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  1. Regressions fit for purpose: Models of locust phase state must not conflate morphology with behaviour

    Article • August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  2. From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  3. Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  4. Environmental Adaptation, Phenotypic Plasticity, and Associative Learning in Insects: The Desert Locust as a Case Study

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  5. Brain composition in Heliconius butterflies, posteclosion growth and experience-dependent neuropil plasticity

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  6. Pollen feeding proteomics: Salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  7. Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts

    Article • April 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  8. Brain composition inGodyris zavaleta, a diurnal butterfly, Reflects an increased reliance on olfactory information

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  9. Socially induced changes in serotonin neurones in desert locusts

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  10. Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  11. Phenotypic Transformation Affects Associative Learning in the Desert Locust

    Article • Current Biology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Jeremy Niven, Dr Swidbert R Ott

  12. Visually targeted reaching in horse-head grasshoppers

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Jeremy Niven, Dr Swidbert R Ott

  13. A long-latency aversive learning mechanism enables locusts to avoid odours associated with the consequences of ingesting toxic food

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2012, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  14. Critical role for protein kinase A in the acquisition of gregarious behavior in the desert locust

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  15. Microarray-Based Transcriptomic Analysis of Differences between Long-Term Gregarious and Solitarious Desert Locusts

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2011, PLOS

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  16. Associative olfactory learning in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, July 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  17. Epigenetic remodelling of brain, body and behaviour during phase change in locusts

    Article • Neural Systems & Circuits, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  18. Motor neurone responses during a postural reflex in solitarious and gregarious desert locusts

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  19. Gregarious desert locusts have substantially larger brains with altered proportions compared with the solitarious phase

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  20. Three-dimensional distribution of NO sources in a primary mechanosensory integration center in the locust and its implications for volume signaling

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  21. Confocal microscopy in large insect brains: Zinc–formaldehyde fixation improves synapsin immunostaining and preservation of morphology in whole-mounts

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  22. Nitric oxide synthase in crayfish walking leg ganglia: Segmental differences in chemo-tactile centers argue against a generic role in sensory integration

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  23. Modeling Cooperative Volume Signaling in a Plexus of Nitric Oxide Synthase-Expressing Neurons

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, July 2005, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr Thelma A Lovick, Dr Swidbert R Ott

  24. Timed and Targeted Differential Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) and Anti-NOS Genes by Reward Conditioning Leading to Long-Term Memory Formation

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, February 2005, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  25. Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the central complex and surrounding midbrain neuropils of the locustSchistocerca gregaria

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott, Uwe Homberg

  26. An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase reveals extensive nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of cyclic GMP in insect brain

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, September 2004, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  27. Serial hearing organs in the atympanate grasshopperBullacris membracioides(Orthoptera, Pneumoridae)

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  28. New Techniques for Whole-mount NADPH-diaphorase Histochemistry Demonstrated in Insect Ganglia

    Article • Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, April 2003, SAGE Publications

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  29. Contralateral inhibition as a sensory bias: the neural basis for a female preference in a synchronously calling bushcricket,Mecopoda elongata

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, May 2002, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  30. Sensory afferents and motor neurons as targets for nitric oxide in the locust

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, July 2000, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  31. NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the thoracic ganglia of locusts, crickets, and cockroaches: Species differences and the impact of fixation

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, August 1999, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  32. Nitric oxide synthase in the thoracic ganglia of the locust: Distribution in the neuropiles and morphology of neurones

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 1998, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott

  33. Acquisition of high‐resolution digital images in video microscopy: Automated image mosaicking on a desktop microcomputer

    Article • Microscopy Research and Technique, August 1997, Wiley

    Dr Swidbert R Ott