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Rodney K. Murphey is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has published work extensively in neurobiology and insect physiology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, advanced memory and neural computing, neural networks and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Juan Carlos López, Sabrina D Jara, Kelli Robbins, Rodrigo F. O. Pena, and César C. Ceballos.

The main venues for Rodney K. Murphey's publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and eNeuro.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Rodney K. Murphey include:

  • Axo-Axonic Synapses on Descending Neurons in the Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord, 2025, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Dscam1 Controls Presynaptic Terminal Size to Regulate Synaptic Structure and Function in a Central Motor Circuit, 2025, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frazzled/DCC Regulates Gap Junction Formation at a Drosophila Giant Synapse, 2025, published in eNeuro

Best Publications

  • Receptive fields of cricket giant interneurones are related to their dendritic structure.

    J P Bacon;R K Murphey

  • Map formation in the developing Xenopus retinotectal system: an examination of ganglion cell terminal arborizations

    DS Sakaguchi;RK Murphey

  • A Conserved Role for Drosophila Neuroglian and Human L1-CAM in Central-Synapse Formation

    Tanja A. Godenschwege;Lars V. Kristiansen;Smitha B. Uthaman;Michael Hortsch

  • Bi-directional signaling by Semaphorin 1a during central synapse formation in Drosophila.

    Tanja A. Godenschwege;Hailan Hu;Xiaoliang Shan-Crofts;Corey S. Goodman

  • The shaking-B2 mutation disrupts electrical synapses in a flight circuit in adult Drosophila.

    James R. Trimarchi;R. K. Murphey

  • Mutations in the 8 kDa dynein light chain gene disrupt sensory axon projections in the Drosophila imaginal CNS

    R. Phillis;D. Statton;P. Caruccio;R.K. Murphey

  • Targeted Expression of Truncated Glued Disrupts Giant Fiber Synapse Formation in Drosophila

    Marcus James Allen;Xiaoliang Shan;Phyllis Caruccio;Stephan J. Froggett

  • Modality-Specific Axonal Projections in the Cns of the Flies Phormia and Drosophila

    R. K. Murphey;R. K. Murphey;Debra Possidente;Gerald Pollack;D. J. Merritt

  • Orientation to calling song by female crickets, Scapsipedus marginatus (Gryllidae).

    Murphey Rk;Zaretsky

  • The afferent projection of mesothoracic bristle hairs in the cricket, Acheta domesticus

    S. E. Johnson;R. K. Murphey

  • Isolation of mutations affecting neural circuitry required for grooming behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.

    R W Phillis;A T Bramlage;C Wotus;A Whittaker

  • Pre- and postsynaptic inhibition of identified giant interneurons in the cricket (Acheta domesticus)

    R. B. Levine;R. K. Murphey

  • The myth of the inflexible invertebrate: competition and synaptic remodelling in the development of invertebrate nervous systems.

    R. K. Murphey

  • Integrative mechanisms controlling directional sensitivity of an identified sensory interneuron.

    GA Jacobs;JP Miller;RK Murphey

  • The morphology of cricket giant interneurons.

    Barbara Mendenhall;R. K. Murphey

  • Synaptic rearrangement during postembryonic development in the cricket.

    A Chiba;D Shepherd;RK Murphey

  • Segmental origins of the cricket giant interneuron system.

    Gwen A. Jacobs;Gwen A. Jacobs;R. K. Murphey

  • Genetic control of sexually dimorphic axon morphology in Drosophila sensory neurons.

    D.R. Possidente;R.K. Murphey

  • The structure and development of a somatotopic map in crickets: The cercal afferent projection

    R.K. Murphey

  • The response of cereal receptors and identified interneurons in the cricket (Acheta domesticus) to airstreams

    Martha Tobias;R. K. Murphey

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme W. Davis
Graeme W. Davis University of California, San Francisco
David J. Merritt
David J. Merritt University of Western Australia

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