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  1. Gordon J, Masek P (2021) Excessive energy expenditure due to acute physical restraint disrupts Drosophila long-term feeding response. Scientific Reports

  2. Muth, F., Breslow, P. R., Masek, P., & Leonard, A. S. (2018) A pollen fatty acid enhances learning and survival in bumblebees. Behavioral Ecology 29:6, 1371–1379.

  3. Tauber JM, Brown EB, Li Y, Yurgel ME, Masek P, Keene AC (2017) A subset of sweet-sensing neurons identified by IR56d are necessary and sufficient for fatty acid taste. Plos Genetics.13(11):e1007059

  4. Masek P, Keene AC. (2016) Gustatory processing and taste memory in Drosophila. J Neurogenet. 30(2):112-21.

  5. Jaggard J, Robinson BG, Stahl BA, Oh I, Masek P, Yoshizawa M, Keene AC. (2016) The lateral line confers evolutionarily derived sleep loss in the Mexican cavefish. J Exp Biol. 220(Pt 2):284-293. doi: 10.1242/jeb.145128.

  6. Murakami K, Yurgel ME, Stahl BA, Masek P, Mehta A, Heidker R, Bollinger W, Gingras RM, Kim YJ, Ja WW, Suter B, DiAngelo JR, Keene AC. (2016) translin Is Required for Metabolic Regulation of Sleep. Curr Biol. S0960-9822(16)30065-3

  7. Seidner G, Robinson JE, Wu M, Worden K, Masek P, Roberts SW, Keene AC, Joiner WJ. (2015) Identification of neurons with a privileged role in sleep homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Curr Biol. 25(22):2928-38.

  8. Garbe DS, Bollinger WL, Vigderman A, Masek P, Gertowski J, Sehgal A, Keene AC. (2015) Context-specific comparison of sleep acquisition systems in Drosophila. Biol Open. 4(11):1558-68.

  9. Slocumb ME, Regalado JM, Yoshizawa M, Neely GG, Masek P, Gibbs AG, Keene AC. (2015) Enhanced sleep is an evolutionarily adaptive response to starvation stress in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One. 10(7):e0131275

  10. Masek P, Worden K, Aso Y, Rubin GM, and Keene AC (2015) A dopamine-modulated neural circuit regulating aversive taste memory in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 25(11):1535-41

  11. Yoshizawa M, Robinson BG, Duboué ER, Masek P, O’Quin KE, Richard L, Borowsky RL, Jeffery WR, and Keene AC (2015) Distinct genetic architecture underlies the emergence of foraging traits in the Mexican cavefish BMC Biol. 13:15.

  12. Yurgel ME, Masek P, DiAngelo J, Keene AC. (2014) Genetic dissection of sleep-metabolism interactions in the fruit fly. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. [Epub ahead of print] link

  13. Masek P, Reynolds LA, Bollinger WL, Moody C, Mehta A, Murakami K, Yoshizawa M, Gibbs AG, Keene AC. (2014) Altered regulation of sleep and feeding contributes to starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol. 217(Pt 17):3122-32. (Cover) link

  14. Leonard A, Masek P (2013) Multisensory integration of colors and scents: Insights from bees and flowers. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 200(6):463-74 link

  15. Masek P, Keene AC (2013) Drosophila fatty acid taste signals through the PLC pathway in sugar-sensing neurons. PLOS Genetics 9(9):e1003710 link

  16. Masek P, Keene AC (2012) Dopamine: on the threshold of sleep. Curr Biol 22:R949-51. link

  17. Keene AC, Masek P (2012) Optogenetic induction of aversive taste memory. Neuroscience 222:173-80. link

  18. Masek P, Scott K (2010) Limited taste discrimination in Drosophila. PNAS 107(33):14833-38 link

  19. Masek P, Heisenberg M (2008) Distinct memories of odor intensity and quality in Drosophila. PNAS 105(41):15985-90 link

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