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Ken Lukowiak is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and conducts research primarily focused on neuroscience, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, social psychology, and sensory systems.

The main topics covered in Ken Lukowiak's research include neurobiology and insect physiology, physiological and biochemical adaptations, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, olfactory and sensory functions, animal behavior and reproduction, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, and environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology.

Ken Lukowiak has published in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology
  • Biological Bulletin
  • Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ken Lukowiak cover various experimental and behavioral studies mainly centered on the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Notable papers include:

  • "To eat or not to eat: a Garcia effect in pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis)", 2021, Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • "Long-term memory of configural learning is enhanced via CREB upregulation by the flavonoid quercetin in Lymnaea stagnalis", 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Fluoride affects memory by altering the transcriptional activity in the central nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis", 2022, NeuroToxicology
  • "Induction of LTM following an Insulin Injection", 2020, eNeuro
  • "Risk in one is not risk in all: snails show differential decision making under high- and low-risk environments", 2022, Animal Behaviour

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research career, with frequent co-authors including Anuradha Batabyal, Veronica Rivi, Cristina Benatti, Johanna Maria Catharina Blom, and Fabio Tascedda.

Best Publications

  • In vitro reconstruction of the respiratory central pattern generator of the mollusk Lymnaea.

    N. I. Syed;A. G. M. Bulloch;K. Lukowiak

  • Neuropeptide Y action in the rat hippocampal slice: site and mechanism of presynaptic inhibition

    WF Colmers;K Lukowiak;QJ Pittman

  • Presynaptic action of neuropeptide Y in area CA1 of the rat hippocampal slice.

    W F Colmers;K Lukowiak;Q J Pittman

  • Nerve growth factor (NGF) induces sprouting of specific neurons of the snail, Lymnaea stagnalis.

    R. L. Ridgway;N. I. Syed;K. Lukowiak;A. G. M. Bulloch

  • Operant conditioning in Lymnaea: evidence for intermediate- and long-term memory.

    Ken Lukowiak;Nimet Adatia;Darin Krygier;Naweed Syed

  • Transplantation and functional integration of an identified respiratory interneuron in lymnaea stagnalis

    N.I. Syed;R.L. Ridgway;K. Lukowiak;A.G.M. Bulloch

  • The Soma of RPeD1 must be present for long-term memory formation of associative learning in Lymnaea.

    Andi Scheibenstock;Darin Krygier;Zara Haque;Naweed Syed

  • A neuromodulator of synaptic transmission acts on the secretory apparatus as well as on ion channels

    Helen Man-Son-Hing;Mark J. Zoran;Ken Lukowiak;Philip G. Haydon

  • Neural changes after operant conditioning of the aerial respiratory behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis.

    Gaynor E. Spencer;Naweed I. Syed;Ken Lukowiak

  • Predator detection in Lymnaea stagnalis.

    Michael V. Orr;Malik El-Bekai;Melissa Lui;Katrina Watson

  • In Vitro Synaptogenesis between the Somata of Identified Lymnaea Neurons Requires Protein Synthesis But Not Extrinsic Growth Factors or Substrate Adhesion Molecules

    Zhong-Ping Feng;Judith Klumperman;Ken Lukowiak;Naweed I. Syed

  • Intermediate and long-term memories of associative learning are differentially affected by transcription versus translation blockers in Lymnaea.

    Susan Sangha;Andi Scheibenstock;Chloe McComb;Ken Lukowiak

  • Synthesis and functional integration of a neurotransmitter receptor in isolated invertebrate axons.

    G.E. Spencer;N.I. Syed;E.R. van Kesteren;K. Lukowiak

  • Context learning and the effect of context on memory retrieval in Lymnaea.

    James Haney;Ken Lukowiak

  • Electrophysiological and Behavioral Evidence Demonstrating That Predator Detection Alters Adaptive Behaviors in the Snail Lymnaea

    Michael V. Orr;Ken Lukowiak

  • Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape.

    Joanne B. Cole;Mange Manyama;Emmanuel Kimwaga;Joshua Mathayo

  • Excitatory synaptogenesis between identified Lymnaea neurons requires extrinsic trophic factors and is mediated by receptor tyrosine kinases.

    Toshiro Hamakawa;Melanie A. Woodin;Micki C. Bjorgum;Sherry D. Painter

  • Neuropeptide Y reduces orthodromically evoked population spike in rat hippocampal CA1 by a possibly presynaptic mechanism.

    William F. Colmers;Ken Lukowiak;Quentin J. Pittman

  • Peptidergic modulation of patterned motor activity in identified neurons of Helisoma.

    A. D. Murphy;Ken Lukowiak;W. K. Stell

  • Changes in the activity of a CpG neuron after the reinforcement of an operantly conditioned behavior in Lymnaea

    Gaynor E. Spencer;Mustapha H. Kazmi;Naweed I. Syed;Ken Lukowiak

  • CREB in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: cloning, gene expression, and function in identifiable neurons of the central nervous system

    Hisayo Sadamoto;Hanae Sato;Suguru Kobayashi;Suguru Kobayashi;Jun Murakami

Frequent Co-Authors

Naweed I. Syed
Naweed I. Syed University of Calgary
Etsuro Ito
Etsuro Ito Waseda University
Samuel Weiss
Samuel Weiss University of Calgary
Richard A. Spritz
Richard A. Spritz University of Colorado Denver
Barbara A. Sorg
Barbara A. Sorg Washington State University Vancouver
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel L. Alkon
Daniel L. Alkon West Virginia University
Roberto Lent
Roberto Lent Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
John H. Byrne
John H. Byrne The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Brian A. MacVicar
Brian A. MacVicar University of British Columbia

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