LIN Personal

Prof. Dr. Bertram Gerber

Abteilungsleiter

Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis

Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie
Brenneckestr. 6
39118 Magdeburg
Deutschland
Telefon: +49 391 6263 92261
E-Mail: Bertram.Gerber@lin-magdeburg.de
ORCID: 0000-0003-3003-0051

Publikationen
Publikationen
Amin F, König C, Zhang J, Kalinichenko LS, Königsmann S, Brunsberg V, Riemensperger TD, Müller CP, Gerber B. 2024. Compromising tyrosine hydroxylase function establishes a delusion-like temporal profile of reinforcement by dopamine neurons in Drosophila. (bioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.27.600982
Sen E, El-Keredy A, Jacob N, Mancini N, Asnaz G, Widmann A, Gerber B, Thoener J. 2024. Cognitive limits of larval Drosophila: testing for conditioned inhibition, sensory preconditioning, and second-order conditioning. Learning and Memory. 31(5):Article a053726. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053726.122
Jürgensen A-M, Sakagiannis P, Schleyer M, Gerber B, Nawrot MP. 2024. Prediction error drives associative learning and conditioned behavior in a spiking model of Drosophila larva. iScience. 27(1):Article 108640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108640
Mancini N, Thoener J, Tafani E, Pauls D, Mayseless O, Strauch M, Eichler K, Champion A, Kobler O, Weber D, et al. 2023. Rewarding capacity of optogenetically activating a giant GABAergic central-brain interneuron in larval Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(44):7393-7428. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2310-22.2023
Sen E, El-Keredy A, Jacob N, Mancini N, Asnaz G, Widmann A, Gerber B, Thoener J. 2023. Cognitive limits of larval Drosophila: Testing for conditioned inhibition, sensory preconditioning and second-order conditioning. (bioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.21.554112
Jürgensen A-M, Sakagiannis P, Schleyer M, Gerber B, Nawrot MP. 2023. Prediction error drives associative olfactory learning and conditioned behavior in a spiking model of Drosophila larva. (bioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.21.521372
Thane M, Paisios E, Stöter T, Krüger A-R, Gläß S, Dahse A-K, Scholz N, Gerber B, Lehmann DJ, Schleyer M. 2023. High-resolution analysis of individual Drosophila melanogaster larvae uncovers individual variability in locomotion and its neurogenetic modulation. Open Biology. 13(4):Article 220308. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220308
Thum AS, Gerber B. 2023. The making of a maggot brain. eLife. 12:Article e86696. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.86696
König C, Gerber B. 2022. Age-related decrease in appetitive associative memory in fruit flies. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(21):Article jeb244915. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244915
Thoener J, Weiglein A, Gerber B, Schleyer M. 2022. Optogenetically induced reward and 'frustration' memory in larval Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(16):Article jeb244565. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244565
Kobler O, Weiglein A, Hartung K, Chen Y-C, Gerber B, Thomas U. 2021. A quick and versatile protocol for the 3D visualization of transgene expression across the whole body of larval Drosophila. Journal of Neurogenetics. 35(3):306-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2021.1892096
Weiglein A, Thoener J, Feldbruegge I, Warzog L, Mancini N, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2021. Aversive teaching signals from individual dopamine neurons in larval Drosophila show qualitative differences in their temporal 'fingerprint'. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 529(7):1553-1570. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25037
Michels B, Franke K, Weiglein A, Sultani H, Gerber B, Wessjohann LA. 2020. Rewarding compounds identified from the medicinal plant Rhodiola rosea. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(16):Article jeb223982. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.223982
Schleyer M, Weiglein A, Thoener J, Strauch M, Hartenstein V, Kantar Weigelt M, Schuller S, Saumweber T, Eichler K, Rohwedder A, et al. 2020. Identification of dopaminergic neurons that can both establish associative memory and acutely terminate its behavioral expression. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(31):5990-6006. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0290-20.2020
Gerber B, King EG, Sitaraman D. 2020. A biographical sketch of Troy D. Zars (1967-2018). Journal of Neurogenetics. 34(1):2-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2020.1716749
Gerber B, King EG, Schulz D, Tanimoto H, Waddell S, Wu C-F. 2020. Future perspectives of neurogenetics - in honor of Troy D. Zars (1967-2018). Journal of Neurogenetics. 34(1):1. https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2020.1715975
