Geraldine Wright Institute of Neuroscience Newcastle University Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Geraldine Wright has not added a biography. If you are Geraldine Wright and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Corrigendum: Bees Prefer Foods Containing Neonicotinoid Pesticides Nature. May, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26886791 Low Doses of Neonicotinoid Pesticides in Food Rewards Impair Short-term Olfactory Memory in Foraging-age Honeybees Scientific Reports. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26477973 Pyrethroids and Nectar Toxins Have Subtle Effects on the Motor Function, Grooming and Wing Fanning Behaviour of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) PloS One. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26280999 Bees Prefer Foods Containing Neonicotinoid Pesticides Nature. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25901684 Olfaction: Smells Like Fly Food Current Biology : CB. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25689907 Nutrient Balancing of the Adult Worker Bumblebee (Bombus Terrestris) Depends on the Dietary Source of Essential Amino Acids The Journal of Experimental Biology. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25617453 Toxins Induce 'malaise' Behaviour in the Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25149875 Exposure to Neonicotinoids Influences the Motor Function of Adult Worker Honeybees Ecotoxicology (London, England). Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25011924 Novel Biopesticide Based on a Spider Venom Peptide Shows No Adverse Effects on Honeybees Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24898372 Single Amino Acids in Sucrose Rewards Modulate Feeding and Associative Learning in the Honeybee Journal of Insect Physiology. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24819203 The Dietary Proportion of Essential Amino Acids and Sir2 Influence Lifespan in the Honeybee Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands). Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24715247 Nutritional Balance of Essential Amino Acids and Carbohydrates of the Adult Worker Honeybee Depends on Age Amino Acids. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24623119 Bumblebees Are Not Deterred by Ecologically Relevant Concentrations of Nectar Toxins The Journal of Experimental Biology. May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24526720 The Role of Serotonin in Feeding and Gut Contractions in the Honeybee Journal of Insect Physiology. Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24374107 Nutrient Sensors Current Biology : CB. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23660359 Cholinergic Pesticides Cause Mushroom Body Neuronal Inactivation in Honeybees Nature Communications. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23535655 Function and Central Projections of Gustatory Receptor Neurons on the Antenna of the Noctuid Moth Spodoptera Littoralis Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23440349 Exposure to Multiple Cholinergic Pesticides Impairs Olfactory Learning and Memory in Honeybees The Journal of Experimental Biology. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23393272 Exposure to Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Alters the Physiology and Motor Function of Honeybees Frontiers in Physiology. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23386834 The Microsporidian Parasites Nosema Ceranae and Nosema Apis Are Widespread in Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Colonies Across Scotland Parasitology Research. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23180128 Acute Exposure to a Sublethal Dose of Imidacloprid and Coumaphos Enhances Olfactory Learning and Memory in the Honeybee Apis Mellifera Invertebrate Neuroscience : IN. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23160709 Geraldine Wright Current Biology : CB. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22799006 Consumption of an Acute Dose of Caffeine Reduces Acquisition but Not Memory in the Honey Bee Behavioural Brain Research. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22521838 γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor A-mediated Inhibition in the Honeybee's Antennal Lobe is Necessary for the Formation of Configural Olfactory Percepts The European Journal of Neuroscience. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22515321 Physiological State Influences the Social Interactions of Two Honeybee Nest Mates PloS One. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22427864 The Role of Dopamine and Serotonin in Conditioned Food Aversion Learning in the Honeybee Communicative & Integrative Biology. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21980568 Agitated Honeybees Exhibit Pessimistic Cognitive Biases Current Biology : CB. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21636277 Appetitive Learning: Memories Need Calories Current Biology : CB. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21549945 Parallel Reinforcement Pathways for Conditioned Food Aversions in the Honeybee Current Biology : CB. Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21129969 Latent Inhibition in the Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera: Is It a Unitary Phenomenon? Animal Cognition. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20521073 Systemic Air Embolization Originating from a Pleural Air Leak Via a Left Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Anastomosis Site Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19828289 Bee Pheromones: Signal or Agent of Manipulation? Current Biology : CB. Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19640487 Reward Quality Influences the Development of Learned Olfactory Biases in Honeybees Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society. Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19369260 The 'sweet Tooth' of the Honeybee: the Perception of Nectar and Its Influence on Honeybee Behaviour SEB Experimental Biology Series. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19174994 A Honeybee's Ability to Learn, Recognize, and Discriminate Odors Depends Upon Odor Sampling Time and Concentration Behavioral Neuroscience. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19170428 Acute Ethanol Ingestion Impairs Appetitive Olfactory Learning and Odor Discrimination in the Honey Bee Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Nov, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18723103 Arousal Facilitates Collision Avoidance Mediated by a Looming Sensitive Visual Neuron in a Flying Locust Journal of Neurophysiology. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18509080 Generalization Mediates Sensitivity to Complex Odor Features in the Honeybee PloS One. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18301779 Olfactory Memory Formation and the Influence of Reward Pathway During Appetitive Learning by Honey Bees The Journal of Experimental Biology. Nov, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17981870 Acute Ethanol Ingestion Produces Dose-dependent Effects on Motor Behavior in the Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Journal of Insect Physiology. Nov-Dec, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17070538 Odour Concentration Affects Odour Identity in Honeybees Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society. Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16243694 Computational Model of the CAMP-mediated Sensory Response and Calcium-dependent Adaptation in Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor Neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16027364 Intensity and the Ratios of Compounds in the Scent of Snapdragon Flowers Affect Scent Discrimination by Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15711966 Molecular Features of Odorants Systematically Influence Slow Temporal Responses Across Clusters of Coordinated Antennal Lobe Units in the Moth Manduca Sexta Journal of Neurophysiology. Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14985411 Different Thresholds for Detection and Discrimination of Odors in the Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) Chemical Senses. Feb, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14977809 Ability of Honeybee, Apis Mellifera, to Detect and Discriminate Odors of Varieties of Canola (Brassica Rapa and Brassica Napus) and Snapdragon Flowers (Antirrhinum Majus) Journal of Chemical Ecology. Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12035922 A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Carolyn Ma1, Sébastien Kessler1, Alexander Simpson1, Geraldine Wright1 1Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University JoVE 54233 Neuroscienze
A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Carolyn Ma1, Sébastien Kessler1, Alexander Simpson1, Geraldine Wright1 1Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University JoVE 54233 Neuroscienze