memory suppressor microRNA that regulates the autism-susceptibility gene, A2bp1. Cell Reports 14,1698-1709. Abstract

MacMullen CM, Vick K, Pacifico R, Fallahi-Sichani MS and Davis RL. (2015). Novel, primate specific  PDE10A isoform highlights gene expression complexity in human striatum with implications on the molecular pathology of bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry 6, e742; doi:10.1038/tp.2016.3. Abstract

Davis RL. (2015). Snapshot: Olfactory classical conditioning of DrosophilaCell 163, 524-524e1. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.043.

Berry JA, Cervantes-Sandoval I, Chakraborty M, Davis RL. (2015). Sleep facilitates memory by blocking dopamine neuron mediated forgetting. Cell 161, 1656-1667. Abstract

Busto GU, Guven-Ozkan T, Fulga TA, Van Vactor D, Davis RL. (2015).  microRNAs that promote or inhibit memory formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 200, 569-580.Abstract

Walkinshaw E, Gai Y, Farkas C, Richter D, Nicholas E, Kelema K, and Davis RL. (2015). Identification of genes that promote or inhibit olfactory memory formation in DrosophilaGenetics 199, 1173-1182. Abstract

Tonoki A and Davis RL. (2015). Aging impairs protein synthesis-dependent long-term memory in DrosophilaJ Neuros. 35, 1173-1180. Abstract

Berry JA, Cervantes-Sandoval I, Davis RL. (2014). Sleep facilitates memory by blocking dopamine neuron mediated forgetting. Prog Brain Res. 208, 39-62. Abstract

Guven-Ozkan T and Davis RL. (2014). Functional neuroanatomy of Drosophila olfactory memory formation. Learn Mem. 21, 519-526. Abstract

Berry JA and Davis RL. (2014) Acitve forgetting of olfactory memories in DrosophilaProg Brain Res. 208, 39-62. Abstract

Tan Y, Yu D, Busto GU, Wilson C, and Davis RL. (2013) Wnt signaling is required for long-term memory formation. Cell Rep. 4, 1082-1089. Abstract

Davis RL. (2013) Spermidine cures flies of senior moments. Nat. Neuro. 16, 1363-1364. Abstract

Cervantes-Sandoval I, Martin-Peña A, Berry JA, Davis RL. (2013) System-like consolidation of olfactory memories in DrosophilaJ. Neuro.33, 9846-9854. Abstract

Tomchik S and Davis RL. (2013). “Drosophila Memory Research Through Four Eras: Genetic, Molecular Biology, Neuroanatomy, and Systems Neuroscience.” In Invertebrate Learning and Memory Vol 22. Eds., Menzel, R. and Benjamin, P. Academic Press (San Diego). Link

McDonald ML, MacMullen C, Liu DJ, Leal SM, and Davis RL. (2012).  Genetic association of cyclic AMP signaling genes with bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry, doi:10.1242/jcs.106674 Abstract

Davis RL and Giurfa M. (2012).  “Mushroom-body memories: An obituary prematurely written?”  Curr. Biol. 22, R272-5. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.060  Abstract

Cervantes-Sandoval I and Davis RL. (2012). Distinct Traces for Appetitive versus Aversive Olfactory Memories in DPM Neurons of Drosophila.Curr. Biol. 22, 1247-1252. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.009  Abstract

Tonoki A and Davis RL. (2012). Aging impairs intermediate-term behavioral memory by disrupting the dorsal paired medial neuron memory trace. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 109, 6319-6324. Abstract

Berry JA, Cervantes-Sandoval I, Nicholas EP, Davis RL. (2012). Dopamine is required for learning and forgetting in DrosophilaNeuron 74, 530-542. Abstract

Mortillo S, Elste1 A, Ge Y, Pati, SB, Hsiao K, Huntley GW, Davis RL, Benson DL. (2011). Compensatory redistribution of neuroligins and N-cadherin following deletion of synaptic ß1-integrin.  Journal of Comparative Neurology.  J Comp Neurol. DOI 10.1002/cne.23033  Abstract

