Peer-Reviewed Publications (* Undergraduate Student Co-authors)
1) Gerber B, King E and Sitaraman D. Biographical sketch of Dr. Troy Zars (1967-2018). 2020 Mar;34(1):2-4. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1716749.
2) Sitaraman D and Laferriere H. Finding a place and leaving a mark in memory formation. J Neurogenetics 2019 Dec 27:1-7. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2019.1706094. Corresponding author with CSU affiliation
3) Driscoll M*, Hyland C and Divya Sitaraman#. Measurement of Sleep and Arousal in Drosophila. Bioprotocols (Vol 9, Iss 12, June 20, 2019) Corresponding author
4) Pavin A*, Fain K*, DeHart Allison* and Sitaraman D#. Aversive and Appetitive learning in Drosophila larvae: A simple and powerful suite of laboratory modules for classroom or open-ended research projects.
Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 2018 (June 2018). Corresponding author
5) Sitaraman D, Kramer E*, Kahsai L, Ostrowski D and Zars T. Discrete Serotonin Systems Mediate Memory Enhancement and Escape Latencies after Unpredicted Aversive Experience in Drosophila Place Memory. Frontiers of Systems Neuroscience 2017
6) Chen D*, Sitaraman D, Chen N, Jin X, Han C, Sun M, Baker B, Nitabach M and Pan Y. Genetic and neuronal mechanisms governing the sex-specific interaction between sleep and sexual behaviors in Drosophila. Nature Communications 2017. Corresponding author.
7) King A, Barber A*, Smith A, Dreyer A, Sitaraman D, Nitabach M, Cavanaugh D, and Sehgal A Peptidergic Circuit Links the Circadian Clock to Locomotor Activity. Current Biology 2017
8) Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Rubin G, Nitabach M. Control of sleep by dopaminergic inputs to the Drosophila mushroom body. Frontiers of Neural Circuits 2015
9) Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Chen N, Felix M*, Rubin G, Nitabach M. Propagation of homeostatic sleep signals from synaptic microcircuits of the Mushroom Body. Current Biology 2015. Featured in a Dispatch Article
10) Aso Y, Sitaraman D, Ichinose T, Kaun K, Vogt K, Belliart-Guérin G, Plaçais P, Robie A, Yamagata N, Schnaitmann C, Rowell W, Johnston R, Ngo T, Chen N, Korff W, Nitabach MN, Heberlein U, Preat T, Branson K, Tanimoto H, Rubin GM. Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila. Elife 2014 Dec; 23(4)11) Sitaraman D, LaFerriere H, Birman S, Zars T. Serotonin is critical for rewarded olfactory short term memory in Drosophila. J Neurogenetics. 2012 Jun; 26(2): 238-44.
12) Sitaraman D, Zars T. Lack of prediction for high-temperature exposures enhances Drosophila place learning. J Exp Biol. 2010 Dec 1; 213(23): 4018-22. Article featured in a news and view article in Inside JEB. Nominated for Outstanding Paper of the Year Award
13) Sitaraman D, Zars M, Zars T. Place memory formation in Drosophila is independent of proper octopamine signaling. J Comparative Physiology A. 2010 Apr; 196(4):299-305
14) LaFerriere H, Guarnieri DJ, Sitaraman D, Diegelmann S, Heberlein U, Zars T.Genetic dissociation ofethanol sensitivity and memory formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2008 Apr; 178(4):1895-902.
15) Sitaraman D, Zars M, Laferriere H, Chen YC, Sable-Smith A, Kitamoto T, Rottinghaus GE, Zars T. Serotonin is necessary for place memory in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5579-84.
16) Sitaraman D, Zars M, Zars T. Reinforcement pre-exposure enhances spatial memory formation in Drosophila. J Comparative Physiology A. 2007 Aug; 193(8): 903-8.
Accepted Pre-print
17) Dopamine neurons promotes wakefulness via the DopR receptor in the Drosophila mushroom body. Margaret Driscoll, Steven Buchert, Victoria Coleman, Morgan McLaughlin, Amanda Nguyen, and Divya Sitaraman.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.29.069229