Publications

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• A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach-avoidance conflicts. biorxiv. Devika Bodas,  Sevval Demirci,  Marine Balcou,  Lisa Scheunemann, and Carolina Rezaval.
• Neural basis of sexually dimorphic decision-making. Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2026) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2025.103146. Day, M and Rezaval, C.
• Mating proximity blinds threat perception. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07890-3. Cazalé-Debat L*, Scheunemann L*, Day M,Fernandez-d.V. Alquicira T, Dimtsi A, Zhang Y, Blackburn LA, Ballardini C, Greenin-Whitehead K, Reynolds E, Lin AC$, Owald D$, and Rezaval C.  *First co-authors. $ equally contributed to this work. 
• Comment in: 'Balancing reproductive pursuit and visual danger'. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2024. Read here.
• Comment in: 'Behavioral neuroscience: Flexible integration on the fly'. Katrin Vogt. Curr Biol. 2024. Read here.
• Mating proximity blinds threat perception. Laurie Cazalé-Debat*, Lisa Scheunemann*, Megan Day, Tania Fernandez-d.V. Alquicira, Anna Dimtsi, Youchong Zhang, Lauren A Blackburn, Charles Ballardini, Katie Greenin-Whitehead, Eric Reynolds, Andrew C Lin$, David Owald&, Carolina Rezaval. BIORXIV/2024/590677 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.23.590677 * First co-authors. $ equally contributed to this work. 
• Probing Acoustic Communication during Fly Reproductive Behaviors. von Philipsborn AC, Shohat-Ophir G, Rezaval C. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Feb 13. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot108107. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36781214 here.
  
• Measurement of Drosophila Reproductive Behaviors. von Philipsborn AC, Shohat-Ophir G, Rezaval C. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Feb 13. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top107866. Online ahead of print. PMID: 3678121. ​Read here.
  
• Single-Pair Courtship and Competition Assays in Drosophila. von Philipsborn AC, Shohat-Ophir G, Rezaval C. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Feb 13. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot108105. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36781212 ​Read here.
  
• Courtship Conditioning/Suppression Assays in Drosophila. von Philipsborn AC, Shohat-Ophir G, Rezaval C. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Feb 13. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot108106. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36781210 Read here.
  
• FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence: Science needs strong European cohesion. O'Leary T, Hauser TU, Ryan TJ, Rezaval C. Eur J Neurosci. 2022 Sep 2. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15814. Read here.
  
• Pre-copulatory reproductive behaviours are preserved in Drosophila melanogaster infected with bacteria. Rose S, Beckwith EJ, Burmester C, May RC, Dionne MS, Rezaval C. Proc Biol Sci. 2022. Read here.
  
• Pre-copulatory reproductive behaviours are preserved in Drosophila melanogaster infected with bacteria.  Rose S, Beckwith EJ, Burmester C, May R, Dionne M and Rezaval C. BIORXIV/2021/460306. Read here.
  
• A neuronal mechanism controlling the choice between feeding and sexual behaviors in Drosophila. Cheriyamkunnel SJ*, Rose S*, Jacob PF, Blackburn LA, Glasgow S, Moorse J, Winstanley M, Moynihan PJ, Waddell S, Rezaval C. Curr Biol. 2021  Read here
  
• Comment  in  Neuroscience: How the brain prioritizes behaviors.  Barajas-Azpeleta, R, Tastekin I and Ribeiro C. Curr Biol. 2021. Read here.​
  
• Activation of latent courtship circuitry in the brain of Drosophila females induces male-like behaviours.  Curr Biol. 2016 Rezaval C*, Pattnaik S, Pavlou HJ, Nojima T, Brüggemeier B, D'Souza LAD and Goodwin SF*.   *Corresponding authors. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.021 [PDF]
  
• Comment in: Brain wiring explains sex differences in Drosophila behaviour. Archer R. Journal of Experimental Biology 2016.   http://jeb.biologists.org/content/219/23/3675 [PDF]
  
•  ‘The greatness of the smallest ones’: the most valuable attributes of flies and worms for the study of neurodegeneration. Rezaval C. Young perspectives for old diseases. Bentham Science Publishers. DOI: 10.2174/97816080599281150101  [PDF] 
  
• Sexually dimorphic octopaminergic neurons modulate female postmating behaviors in Drosophila. ​ Rezaval C*, Nojima T, Neville MC, Lin AC, Goodwin SF*. Curr Biol. 2014.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.051 [PDF]  *Corresponding authors.
  
• Comment in: Neural circuits: anatomy of a sexual behavior. Krupp JJ, Levine JD.Curr Biol. 2014 Apr 14;24(8):R327-9.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.009 [PDF]  
  
• Circadian Period Integrates Network Information Through Activation of the BMP Signaling Pathway. Beckwith EJ, Gorostiza EA, Berni J, Rezaval C, Pérez-Santángelo A, Nadra AD, Ceriani MF. PLoS Biol. 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001733 [PDF]  
  
• Neural circuitry underlying Drosophila female postmating behavioural responses.  Rezaval C, Pavlou HJ, Dornan AJ, Chan Y-B, Kravitz EA and Goodwin SF. Curr Biol. 2012 Jul 10;22(13):1155-65. [PDF]   Comment in: Sexual behavior: how Sex Peptide flips the postmating switch of female flies. Kubli E, Bopp D. Curr Biol. 2012 Jul 10;22(13):R520-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.058 [PDF]  
  
• ​Invertebrate neuroethology: food play and sex. ​Curr Biol. 2011. Rezával C, Fabre CC, Goodwin SF.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.058 [PDF]