Dr Louise Couton

Louise Couton

University position

Research Associate

Departments

Department of Zoology

Email

lc468@cam.ac.uk

Home page

http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaf...

Research Theme

Developmental Neuroscience

The Cambridge Neuroscience Community

Interests

I joined the Neural Network Development group in Cambridge in 2009, initially to take part in a screen project that aimed at identifying premotor neurons in Drosophila larvae. I have now switched to using our screen lines and studying how sets of identified neurons -premotor, motor and sensory cells- get connected through larval development, and how these connections can then be modified by e.g. activity level or guidance molecules. My work is funded by the Fyssen foundation.

Research Focus

Keywords

neural network

Drosophila

locomotion

identified neurons

Clinical conditions

No direct clinical relevance

Equipment

Behavioural analysis

Confocal microscopy

Electrophysiological recording techniques

Fluorescence microscopy

Collaborators

No collaborators listed

Publications

2009

Barrozo RB, Couton L, Lazzari CR, Insausti TC, Minoli SA, Fresquet N, Rospars JP, Anton S (2009), “Antennal pathways in the central nervous system of a blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.” Arthropod Struct Dev 38(2):101-10 Details

Couton L, Minoli S, Kiêu K, Anton S, Rospars JP (2009), “Constancy and variability of identified glomeruli in antennal lobes: computational approach in Spodoptera littoralis.” Cell Tissue Res 337(3):491-511 Details

Varela N, Couton L, Gemeno C, Avilla J, Rospars JP, Anton S (2009), “Three-dimensional antennal lobe atlas of the oriental fruit moth, Cydia molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): comparison of male and female glomerular organization.” Cell Tissue Res 337(3):513-26 Details

2008

Bodin A, Barrozo RB, Couton L, Lazzari CR (2008), “Temporal modulation and adaptive control of the behavioural response to odours in Rhodnius prolixus.” J Insect Physiol 54(9):1343-8 Details

2006

Bonato O, Couton L, Fargues J (2006), “Feeding preference of Macrolophus caliginosus (Heteroptera: Miridae) on Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).” J Econ Entomol 99(4):1143-51 Details