Eschbach C, Fushiki A, Winding M, Schneider-Mizell CM, Shao M, Arruda R, Eichler K, Valdes-Aleman J, Ohyama T, Thum AS, et al. 2020. Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain. Nature Neuroscience. 23(4):544-555. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0607-9
Toshima N, Kantar Weigelt M, Weiglein A, Boetzl FA, Gerber B. 2019. An amino-acid mixture can be both rewarding and punishing to larval Drosophila melanogaster.Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 23):Article jeb.209486. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.209486
Mancini N, Hranova S, Weber J, Weiglein A, Schleyer M, Weber D, Thum AS, Gerber B. 2019. Reversal learning in drosophila larvae. Learning and Memory. 26(11):424-435. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.049510.119
Blanco-Redondo B, Nuwal N, Kneitz S, Nuwal T, Halder P, Liu Y, Ehmann N, Scholz N, Mayer A, Kleber J, et al. 2019. Implications of the Sap47 null mutation for synapsin phosphorylation, longevity, climbing proficiency and behavioural plasticity in adult Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 19):Article jeb203505. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.203505
König C, Khalili A, Niewalda T, Gao S, Gerber B. 2019. An optogenetic analogue of second-order reinforcement in Drosophila. Biology Letters. 15(7):Article 20190084. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0084
Coors A, Brosch M, Kahl E, Khalil R, Michels B, Laub A, Franke K, Gerber B, Fendt M. 2019. Rhodiola rosea root extract has antipsychotic-like effects in rodent models of sensorimotor gating. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 235:320-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.02.031
Weiglein A, Gerstner F, Mancini N, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2019. One-trial learning in larval Drosophila. Learning and Memory. 26(4):109-120. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.049106.118
Gerber B, König C, Fendt M, Andreatta M, Romanos M, Pauli P, Yarali A. 2019. Timing-dependent valence reversal: a principle of reinforcement processing and its possible implications. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 26:114-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.12.001
Thum AS, Gerber B. 2019. Connectomics and function of a memory network: the mushroom body of larval Drosophila. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 54:146-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2018.10.007
Michels B, Zwaka H, Bartels R, Lushchak O, Franke K, Endres T, Fendt M, Song I, Bakr M, Budragchaa T, et al. 2018. Memory enhancement by ferulic acid ester across species. Science advances. 4(10):Article eaat6994. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat6994
Schleyer M, Fendt M, Schuller S, Gerber B. 2018. Associative learning of stimuli paired and unpaired with reinforcement: Evaluating evidence from maggots, flies, bees, and rats. Frontiers in Psychology. 9(AUG):Article 1494. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01494
König C, Khalili A, Ganesan M, Nishu AP, Garza AP, Niewalda T, Gerber B, Aso Y, Yarali A. 2018. Reinforcement signaling of punishment versus relief in fruit flies. Learning and Memory. 25(6):247-257. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.047308.118
Saumweber T, Rohwedder A, Schleyer M, Eichler K, Chen Y-C, Aso Y, Cardona A, Eschbach C, Kobler O, Voigt A, et al. 2018. Functional architecture of reward learning in mushroom body extrinsic neurons of larval Drosophila. Nature Communications. 9(1):Article 1104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03130-1
Chen YC, Mishra D, Gläß S, Gerber B. 2017. Behavioral evidence for enhanced processing of the minor component of binary odor mixtures in larval Drosophila. Frontiers in Psychology. 8(NOV):Article 1923. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01923
Eichler K, Li F, Litwin-Kumar A, Park Y, Andrade I, Schneider-Mizell CM, Saumweber T, Huser A, Eschbach C, Gerber B, et al. 2017. The complete connectome of a learning and memory centre in an insect brain. Nature. 548(7666):175-182. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23455
Almeida-Carvalho MJ, Berh D, Braun A, Chen YC, Eichler K, Eschbach C, Fritsch PMJ, Gerber B, Hoyer N, Jiang X, et al. 2017. The Ol₁mpiad: Concordance of behavioural faculties of stage 1 and stage 3 Drosophila larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(Pt 13):2452-2475. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.156646
Michels B, Saumweber T, Biernacki R, Thum J, Glasgow RDV, Schleyer M, Chen YC, Eschbach C, Stocker RF, Toshima N, et al. 2017. Pavlovian conditioning of larval Drosophila: An illustrated, multilingual, hands-on manual for odor-taste associative learning in maggots. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 11:Article 45. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00045