Yu D, Davis RL.  “Functional imaging of antennal lobe neurons in Drosophila with synapot-pHluorin.”  In Genetically Encoded Functional Indicators. Ed., J.-R. Martin. NeuroMethods Springer Science (New York). In press. Abstract

Davis RL. (2011). Traces of Drosophila Memory. Neuron 70, 8-19. Abstract

Akalal DBG, Yu D, Davis RL. (2011). The Long-Term Memory Trace Formed in the Drosophila α/β Mushroom Body Neurons is abolished in Long-Term Memory Mutants. J Neuroscience 31, 5643-5647. Abstract

Busto GU, Certvantes-Sandoval I. and Davis RL. (2010). Olfactory Learning in DrosophilaPhysiology 25, 338-346. Abstract

Buchanan ME and Davis RL. (2010). A distinct set of Drosophila brain neurons required for NF1-dependent learning and memory. J. Neurosci. 30, 10135-10143. Abstract

Davis RL. (2010). Rac in the Act of Forgetting. Cell 140, 456-458. Abstract

Tan Y, Yu D, Pletting J, and Davis RL. (2010). Gilgamesh is required for rutabaga-independent olfactory learning in DrosophilaNeuron 67, 810-820. Abstract

Chan CS, Chen H, Bradley A, Dragatsis I, Rosenmund C and Davis RL. (2010). α8-integrins are required for hippocampal long-term potentiation but not for hippocampal-dependent learning. Genes, Brain and Behavior 9, 402-410. Abstract

Akalal DBG, Yu D and Davis RL. (2010). A late-phase, long-term memory trace forms in the γ neurons of Drosophila mushroom bodies after olfactory classical conditioning. J Neuroscience, 30, 16699-16708. Abstract

Tomchik S and Davis RL. (2009). Dynamics of learning-related cAMP signaling and stimulus integration in the Drosophila olfactory pathway. Neuron 64, 510-521. Abstract

Akalal DBG, Yu D and Davis RL. (2009). A late-phase, long-term memory trace forms in the g neurons of Drosophila mushroom bodies after olfactory classical conditioning. Abstract

Mao Z and Davis RL. (2009). Eight different types of dopaminergic neurons innervate the Drosophila mushroom body neuropil: anatomical and physiological heterogeneity. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 3, 5. Abstract

Moressis A, Friedrich A, Pavlopoulos E, Davis RL and Skoulakis E. (2009). A dual role for the adaptor protein DRK in Drosophila olfactory learning and memory. J. Neurosci. 29, 2611-2625. Abstract

Akalal DBG and Davis RL. (2009). “Learning and Memory in Invertebrates: Drosophila.” In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Vol 5 Ed., L. Squire. Academic Press. (Oxford).

Liu X and Davis RL. (2009). The GABAergic anterior paired lateral neuron of Drosophila suppresses and is suppressed by olfactory learning. Nat. Neurosci. 12, 53-59. Abstract

Liu X and Davis RL. (2008). The GABAergic anterior paired lateral neuron of Drosophila suppresses and is suppressed by olfactory learning. Nat. Neurosci. Abstract

Tomchik SM and Davis RL. (2008). Behavioural neuroscience: Out of sight, but not out of mind. Nature 453, 1192-1194. Abstract

Tomchik SM and Davis RL. (2008). Cyclic AMP imaging sheds light on PDF signaling in circadian clock neurons. Neuron 58, 161-163. Abstract

Berry J, Krause W, Davis RL. Olfactory memory traces in Drosophila. In Progress in Brain Research: The Essence of Memory Vol 169. Eds. W. Sossin, J.C. Lacaille, V.F. Castellucci and S. Belleville. Elsevier B.V. (Oxford). 2008. Abstract

Nicholson L, Kaur G, Roman GW, Davis RL and Keshishian H. (2008). Spatial and temporal control of gene expression using the inducible gene-switch Gal4 system: L screen for larval nervous system drivers. Genetics 178, 215-34. Abstract

