Publications
1) Sitaraman D, Koochagian C* and Vecsey C. Activity Monitoring for Analysis of Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster (In Revision)
2) Vecsey C, Koochagian C, Reyes M* and Sitaraman D. Neural Stimulation During DAM-Based Studies of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster (Accepted)
3) Vecsey C, Koochagian C, Porter M, Roman G and Sitaraman D. Analysis of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms from Activity Monitoring Data using SCAMP. (Accepted)
4) Buchert SN*, Murakami P*, Kalavadia A*, Reyes M* and Sitaraman D. Sleep influences behavioral decision making and reproductive fitness in Drosophila Melanogaster. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Volume 264,2022, 111114, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111114.
5) Driscoll M*, Buchert SN*, Coleman V*, McLaughlin M*, Nguyen A*, Sitaraman D. Compartment specific regulation of sleep by mushroom body requires GABA and dopaminergic signaling.
Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 8;11(1):20067. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99531-2. PMID: 34625611
6) Little AG, Pamenter ME, Sitaraman D, Templeman NM, Willmore WG, Hedrick MS, Moyes CD. Utilizing comparative models in biomedical research.
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2021 Sep;255: 110593.doi10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110593.
7) 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.
8) 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
9) Driscoll M*, Hyland C and Divya Sitaraman. Measurement of Sleep and Arousal in Drosophila. Bioprotocols (Vol 9, Iss 12, June 20, 2019) Corresponding author
10) 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
11) 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 (in press)
12) 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 and co-first author
13) 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
14) Sitaraman D, Aso Y, Rubin G, Nitabach M. Control of sleep by dopaminergic inputs to the Drosophila mushroom body. Frontiers of Neural Circuits 2015
15) 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
16) 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)
17) 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.
18) 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
19) 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
20) LaFerriere H, Guarnieri DJ, Sitaraman D, Diegelmann S, Heberlein U, Zars T.Genetic dissociation of ethanol sensitivity and memory formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2008 Apr; 178(4):1895- 902.
21) 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.
22) 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.
Pre-print
23) 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