Kudow N, Miura D, Schleyer M, Toshima N, Gerber B, Tanimura T. 2017. Preference for and learning of amino acids in larval Drosophila. Biology Open. 6(3):365-369. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.020412
Gerber B, Aso Y. 2017. Localization, diversity and behavioral expression of associative engrams in Drosophila. Menzel R, editor. In Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference. 2 ed. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 463-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21021-3
Croset V, Schleyer M, Arguello JR, Gerber B, Benton R. 2016. A molecular and neuronal basis for amino acid sensing in the Drosophila larva. Scientific Reports. 6:art. no. 34871. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34871
Rohwedder A, Wenz NL, Stehle B, Huser A, Yamagata N, Zlatic M, Truman JW, Tanimoto H, Saumweber T, Gerber B, et al. 2016. Four Individually Identified Paired Dopamine Neurons Signal Reward in Larval Drosophila. Current Biology. 26(5):661-669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.012
Kleber J, Chen YC, Michels B, Saumweber T, Schleyer M, Kähne T, Buchner E, Gerber B. 2016. Synapsin is required to "boost" memory strength for highly salient events. Learning and Memory. 23(1):9-20. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.039685.115
Niewalda T, Michels B, Jungnickel R, Diegelmann S, Kleber J, Kähne T, Gerber B. 2015. Synapsin determines memory strength after punishment- and relief-learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(19):7487-7502. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4454-14.2015
Schleyer M, Reid SF, Pamir E, Saumweber T, Paisios E, Davies A, Gerber B, Louis M. 2015. The impact of odor-reward memory on chemotaxis in larval Drosophila. Learning and Memory. 22(5):267-277. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.037978.114
Schleyer M, Miura D, Tanimura T, Gerber B. 2015. Learning the specific quality of taste reinforcement in larval Drosophila. eLife. 2015(4). https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.04711
Saumweber T, Cano C, Klessen J, Eichler K, Fendt M, Gerber B. 2014. Immediate and punitive impact of mechanosensory disturbance on olfactory behaviour of larval Drosophila. Biology Open. 3(10):1005-1010. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.20149183
Chen YC, Gerber B. 2014. Generalization and discrimination tasks yield concordant measures of perceived distance between odours and their binary mixtures in larval Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(12):2071-2077. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.100966
Niewalda T, Jeske I, Michels B, Gerber B. 2014. 'Peer pressure' in larval Drosophila?. Biology Open. 3(7):575-582. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.20148458
Gerber B, Yarali A, Diegelmann S, Wotjak CT, Pauli P, Fendt M. 2014. Pain-relief learning in flies, rats, and man: Basic research and applied perspectives. Learning and Memory. 21(4):232-252. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.032995.113
König C, Schleyer M, Leibiger J, El-Keredy A, Gerber B. 2014. Bitter-sweet processing in larval Drosophila. Chemical Senses. 39(6):Article bju016. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bju016
Sadanandappa MK, Redondo BB, Michels B, Rodrigues V, Gerber B, VijayRaghavan K, Buchner E, Ramaswami M. 2013. Synapsin function in GABA-ergic interneurons is required for short-term olfactory habituation. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(42):16576-16585. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3142-13.2013
Diegelmann S, Preuschoff S, Appel M, Niewalda T, Gerber B, Yarali A. 2013. Memory decay and susceptibility to amnesia dissociate punishment- from relief-learning. Biology Letters. 9(4):Article 20121171. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1171
Mishra D, Chen YC, Yarali A, Oguz T, Gerber B. 2013. Olfactory memories are intensity specific in larval Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216(9):1552-1560. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.082222
Diegelmann S, Klagges B, Michels B, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2013. Maggot learning and synapsin function. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216(6):939-951. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.076208
Gerber B, Biernacki R, Thum J. 2013. Odor-taste learning Assays in Drosophila larvae. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(3):213-223. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot071639
Schleyer M, Diegelmann S, Michels B, Saumweber T, Gerber B. 2013. 'Decision Making' in larval Drosophila. In Invertebrate learning and memory: Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience. Pages 41-55: Elsevier. pp. 41-55. (Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-415823-8.00005-8
Gerber B. 2012. Neurobiologie der Freiheit?. Neuroforum. 18(4):302-303.