Liu X, Krause WC and Davis RL. (2007). GABAA receptor RDL inhibits Drosophila olfactory associative learning. Neuron 56, 1090-102. Abstract

Chan CS, Levenson JM, Mukhopadhyay PS, Zong L, Bradley A, Sweatt JD and Davis RL. (2007). α3-integrins are required for hippocampal long-term potentiation and working memory. Learning & Memory 14, 606-615. Abstract

Davis RL. (2007). The scent of Drosophila sex. Neuron 54, 14-16. Abstract

Liu L, Davis RL and Roman G. (2007). Exploratory activity in Drosophila requires the Drosophila non-visual arrestin. Genetics 175, 1-16. Abstract

Urizar NL, Yang Z, Edenberg HJ and Davis RL. (2007). Drosophila Homer is required in a small set of neurons including the ellipsoid body for normal ethanol sensitivity and tolerance. J. Neurosci., 27, 4541-4551.Abstract

Liu X and Davis RL. (2006). Insect olfactory memory in time and space. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 6, 679-685. Abstract

Ge H, Krishnan P, Liu L, Krishnan B, Davis RL, Hardin PE and Roman G. (2006). A Drosophila nonvisual arrestin is required for the maintenance of olfactory sensitivity. Chem. Senses 31, 49-62. Abstract

Yu D, Akalal DB and Davis RL. (2006). Drosophila α/β mushroom body neurons form a branch-specific, long-term cellular memory trace after spaced olfactory conditioning. Neuron 52, 845-855.Abstract

Chan CS, Weeber EJ, Zong L, Fuchs E, Sweat JD and Davis RL. (2006). β1-Integrins are required for hippocampal AMPA receptor-dependent synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, and working memory. J. Neurosci. 26, 223-233. Abstract

Akalal DBG, Wilson C, Zong L and Davis RL. (2006). Roles for Drosophila mushroom body neurons in olfactory learning. Learning & Memory, 13, 659-668. Abstract

Yang Z, Edenberg H and Davis RL. (2005). Isolation of mRNA from specific tissues of Drosophila by mRNA tagging. Nucleic Acid Res. 33, e148. Abstract

Davis RL. (2005). Olfactory memory formation in Drosophila: From molecular to systems neuroscience. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 28, 275-302. Abstract

McGuire SE, Deshazer M and Davis RL. (2006). 30 years of olfactory learning and memory research in Drosophila melanogaster. Progress in Neurobiology, 76, 328-347. Abstract

Yu D, Keene AC, Srivatsan A, Waddell S, and Davis RL. (2005). Drosophila DPM neurons form a delayed and branch-specific memory trace after olfactory classical conditioning. Cell 123, 945-957. Abstract

Martini SR and Davis RL. (2005). The dachshund gene is required for the proper guidance and branching of mushroom body axons in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurobiol. 64, 133-44. Abstract

Davis RL. (2005). Remote control of fruit fly behavior. Cell, 121: 6-7. Abstract

Davis RL. (2004). Olfactory learning. Neuron 44, 31-48. Abstract

Perazzonza B, Isabel G, Preat T and Davis RL. (2004). The role of CREB in Drosophila long-term memory. J. Neurosci. 24, 8823-8828. Abstract

McGuire SE, Roman G and Davis RL. (2004). Gene expression systems in Drosophila: A synthesis of time and space. Trends in Genetics 20, 384-391.Abstract

Yu D, Ponomarev A and Davis RL. (2004). Altered representation of the spatial code for odors after olfactory classical conditioning: memory trace formation by synaptic recruitment. Neuron 42, 437-449. Abstract

McGuire SE, Mao Z, Davis RL. (2004). Spatiotemporal gene expression targeting with the TARGET and gene-switch systems in DrosophilaScience STKE 2004(220), l6. Abstract

McGuire SE, Le PT, Osborn AJ, Matsumoto K and Davis RL. (2003). Spatio-temporal Rescue of Memory Dysfunction in DrosophilaScience302, 1765-1768. Abstract

