PD Dr. Björn Brembs phone:       ++49 30/838-55050  fax:           ++49 30/838-55455  e-mail:       bjoern@brembs.net homepage: http://brembs.net

The organisation of behavior

For details see http://brembs.net

Current research projects:

• Order in spontaneous behavior
• Brains as output/input devices
• Hierarchical interactions in Drosophila predictive learning
• Imaging the buccal ganglia of Aplysia
• Profound flight deficit in Drosophila lacking octopamine
  Christiansen / Duch / Brembs

Publications:

Peer-reviewed primary publications:

Brembs, and B Wiener, J. (2006, subm.): Context generalization and occasion setting: mushroom bodies stabilize visual memory in Drosophila .

Brembs, B. and Hempel de Ibarra, N. (2006, subm.): Different parameters support discrimination and generalization in Drosophila at the flight simulator.

Brembs, B. ; Plendl, W. and Wolf, R. (2006, subm.): Hierarchical interactions in Drosophila predictive learning.

Phillips A.M.; Smart R.; Strauss R.; Brembs B. and Kelly, L.E. (2005): The Drosophila black enigma: the molecular and behavioural characterization of the black 1 mutant allele. Gene 351C , 131-142.

Brembs B.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2004): Extending in vitro conditioning in Aplysia to analyze operant and classical processes in the same preparation. Learn. Mem . 11 , 412-420.

Baier A.; Wittek B. and Brembs B. (2002): Drosophila as a new model organism for the neurobiology of aggression? J. Exp. Biol. 205 , 1233-1240.

Brembs B.; Lorenzetti F.D.; Reyes F.D.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2002): Operant Reward Learning in Aplysia : Neuronal Correlates and Mechanisms. Science 296 , 1706-1709.

Brembs B. and Heisenberg M. (2001): Conditioning with compound stimuli in Drosophila at the flight simulator. J. Exp. Biol. 204 , 2849-2859

Brembs B. and Heisenberg M. (2000): The Operant and the Classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator. Learn. Mem. 7 , 104-115.

Cutts C.J.; Brembs B.; Metcalfe N.B. and Taylor A.C. (1999): Prior residence, territory quality and life-history strategies in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). J. Fish. Biol. 55 , 784-794.

Other publications:

Peer-reviewed articles:

Brembs B. (2003): Operant reward learning in Aplysia . Curr. Dir. Psychol. Sci. 12 , 218-221.

Brembs B. (2003): Operant conditioning in invertebrates. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol . 13 , 710-717.

Heisenberg M.; Wolf R. and Brembs B. (2001): Flexibility in a single behavioral variable of Drosophila . Learn. Mem . 8 , 1-10

Brembs B. (1996): Chaos cheating and cooperation: potential solutions to the Prisoner's Dilemma. OIKOS 76 , 14-24.

Book Chapters:

Menzel R.; Brembs, B. and Giurfa M. (2006, in press): Cognition in Invertebrates. In: Strausfeld , N.J. and Bullock, T.H. (eds) The Evolution of Nervous Systems, Vol II: Evolution of Nervous Systems in Invertebrates. Elsevier Life Sciences.

Brembs B. (2001): Hamilton 's Theory. In: Brenner, S. and Miller, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press, London , New York ; pp. 906-910.

For pdf see publications of the Menzel Group

Presentations:

Poster presentations at scientific meetings:

Brembs B.; Wolf R.; Heisenberg M. (1997): Is operant behavior facilitating classical conditioning of Drosophila at the flight simulator? In: Elsner N, Waessle H (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1997. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart , New York : 652.

Wolf R.; Brembs B.; Ernst R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): Classification of learning in tethered flying Drosophila . In: Elsner N and Wehner R (eds) New Neuroethology on the Move. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart , New York : 111

Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): How different are operant and classical conditioning at the flight simulator? 5 th International Congress of Neuroethology, San Diego , Ca.

Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1998): Operant and Classical Learning at the Flight Simulator: What is the Role of the Context? In: Elsner N and Wehner R (eds) New Neuroethology on the Move. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart , New York : 514.

Brembs B.; Wolf R. and Heisenberg M. (1999): Classical Questions in an Operant Learning Paradigm. In: Elsner N and Eysel U (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1999. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart , New York : 545.

Baxter D.A.; Cai Y.; Brembs B. and Byrne J.H. (2000): Simulating physiological and morphological properties of neurons with SNNAP (Simulator for Neural Networks and Action Potentials). Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 26:21.64.

Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning using self-stimulation in Aplysia . In: Kreutzberg GW and Elsner N (eds) Göttingen Neurobiology Report 2001. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart , New York

Baxter D.A.; Brembs B. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia . Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Learning and Memory.

Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia using self-stimulation. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 644.19

Brembs B.; Wilkinson E.; Reyes F.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2001): Operant conditioning of feeding behavior in Aplysia . 6 th International Congress of Neuroethology , Bonn , Germany .

Evans C.G; Jing J.; Proekt A., Brembs B.; Rosen S. and Cropper E.C. (2003): Frequency-dependent regulation of afferent transmission in the feeding circuitry of Aplysia . Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 604.1.

Brembs B.; Baxter D.A. and Byrne J.H. (2004): Extending in vitro conditioning in Aplysia to analyze operant and classical processes in the same preparation. 7 th International Congress of Neuroethology, Nyborg , Denmark .

Carbon, C.C.; Leder, H.; Weber, J.; Sander, T.; Trahms, L.; Grueter, M.; Grueter, T.; Brembs, B. and Lueschow, A. (2004). Specific impairments of configural processing in prosopagnosics . Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 200.23.

Brembs, B.; Maye, A. and Greggers, U. (2005): Order in spontaneous behavior. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 754.2.

Wiener, J.; Gerber, B.; Hempel de Ibarra, N.; Menzel, R. and Brembs, B. (2005): Occasion setting in Drosophila at the flight simulator. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 777.9

Brembs, B.; Hsieh, C.; Sugihara, G. and Maye, A (2006): Do fruit flies have free will? 5 th FENS Forum, Vienna

Christiansen, F.; Pflüger, J. ; Duch, C.; and Brembs, B. (2006): Profound flight performance deficit in Drosophila lacking octopamine. 5 th FENS Forum, Vienna

Brembs, B. (2006): Operant and classical components interact hierarchically in Drosophila predictive learning. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.,

Invited Presentations:

19/07/2004-23/07/2004: Participant, Novartis Foundation Symposium No. 268 on ?Molecular Mechanisms Influencing Aggressive Behaviours.? London , England , UK .

17/09/2006-22/09/2006: Speaker, XIII Summer School, Nicolás Cabrera Institute , ? Biophysics of Biological Circuits: from Molecules to Networks.? Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Spain .

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