Andrew Dacks

Arizona Research Laboratories
Division of Neurobiology

Mailing address: PO Box 210077, Tucson, AZ 85721
Telephone: (520) 621-6643
Fax: (520) 621-8282
Email: adacks@email.arizona.edu

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Dacks, A.M., Green, D.S., Root, C.M., Nighorn, A.J., Wang, J.W. 2009. Serotonin modulates olfactory processing in the antennal lobe of Drosophila. The Journal of Neurogenetics. Jul 10:1-13 Epub ahead of publication.

Paulk, A., Dacks, A. ., Phillips-Portillo, J., Fellous, J-M., Gronenberg, W. 2009. Visual processing in the central bee brain. The Journal of Neuroscience. 29(32):9987–9999.

Paulk, A., Dacks, A.M., Gronenberg, W. 2009. Color processing in the medulla of the bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus impatiens). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 513(5):441-56.

Dacks, A.M., Nickel, T., Mitchell, B. 2003. An examination of serotonin and feeding in the flesh fly Neobellieria bullata (Sarcophagidae: Diptera). The Journal of Insect Behavior. 16(1):1-21.

Dacks, A.M., Christensen, T.A., Agricola, H.-J., Wollweber, L., Hildebrand, J.G. 2005. Octopamine-immunoreactive neurons in the brain and subesophageal ganglion of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 488(3):255-269.

Dacks, A.M., Christensen, T.A., Hildebrand, J.G. 2006. The phylogeny of a serotonin-immunoreactive neuron in the primary olfactory center of the insect brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 498:727-746.

Dacks, A.M., Dacks, J.B., Christensen, T.A., Nighorn, A.J. 2006. The cloning of one putative octopamine receptor and two putative serotonin receptors from the Tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 36:741-747.

Dacks, A.M., Christensen, T.A., Hildebrand, J.G. 2008. Modulation of olfactory processing in the antennal lobe of Manduca sexta by serotonin. The Journal of Neurophysiology. 99(5):2077-85.

Paulk, A., Phillips-Portillo, J., Dacks, A.M., Fellous, J.-M., Gronenberg, W. 2008. The processing of color, motion, and stimulus timing are anatomically segregated in the bumblebee brain. The Journal of Neuroscience. 28(25):6319-32.