*[Article highlighted by Wang Y and Zhong Y. (2004). TARGETing “when” and “where”. Science STKE. 2004, pe5. and Waddell, S. (2004). Four dimensional gene expression control: Memories on the fly. Trends in Neurosciences, in press.]Abstract

Mao Z, Roman G, Zong L, and Davis RL. (2004). Pharmacogenetic rescue in time and space of the rutabaga memory impairment using Gene-Switch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101,198-203. Abstract

Lee HG, Seong CS, Kim YC, Davis RL and Han KA. (2003). Octopamine receptor OAMB is required for ovulation in Drosophilamelanogaster. Develop. Biol., 264, 179-190. Abstract

Ponomarev AL and Davis RL. (2003). An adjustable-threshold algorithm for the identification of objects in three dimensional images. Bioinformatics 19,1431-1435. Abstract

Chan CS, Weeber EJ, Kurup S, Sun H, Sweatt JD and Davis RL. (2003). Integrin requirement for hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial memory. J. Neurosci., 23(18), 7107-7116. Abstract

Nishihara E, Yoshida-Komiya H, Chan CS, Liao L, Davis RL, Xu J, and O’Malley BW. (2003). SRC-1 null mice exhibit moderate motor dysfunction and delayed development of cerebellar purkinje cells. J. Neurosci. 23, 213-222. Abstract

Yu D, Baird GS, Tsien RY and Davis RL. (2003). Detection of calcium transients in Drosophila mushroom body neurons with camgaroo reporters, J. Neurosci. 23, 64-72. Abstract

Roman G and Davis RL. (2002). Conditional expression of UAS-transgenes in the adult eye with a new gene-switch vector system. Genesis34, 127-131.Abstract

McGuire S and Davis RL. (2001). Presenilin-1 and memories of the forebrain. Neuron 32, 763-765. Abstract

Roman G, Endo K, Zong L and Davis RL. (2001). P{Switch}, a novel system for spatial and temporal control of gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 12602-12607.Abstract

McGuire SE, Le PT and Davis RL. (2001). The role of Drosophila mushroom body signaling in olfactory memory. Science 10, 1126-1129. Abstract

*[Article highlighted by Waddell, S., and Quinn, W.G. (2001). Neurobiology. Learning how a fruit fly forgets. Science 293, 1271-1272]. Abstract

Davis RL. (2001). Mushroom bodies, Ca2+ oscillations, and the memory gene amnesiac. Neuron 30, 653-656.Abstract

Cheng Y, Endo K, Wu K, Rodan AR and Davis RL. (2001). Drosophila fasciclinII is required for the formation of odor memories for normal sensitivity to alcohol. Cell 105, 757-768.Abstract

*[Article highlighted by Waddell, S., and Quinn, W.G. (2001). Fas-Acting Memory. Developmental Cell 1, 8-9].Abstract

Roman G and Davis RL. (2001). Molecular biology and anatomy of Drosophila olfactory associative learning. BioEssays 23, 1-11.Abstract

Davis RL. (2001). Genetics of memory in the fly. In “International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences,” (N. Smelser and P. Baltes, eds.), Elsevier Science Limited (Oxford).

Rohrbough J, Grotewiel MS, Davis RL and Broadie K. (2000). Integrin-mediated regulation of synaptic morphology, transmission, and plasticity. J. Neurosci. 20, 6868-6878. Abstract

Roman G, He J and Davis RL. (2000). Kurtz, a novel non-visual arrestin, is an essential neural gene in DrosophilaGenetics 155, 1281-1295. Abstract

Martini SR, Roman G, Meuser S, Mardon G and Davis RL. (2000). The retinal determination gene, dachshund, is required for mushroom body cell differentiation. Development 127, 2663-2672. Abstract

Davis RL. (2000). Neurofibromin progress in the fly. Nature News & Views 403, 846-847. Abstract

Beck CDO, Schroeder B and Davis RL. (2000). Learning performance of Drosophila after repeated conditioning trials with discrete stimuli. J. Neurosci. 20, 2944-2953.Abstract