Andreatta M, Fendt M, Mühlberger A, Wieser MJ, Imobersteg S, Yarali A, Gerber B, Pauli P. 2012. Onset and offset of aversive events establish distinct memories requiring fear and reward networks. Learning and Memory. 19(11):518-526. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.026864.112
El-Keredy A, Schleyer M, König C, Ekim A, Gerber B. 2012. Behavioural analyses of quinine processing in choice, feeding and learning of larval Drosophila. PLoS ONE. 7(7):e40525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040525
Gerber B. 2012. Is there a neurobiology of the free will? Can neurobiology help to resolve the age-old discussions about freedom, cause and chance?. EMBO Reports. 13(1):17-19. https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2011.229
Eschbach C, Cano C, Haberkern H, Schraut K, Guan C, Triphan T, Gerber B. 2011. Associative learning between odorants and mechanosensory punishment in larval Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214(Pt 23):3897-3905. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.060533
Schleyer M, Saumweber T, Nahrendorf W, Fischer B, von Alpen D, Pauls D, Thum A, Gerber B. 2011. A behavior-based circuit model of how outcome expectations organize learned behavior in larval Drosophila.Learning and Memory. 18(10):639-653. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.2163411
Niewalda T, Völler T, Eschbach C, Ehmer J, Chou WC, Timme M, Fiala A, Gerber B. 2011. A combined perceptual, Physico-Chemical, and imaging approach to 'Odour-Distances' suggests a categorizing function of the Drosophila antennal lobe. PLoS ONE. 6(9):e24300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024300
Eschbach C, Vogt K, Schmuker M, Gerber B. 2011. The similarity between odors and their binary mixtures in Drosophila.Chemical Senses. 36(7):613-621. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjr016
Michels B, Chen YC, Saumweber T, Mishra D, Tanimoto H, Schmid B, Engmann O, Gerber B. 2011. Cellular site and molecular mode of synapsin action in associative learning.Learning and Memory. 18(5):332-344. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.2101411
Saumweber T, Weyhersmüller A, Hallermann S, Diegelmann S, Michels B, Bucher D, Funk N, Reisch D, Krohne G, Wegener S, et al. 2011. Behavioral and synaptic plasticity are impaired upon lack of the synaptic protein SAP47. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(9):3508-3518. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2646-10.2011
Chen YC, Mishra D, Schmitt L, Schmuker M, Gerber B. 2011. A behavioral odor similarity "space" in larval Drosophila. Chemical Senses. 36(3):237-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjq123
Saumweber T, Husse J, Gerber B. 2011. Innate attractiveness and associative learnability of odors can be dissociated in larval Drosophila. Chemical Senses. 36(3):223-235. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjq128
Yarali A, Gerber B. 2010. A neurogenetic dissociation between punishment-, reward, and relief-learning in Drosophila. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 4(DEC):Article 189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00189
Mishra D, Louis M, Gerber B. 2010. Adaptive adjustment of the generalization-discrimination balance in larval Drosophila. Journal of Neurogenetics. 24(3):168-175. https://doi.org/10.3109/01677063.2010.498066
Andreatta M, Mühlberger A, Yarali A, Gerber B, Pauli P. 2010. A rift between implicit and explicit conditioned valence in human pain relief learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277(1692):2411-2416. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0103
Knapek S, Gerber B, Tanimoto H. 2010. Synapsin is selectively required for anesthesia-sensitive memory. Learning and Memory. 17(2):76-79. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.1661810
