LIN Staff
Dr. Juliane Thöner
PhD Student
Genetics of Learning and Memory
Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyBrenneckestr. 6
39118 Magdeburg
Germany
Phone: +49 391 6263 93411
Email: Juliane.Thoener@lin-magdeburg.de
- Publications
Publications
Sen E, Königsmann S, Besharatifar M, Ciuraszkiewicz A, Demirci Ş, Guler AI, Niewalda T, Schleyer M, Thane M, König C, et al. 2026. Starvation modulates associative short-term memory of Drosophila in a task-dependent manner. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.09.729932Toshima N, Behrad A, Behnke F, Kaushik G, Weiglein A, Strauch M, Thoener J, Kobler O, Wang MLM, Dorr M, et al. 2025. Individual dopaminergic neurons induce unique, yet overlapping combinations of behavioural modulations including safety learning, memory retrieval and acute locomotion. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.23.634646Sen E, El-Keredy A, Jacob N, Mancini N, Asnaz G, Widmann A, Gerber B, Thoener J. 2024. Cognitive limits of larval Drosophila: testing for conditioned inhibition, sensory preconditioning, and second-order conditioning. Learning and Memory. 31(5):Article a053726. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053726.122Mancini N, Thoener J, Tafani E, Pauls D, Mayseless O, Strauch M, Eichler K, Champion A, Kobler O, Weber D, et al. 2023. Rewarding capacity of optogenetically activating a giant GABAergic central-brain interneuron in larval Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(44):7393-7428. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2310-22.2023Thoener J, Weiglein A, Gerber B, Schleyer M. 2022. Optogenetically induced reward and 'frustration' memory in larval Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(16):Article jeb244565. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244565Thoener J, König C, Weiglein A, Toshima N, Mancini N, Amin F, Schleyer M. 2021. Associative learning in larval and adult Drosophila is impaired by the dopamine-synthesis inhibitor 3-Iodo-L-tyrosine. Biology Open. 10(6):Article bio058198. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.058198Weiglein A, Thoener J, Feldbruegge I, Warzog L, Mancini N, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2021. Aversive teaching signals from individual dopamine neurons in larval Drosophila show qualitative differences in their temporal 'fingerprint'. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 529(7):1553-1570. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25037Schleyer M, Weiglein A, Thoener J, Strauch M, Hartenstein V, Kantar Weigelt M, Schuller S, Saumweber T, Eichler K, Rohwedder A, et al. 2020. Identification of dopaminergic neurons that can both establish associative memory and acutely terminate its behavioral expression. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(31):5990-6006. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0290-20.2020