Zars T, Reinhard W, Davis R and Heisenberg M. (2000). Tissue specific expression of a type I adenylyl cyclase in the rutabaga mutant rescues its memory defect: In search of the engram. Learning & Memory 7, 18-31. Abstract

Kelley RL, Meller VH, Gordadze PR, Roman G, Davis RL, and Kuroda MI. (1999). Epigenetic spreading the Drosophila dosage compensation complex from roX RNA genes into flanking chromatin. Cell 98, 513-522.Abstract

Farris SM, Robinson GE, Davis RL, Fahrback SE. (1999). Larval and pupal development of the mushroom bodies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. J. Comp. Neuro. 414, 97-113.Abstract

Roman G, He J, and Davis RL. (1999). New series of Drosophila expression vectors suitable for behavioral rescue. BioTechiques 27, 54-56.Abstract

Cherry JA and Davis RL. (1999). Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases are localized in regions of the mouse brain associated with reinforcement, movement, and affect. J. Comp. Neuro. 407, 287-301. Abstract

Roman G, Meller V, Wu KH and Davis RL. (1998). The opt1 gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a proton dependent dipeptide transporter. Am. J. Physiol. 275, C857-C869. Abstract

Crittenden J, Skoulakis EMC, Han KA, Kalderon D and Davis RL. (1998). Tripartite mushroom body architecture revealed by antigenic markers. Learning & Memory 5, 38-51. Abstract

Skoulakis EMC and Davis RL. (1998). 14-3-3 proteins in neuronal development and function. Mole. Neurobiol. 16, 269-284. Abstract

Delgado R, Davis RL, Bono MR, Latorre R, and Labarca P. (1998). Outward currents in Drosophila larval neurons: dunce lacks a maintained outward current component down regulated by cyclic AMP. J. Neurosci. 18, 1399-1407. Abstract

Grotewiel MS, Beck CDO, Wu KH, Zhu XR and Davis RL. (1998). Integrin-mediated short-term memory in DrosophilaNature 391, 455-460.Abstract

*[Article highlighted by: Bargmann, C. (1998). Molecular neurobiology. Making memories stick? Nature 391, 435-436 and Connolly, J.B., and Tully, T. (1998). Integrins: a role for adhesion molecules in olfactory memory. Curr. Biol. 8, R386-R389].Abstract

Han KA, Millar NS, and Davis RL. (1998). A novel octopamine receptor with preferential expression in Drosophila mushroom bodies. J. Neurosci. 18, 3650-3658. Abstract

Li W, Skoulakis EMC, Davis RL and Perrimon N. (1997). The Drosophila 14-3-3 protein Leonardo enhances Torso signaling through D-Raf in a Ras1-dependent manner. Development 124, 4163-4171. Abstract

Broadie K, Rushton E, Skoulakis EMC and Davis RL. (1997). Leonardo, a Drosophila 14-3-3 protein involved in learning, regulates presynaptic function. Neuron 19, 391-402. Abstract

Meller VH, Wu KH, Roman G, Kuroda M and Davis RL. (1997). roX1 RNA paints the X chromosome of male Drosophila and is regulated by the dosage compensation system. Cell 88, 445-457. Abstract

*[Article highlighted by Willard, H.F, and Salz, H.K. (1997). Remodeling chromatin with RNA. Nature 386, 228-229].Abstract

Skoulakis EMC and Davis RL. (1996). Olfactory learning deficits in mutants for Leonardo, a Drosophila gene encoding a 14-3-3 protein. Neuron 17, 931-944. Abstract

Han KA, Millar NS, Groteweil MS and Davis RL. (1996). DAMB, a novel dopamine receptor expressed specifically in Drosophila mushroom bodies. Neuron 16, 1127-1135. Abstract

Davis RL and Han KA. (1996). Mushrooming mushroom bodies. Current Biology 6, 146-148.Abstract

Meller VH and Davis RL. (1996). Biochemistry of insect learning: lessons from bees and flies. Insect Biochem. & Mole. Biol. 26, 327-335. Abstract

Davis RL. (1996). Biochemistry and physiology of Drosophila learning mutants. Physiol. Reviews 76, 299-317. Abstract

