Bente Gunnveig Berg
Background and activities
The research group aims at understanding how the brain processes olfactory information, i.e. how signals initiated by specific odors are encoded in a functional neural network.
By studying a suitable model object, the moth brain, we map how the neural network constituting distinct synaptic levels of the olfactory pathway is connected, and how biologically relevant odor stimuli influence the activity in individual neurons and neuron populations.
Methods: Experimental lab activities, including intracellular recordings/stainings combined with confocal microscopy and modelling of neural structures via data visualization software; immunocytochemistry; calcium imaging.
Courses
- PSY1503 - Introduction to Biological Psychology and Genetics
- PSY1123 - Introduction to Biological Psychology and Genetics
- PSYPRO4113 - Biological Psychology 1
- PSYK4123 - Introduction to Biological Psychology and Genetics
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Brain Investigation on Sexual Dimorphism in a Gynandromorph Moth. Insects. vol. 13 (3).
- (2022) Organization of the parallel antennal-lobe tracts in the moth. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology.
- (2022) Functional map of the macroglomerular complex of male Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Science.
- (2021) A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience. eLIFE. vol. 10.
- (2021) Distinct protocerebral neuropils associated with attractive and aversive female-produced odorants in the male moth brain. eLIFE. vol. 10.
- (2021) Neuronal architecture and functional mapping of the taste center of larval Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Science.
- (2020) A novel major output target for pheromone-sensitive projection neurons in male moths. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. vol. 14 (147).
- (2020) Neuronal architecture of the second-order CO2 pathway in the brain of a noctuid moth. Scientific Reports. vol. 10.
- (2020) Revisiting the Labial Pit Organ Pathway in the Noctuid Moth, Helicoverpa armigera. Frontiers in Physiology. vol. 11 (202).
- (2020) Antennal-lobe neurons in the moth Helicoverpa armigera: Morphological features of projection neurons, local interneurons, and centrifugal neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology. vol. 529 (7).
- (2019) Brain Organization of Apolygus lucorum: A Hemipteran Species With Prominent Antennal Lobes. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. vol. 13 (70).
- (2017) Coincidence of pheromone and plant odor leads to sensory plasticity in the heliothine olfactory system. PLOS ONE. vol. 12 (5).
- (2017) Central Projections of Antennal and Labial Palp Sensory Neurons in the Migratory Armyworm Mythimna separata. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. vol. 11.
- (2017) Distribution of tachykinin-related peptides in the brain of the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens. Journal of Comparative Neurology. vol. 525 (18).
- (2016) Antennal-lobe tracts in the noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens: New anatomical findings. Cell and Tissue Research. vol. 366 (1).
- (2016) Individual neurons confined to distinct antennal-lobe tracts in the heliothine moth: Morphological characteristics and global projection patterns. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. vol. 10.
- (2016) Glomerular identification in the antennal lobe of the male moth Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Comparative Neurology. vol. 524 (15).
- (2016) A global-wide search for sexual dimorphism of glomeruli in the antennal lobe of female and male Helicoverpa armigera. Scientific Reports. vol. 6.
- (2015) Simple ears - flexible behavior: Information processing in the moth auditory pathway. Current Zoology. vol. 61 (2).
- (2014) Processing of pheromone information in related species of Heliothine moths. Insects. vol. 5 (4).