Yarali A, Ehser S, Hapil FZ, Huang J, Gerber B. 2009. Odour intensity learning in fruit flies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276(1672):3413-3420. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0705
Yarali A, Krischke M, Michels B, Saumweber T, Mueller MJ, Gerber B. 2009. Genetic distortion of the balance between punishment and relief learning in Drosophila. Journal of Neurogenetics. 23(1-2):235-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/01677060802441372
Gerber B, Stocker RF, Tanimura T, Thum AS. 2009. Smelling, tasting, learning: Drosophila as a study case. In Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation. pp. 139-185. (Results and problems in cell differentiation). https://doi.org/10.1007/400_2008_9
Yarali A, Niewalda T, Chen YC, Tanimoto H, Duerrnagel S, Gerber B. 2008. 'Pain relief' learning in fruit flies. Animal Behaviour. 76(4):1173-1185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.025
Niewalda T, Singhal N, Fiala A, Saumweber T, Wegener S, Gerber B. 2008. Salt processing in larval Drosophila: Choice, feeding, and learning shift from appetitive to aversive in a concentration-dependent way. Chemical Senses. 33(8):685-692. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjn037
Yarali A, Mayerle M, Nawroth C, Gerber B. 2008. No evidence for visual context-dependency of olfactory learning in Drosophila. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(8):767-774. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0380-1
Schipanski A, Yarali A, Niewalda T, Gerber B. 2008. Behavioral analyses of sugar processing in choice, feeding, and learning in larval drosophila. Chemical Senses. 33(6):563-573. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjn024
Gerber B, Heisenberg M. 2008. Behavioral analysis of learning and memory in Drosophila. Byrne JH, Menzel R, editors. In Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference: Vol. 1 Learning Theory and Behavior. Elsevier. pp. 549-559.
Gerber B, Biernacki R, Thum J. 2008. Duftlernen bei Larven der Taufliege Drosophila. Unterricht Biologie. (337/338):90-91.
Gerber B. 2007. Franz Wuketits: Der freie Wille. Die Evolution einer Illusion.Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau. 60(9):495 - 496.
Gerber B, Wegener S, Hendel T. 2007. Riechen, Schmecken, Lernen: Verhaltensneurogenetik der Drosophila-Larve. Neuroforum. 13(3):80-92.
Kaun KR, Hendel T, Gerber B, Sokolowski MB. 2007. Natural variation in Drosophila larval reward learning and memory due to a cGMP-dependent protein kinase.Learning and Memory. 14(5):342-349. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.505807
Gerber B, Stocker RF. 2007. The Drosophila larva as a model for studying chemosensation and chemosensory learning: A review. Chemical Senses. 32(1):65-89. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjl030
Gerber B, Hendel T. 2006. Outcome expectations drive learned behaviour in larval Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273(1604):2965-2968. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3673
Gerber B, Schroll C, Riemensperger T, Buchner D, Ehmer J, Völler T, Erbguth K, Hendel T, Nagel G, Buchner E, et al. 2006. Light-induced activation of distinct modulatory neurons triggers appetitive or aversive learning in Drosophila larvae. Current Biology. 16(17):1741-1747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.023
Gerber B, Yarali A, Hendel T. 2006. Olfactory learning and behaviour are 'insulated' against visual processing in larval Drosophila. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 192(10):1133-1145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-006-0140-7
Hendel T, Gerber B. 2006. Outcome expections drive learned behavior in larval Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2965-2968.
