* contributed equally; co-corresponding authors
2023
Himmel NJ, Moi D, and Benton R. Remote homolog detection places insect chemoreceptors in a cryptic protein superfamily spanning the tree of life. Current Biology. 2023. [DOI]
Benton R* and Himmel NJ*. Structural screens identify candidate human homologs of insect chemoreceptors and cryptic Drosophila gustatory receptor-like proteins. eLife. 2023. [DOI]
Himmel NJ, Sakurai A, Letcher JM, Patel AA, Bhattacharjee S, Benson MN, Gray TR, Cymbalyuk GS, and Cox DN. Chloride-dependent mechanisms of multimodal sensory discrimination and nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila. eLife. 2023. [DOI]
2022
Himmel NJ and Benton R. Sweet sensors support stressed cell survival. PLoS Biology. 2022. [DOI]
Patel AA, Sakurai A, Himmel NJ, and Cox DN. Modality specific roles for metabotropic GABAergic signaling and calcium induced calcium release mechanisms in regulating cold nociception. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2022. [DOI]
Himmel NJ*, Sakurai A*, Donaldson KJ*, and Cox DN. Protocols for measuring cold-evoked neural activity and cold tolerance in Drosophila larvae following fictive cold acclimation. STAR Protocols. 2022. [DOI]
2021
Himmel NJ, Letcher JM, Sakurai A, Benson MN, Gray TR, Donaldson KJ, and Cox DN. Identification of a neural basis for cold acclimation in Drosophila larvae. iScience. 2021. [DOI]
Himmel NJ, Rogers RT, Redd SK, Wang Y1, and Blount MA. Purinergic signaling is enhanced in the absence of UT-A1 and UT-A3. Physiological Reports. 2021. [DOI]
2020
Himmel NJ, Gray TR, and Cox DN. Phylogenetics identifies two eumetazoan TRPM clades and an eighth TRP family, TRP Soromelastatin (TRPS). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2020. [DOI]
Himmel NJ and Cox DN. Transient Receptor Potential Channels: Current Perspectives on Evolution, Structure, Function, and Nomenclature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020. [DOI]
Himmel NJ*, Letcher JM*, and Cox DN. Dissecting the molecular and neural circuit bases of behavior as an introduction to discovery-driven research: a report on a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 2020. [PMC]
2019
Himmel NJ, Letcher JM, Sakurai A, Gray TR, Benson MN, and Cox DN. Drosophila menthol sensitivity and the Precambrian origins of TRP-dependent chemosensation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019. [DOI]
Lopez-Bellido R, Himmel NJ, Gutstein HB, Cox DN, and Galko MJ. An assay for chemical nociception in Drosophila larvae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2019. [DOI]
2018
Himmel NJ, Rodriguez DA, Wang Y, Sun MA, and Blount MA. Chronic lithium treatment induces novel patterns of pendrin localization and expression. American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology. 2018. [DOI]
2017
Himmel NJ*, Patel AA*, and Cox DN. Invertebrate Nociception. Originally printed in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2017. Reprinted in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Sensory Systems, 2022. [DOI]
Himmel NJ and Cox DN. Sensing the Cold: TRP channels in thermal nociception. Channels. 2017. [DOI]
2016
Turner HN*, Armengol K*, Patel AA, Himmel NJ, Sullivan L, Iyer SC, Battacharya S, Iyer EPR, Landry C, Galko MJ, and Cox DN. The TRP channels Pkd2, NompC, and Trpm mediate unique aversive behaviors to noxious cold in Drosophila. Current Biology. 2016. [DOI]
2014
Sim JH, Himmel NJ, Redd SK, Pulous FE, Rogers RT, Black LN, Hong SM, von Bergen TN, and Blount MA. Absence of PKC-alpha attenuates lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. PLoS One. 2014. [DOI]