Han PL, Meller VH and Davis RL. (1996). The Drosophila brain revisited by enhancer detection. J. Neurobiol. 31, 88-102.Abstract

Davis RL, Cherry JA, Dauwalder B, Han PL and Skoulakis EMC. (1995). The cyclic AMP system and Drosophila learning. J. Mole. & Cell. Biochem. 149/150, 271-278. Abstract

Cherry JA and Davis RL. (1995). A mouse homolog of dunce, a gene important for learning and memory in Drosophila, is preferentially expressed in olfactory receptor neurons. J. Neurobiol. 28, 102-113. Abstract

Dauwalder B and Davis RL. (1995). Conditional rescue of the dunce learning/memory and female fertility defects with Drosophila or rat transgenes. J. Neurosci. 15, 3490-3499. Abstract

Nighorn A, Qiu Y and Davis RL. (1994). Progress in understanding the Drosophila dnc locus. Comp. Biochem. & Physiol., 108B, 1-9. Abstract

Skoulakis EMC, Han PL and Davis RL. (1993). Learning and memory in Drosophila. In “Memory Concepts: Basic and Clinical Aspects,” (P. Anderson, A. Bjorkland, B. Hokfelt and T. Hokfelt, eds.), Novo Nordisk Foundation Symposium No. 7, Elsevier Science Publishers, (Amsterdam), pp. 99-112.

Davis RL. (1993). Mushroom bodies and Drosophila learning. Neuron 11, 1-4. Abstract

Skoulakis E, Kalderon D and Davis RL. (1993). Preferential expression of the catalytic subunit of PKA in the mushroom bodies and its role in learning and memory. Neuron 11, 197-208. Abstract

Qiu Y and Davis RL. (1993). Genetic dissection of the learning/memory gene dunce of Drosophila melanogaster. Genes & Develop. 7, 1447-1458. Abstract

Han PL, Levin L, Reed RR and Davis RL. (1992). Preferred expression of the Drosophila rutabaga gene in mushroom bodies, neural centers for learning in insects. Neuron 9, 619-627. Abstract

Levin L, Han PL, Hwang PM, Feinstein PG, Davis RL and Reed RR. (1992). The Drosophila learning and memory gene rutabaga encodes a Ca2+/calmodulin-responsive adenylyl cyclase. Cell 68, 479-489. Abstract

Qiu Y, Chen CN, Malone T, Richter-Mann L, Beckendorf S and Davis RL. (1991). Characterization of the memory gene dunce of Drosophilamelanogaster. J. Mole. Biol. 222, 553-565. Abstract

Davis RL and Dauwalder B. (1991). The Drosophila dunce locus and its mammalian homologs. Trends in Genetics 7, 224-229. Abstract

Nighorn A, Healy M and Davis RL. (1991). The cAMP phosphodiesterase encoded by the Drosophila dunce gene is concentrated in mushroom body neuropil. Neuron 6, 455-467. Abstract

Davis RL. (1990). Molecular genetics of the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. In “Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases: Structure, Regulation and Drug Action,” (J. Beavo and M. Houslay, eds.), John Wiley and Sons Limited (Chichester), pp. 227-241.

Livi GP, Kmetz P, McHale MM, Cieslinski LB, Sathe GM, Taylor DP, Davis RL, Torphy TJ and Balcarek JM. (1990). Cloning and expression of cDNA for a human low-Km, rolipram-sensitive cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. Mole. Cell. Biol. 10, 2678-2686. Abstract

Davis RL, Henkel-Tigges J, Qiu Y and Nighorn A. (1990). Phosphodiesterase genes from flies to mammals. In “Purines in Cellular Signaling: Targets for New Drugs,” (K. Jacobson, J. Daly, and V. Manganiello, eds.), Springer-Verlag (New York), pp. 290-296.