Michels B, Diegelmann S, Tanimoto H, Schwenkert I, Buchner E, Gerber B. 2005. A role for Synapsin in associative learning: The Drosophila larva as a study case. Learning and Memory. 12(3):224-231. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.92805
Gerber B, Guerrieri F, Lachnit H, Giurfa M. 2005. Olfactory blocking and odorant similarity in the honeybee. Learning and Memory. 12(2):86-95. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.79305
Neuser K, Husse J, Stock P, Gerber B. 2005. Appetitive olfactory learning in Drosophila larvae: Effects of repetition, reward strength, age, gender, assay type and memory span. Animal Behaviour. 69(4):891-898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.013
Gerber B, Hendel T, Michels B, Schipanski A, Kaun KR, Sokolowski MB, Michel R, Neuser K, Heisenberg M, Marohn F. 2005. The carrot, not the stick: appetitive rather than aversive gustatory stimuli support associative olfactory learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 191(3):265-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-004-0574-8
Gerber B, Tanimoto H, Heisenberg M. 2004. An engram found? Evaluating the evidence from fruit flies. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 14(6):737-744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2004.10.014
Gerber B, Tanimoto H, Heisenberg M. 2004. Event timing turns punishment to reward. Nature. 430(7003):983. https://doi.org/10.1038/430983a
Gerber B, Scherer S, Neuser K, Michels B, Hendel T, Stocker RF, Heisenberg M. 2004. Visual learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(Pt 1):179-188. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00718
Gerber B, Giurfa M, Lachnit H, Schubert M, Reisenmann C. 2003. The effect of cumulative experience on the use of elemental and configural visual discrimination strategies in honeybees. Behavioural Brain Research. 145(1-2):161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00104-9
Gerber B, Scherer S, Stocker RF. 2003. Olfactory learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae. Learning and Memory. 10(3):217-225. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.57903
Malun D, Giurfa M, Giovanni Galizia C, Plath N, Brandt R, Gerber B, Eisermann B. 2002. Hydroxyurea-induced partial mushroom body ablation does not affect acquisition and retention of olfactory differential conditioning in honeybees. Journal of Neurobiology. 53(3):343-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.10119
Gerber B, Heisenberg M. 2002. Common design of mushroom bodies in bees and flies?. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 450(1):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.10326
Gerber B, Giurfa M, Malun D, Galizia CG, Plath N, Brandt R, Eisermann B. 2002. Hydroxyurea-induced partial mushroombody ablation does not affect acquisition and retention of olfactory differential conditioning in honeybees. Journal of Neurobiology. (53):343-360.
Gerber B, Menzel R, Giurfa M, Hellstern F. 2001. Cognition in insects: The honeybee as a study case. Roth G, Wullimann MF, editors. In Brain Evolution and Cognition. Wiley. pp. 333-366.
Gerber B, Menzel R. 2000. Contextual modulation of memory consolidation. Learning and Memory. 7(3):151-158. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.7.3.151
Gerber B, Menzel R, Müller D, Hellstern F, Hammer M. 2000. Sensory preconditioning in honeybees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203(8):1351-1364.
Menzel R, Heyne A, Kinzel C, Gerber B, Fiala A. 1999. Pharmacological dissociation between the reinforcing, sensitizing, and response-releasing functions of reward in honeybee classical conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience. 113(4):744-754. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.113.4.744
Gerber B, Ullrich J. 1999. No evidence for olfactory blocking in honeybee classical conditioning. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202(13):1839-1854.
Gerber B, Menzel R, Hellstern F, Giurfa M. 1999. Elementary and cofigural forms of memory in an insect: the honeybee. Friederici AD, Menzel R, editors. In Learning: Rule extraction and representation. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 259-282.
Gerber B, Wüstenberg D, Menzel R. 1998. Long- but not medium-term retention of olfactory memories in honeybees is impaired by actinomycin D and anisomycin. European Journal of Neuroscience. 10(8):2742-2745. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00319.x
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2022 - 2025 (Bund)
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2018 - 2022 (DFG)
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https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/365082554
2017 - 2020 (DFG)
Bildung und Abruf von Belohnungsspezifischen Gedächtnissen
2012 - 2019 (DFG)
SFB 779/ B11: Molekulare und zelluläre Mechanismen des RELIEF LEARNING bei Drosophila
http://www.sfb779.de/
2012 - 2019 (DFG)
SFB 779/ MGK: Teilprojekt MGK: Allgemeine Angaben zum Teilprojekt MGK
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2014 - 2016 (EU)
MINIMAL - Miniature Insect Model for Active Learning
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