2025
Gualtieri C*, Smith ZM*, Cruz A, Khan Z, Jenkins C, Mishra-Gorur K, Vonhoff FJ. (2025) Dysregulation of protein kinase CaMKI leads to autism-related phenotypes in synaptic connectivity, sleep, sociality, and aging-dependent degeneration in Drosophila. Biology. In press.
Marini-Davis A*, Oliver R*, Godwin B, Chase S, Khan Z, Vonhoff, F.J. (2025) Juvenile hormone regulates the maturation of sexually dimorphic naive ethanol olfactory preference in Drosophila melanogaster. R Soc Open Sci. 2025 Aug 20;12(8):242217. DOI:10.1098/rsos.242217
Gualtieri C, Vonhoff FJ. (2025) Visualization of Synapses in Larval Stages of Drosophila melanogaster Using the GRASP-Technique. Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2910:253-262. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4446-1_15
2024
Vonhoff F, Ko’omoa-Lange DL, Davis JS, Termini CM, Martínez-Montemayor MM. (2024) Maximizing Access to Cell Biology for PEERS: Retracting the term minority in favor of a more inclusive lexicon. Mol Biol Cell. Aug 1;35(8):vo1. doi:10.1091/mbc.E24-04-0156
Gabrawy, M. M.*, Westbrook, R.*, King, A., Khosravian, N., Ochaney, N., DeCarvalho, T., Wang, Q., Yu, Y., Huang, Q., Said, A., Abadir, M., Zhang, C., Khare, P., Fairman, J. E., Le, A., Milne, G. L., Vonhoff, F. J., Walston, J. D., & Abadir, P. M. (2024). Dual treatment with kynurenine pathway inhibitors and NAD+ precursors synergistically extends life span in Drosophila. Aging cell, 23(4), e14102. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14102.
2023
Smith Z, Vonhoff F. UNRAVELING THE ENDOGENOUS FUNCTION OF AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN: A NOVEL APPROACH USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 2023;15:S141. doi: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.179 .
Gualtieri C, Vonhoff F. CANDIDATE AUTISM GENE NRX1 LEADS TO ECTOPIC SYNAPSES IN NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS IN DROSOPHILA LARVAE. IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 2023;15:S97. doi: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.074.
2022
Gualtieri C., Smith Z. M., Cruz A., Parry C., and Vonhoff, F. J. (2022) Can the Foods We Eat Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease? Frontiers Young Minds, 10(778999). DOI:10.3389/frym.2022.778999
Remy, N.Q., Guevarra, J.A., Vonhoff, F.J. (2022). Food supplementation with wheat gluten leads to climbing performance decline in Drosophila melanogaster. microPublication Biology. DOI:10.17912/micropub.biology.000642
Oyeyinka, A.*, Kansal, M.*, O’Sullivan, S. M., Gualtieri, C., Smith, Z. M., Vonhoff, F. J. (2022). Corazonin neurons contribute to dimorphic ethanol sedation sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 16. DOI:10.3389/fncir.2022.702901.
2021
Khan, Z., Tondravi, M., Oliver, R., & Vonhoff, F.J. (2021) Drosophila Corazonin Neurons as a Hub for Regulating Growth, Stress Responses, Ethanol-Related Behaviors, Copulation Persistence and Sexually Dimorphic Reward Pathways. Journal of Developmental Biology, 9(3): 26. DOI: 10.3390/jdb9030026
Jalali, D., Guevarra, J. A., Martinez, L., Hung, L., & Vonhoff, F. J. (2021). Nutraceutical and Probiotic Approaches to Examine Molecular Interactions of the Amyloid Precursor Protein APP in Drosophila Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 7022. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22137022
Older
Vonhoff, F., & Keshishian, H. (2017). In Vivo Calcium Signaling during Synaptic Refinement at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(22), 5511–5526. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2922-16.2017
Vonhoff, F., & Keshishian, H. (2017). Activity-Dependent Synaptic Refinement: New Insights from Drosophila. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 11, 23. DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00023
Ryglewski, S.*, Vonhoff, F.*, Scheckel, K., & Duch, C. (2017). Intra-neuronal Competition for Synaptic Partners Conserves the Amount of Dendritic Building Material. Cell Press, 93(3), 632–645.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.043
Vonhoff, F., & Keshishian, H. (2017). Cyclic nucleotide signaling is required during synaptic refinement at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Developmental Neurobiology, 77(1), 39–60. DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22407
Williams, A. A., Mehler, V. J., Mueller, C., Vonhoff, F., White, R., & Duch, C. (2016). Apoptotic Activity of MeCP2 Is Enhanced by C-Terminal Truncating Mutations. PLoS ONE, 11(7), e0159632. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159632.
Mishra-Gorur, K., Çağlayan, A. O., Schaffer, A. E., Chabu, C., Henegariu, O., Vonhoff, F., … Günel, M. (2014). Mutations in KATNB1 cause complex cerebral malformations by disrupting asymmetrically dividing neural progenitors. Cell Press, 84(6), 1226–1239. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.014
Ryglewski, S.*, Kadas, D.*, Hutchinson, K., Schuetzler, N., Vonhoff, F., & Duch, C. (2014). Dendrites are dispensable for basic motoneuron function but essential for fine tuning of behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(50), 18049–18054. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416247111
Hutchinson, K. M., Vonhoff, F., & Duch, C. (2014). Dscam1 is required for normal dendrite growth and branching but not for dendritic spacing in Drosophila motoneurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(5), 1924–1931. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3448-13.2014
Vonhoff, F., Kuehn, C., Blumenstock, S., Sanyal, S., & Duch, C. (2013). Temporal coherency between receptor expression, neural activity and AP-1-dependent transcription regulates Drosophila motoneuron dendrite development. Development, 140(3), 606–616. DOI: 10.1242/dev.089235
Vonhoff, F., Williams, A., Ryglewski, S., & Duch, C. (2012). Drosophila as a model for MECP2 gain of function in neurons. PLoS ONE, 7(2), e31835. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031835
Vonhoff, F., & Duch, C. (2010). Tiling among stereotyped dendritic branches in an identified Drosophila motoneuron. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(12), 2169–2185. DOI: 10.1002/cne.22380
Duch, C., Vonhoff, F., & Ryglewski, S. (2008). Dendrite elongation and dendritic branching are affected separately by different forms of intrinsic motoneuron excitability. Journal of Neurophysiology, 100(5), 2525–2536. DOI: 10.1152/jn.90758.2008
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