Pittler SJ, Baehr, W Wasmuth, J Champagne, M van Tuinen P, Ledbetter D and Davis RL. (1990). Molecular characterization of human and bovine rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase a-subunit and chromosomal localization of the human gene. Genomics 6, 272-283. Abstract

Henkel-Tigges, J and Davis RL. (1990). Rat homologs of the Drosophila dunce gene code for cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases sensitive to the antidepressant rolipram. Mole. Pharm. 37, 7-10. Abstract

Yun Y and Davis RL. (1989). Copia RNA levels are elevated in dunce mutants and modulated by cAMP. Nucl. Acids Res. 17, 8313-8325. Abstract

Davis RL, Takayasu H, Eberwine M and Myres J. (1989). Cloning and characterization of mammalian homologs of the Drosophila dunce+ gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 3604-3608. Abstract

Yun Y and Davis RL. (1989). Levels of RNA from a family of putative serine protease genes are reduced in Drosophila melanogaster dunce mutants and are regulated by cyclic AMP. Mole. Cell. Biol. 9, 692-700. Abstract

Davis RL. (1989) Ribonucleic acid (RNA). In “The 1989 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology,” (S.P. Parker, ed.) McGraw-Hill Book Company (New York) pp. 218-220.

Davis RL. (1988). Mutational analysis of the Drosophila phosphodiesterases. In “Methods in Enzymology,” Vol. 159 (J. Corbin and R. Johnson, eds.), Academic Press (San Diego), pp. 786-792. Abstract

Chen CN, Malone T, Beckendorf S and Davis RL. (1987). At least two genes reside within a large intron of the Drosophila dunce gene. Nature 329, 721-724. Abstract

Pittler S and Davis RL. (1987) A new family of the class of polydeoxyadenylated transposable elements identified by a representative member inserted into the dunce+ locus. Mole. Gen. Genetics 208:325-328. Abstract

Pittler S, Salz H and Davis RL. (1987). An interchromosomal gene conversion of the Drosophila dunce locus identified with restriction site polymorphisms: A potential involvement of transposable elements in gene conversion. Mole. Gen. Genetics 208, 315-324. Abstract

Chen CN, Denome S and Davis RL. (1986). Molecular analysis of cDNA clones and the corresponding genomic coding sequences of the Drosophila dunce+ gene, the structural gene for cAMP phosphodiesterase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83, 9313-9317. Abstract

Davis RL. and Davidson, N. (1986). The memory gene dunce+ encodes a remarkable set of RNAs with internal heterogeneity. Mole. Cell. Biol. 6, 1464-1470. Abstract

Davis RL. and Kauvar, L.M. (1984). Drosophila cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. In “Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide Research,” Vol. 16 (S. Strada and W. Thompson, eds.), Raven Press (New York), pp. 393-402. Abstract

Davis RL and Davidson N. (1984) Isolation of the Drosophila melanogaster dunce+ chromosomal region and recombinational mapping of dunce sequences with restriction site polymorphisms as genetic markers. Mole. Cell. Biol. 4, 358-367. Abstract

Salz H, Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1982). Genetic analysis of chromomere 3D4: The dunce and sperm-amotile genes of Drosophilamelanogaster. Genetics 100, 587-596. Abstract

Kiger JA Jr, Davis RL, Salz H, Fletcher T and Bowling M. (1981). Genetic analysis of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in Drosophilamelanogaster. In “Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide Research,” Vol. 14 (J.E. Dumont, P. Greengard and G. Alan Robison, eds.), Raven Press (New York). Abstract

Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1981). The dunce mutants of Drosophila melanogaster: Mutants defective in the cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase enzyme system. J. Cell Biol. 90, 101-107. Abstract

Byers D, Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1981). Defect in cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase due to the dunce mutation of learning in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 289:79-81. Abstract

Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1980). Biochemical characterization of the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases of Drosophila melanogaster. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 203, 412-421. Abstract

Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1978). Genetic manipulation of cyclic AMP levels in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 81, 1180-1186. Abstract

Davis RL and Kiger JA Jr. (1977). A clonal analysis of tergite development in Drosophila of ultraabdominal and paradoxical genotypes. Dev. Biol. 58, 114-123. Abstract