Publications

(see Curriculum Vitae for a complete list; undergraduate co-authors are noted with an asterisk)

Harzsch S, *Miller J, Benton J, Beltz B (1999) From embryo to adult: Persistent neurogenesis and apoptotic cell death shape the crustacean deutocerebrum. Journal of Neuroscience 19:3472-3485. PDF

Sullivan JM, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2000) Serotonin depletion in vivo inhibits the branching of olfactory projection neurons in the lobster deutocerebrum. Journal of Neuroscience 20:7716-7721. PDF

Beltz BS, Benton JL, Sullivan JM (2001) Transient uptake of serotonin by newborn olfactory projection neurons may mediate their survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 98:12730-12735. PDF

Sullivan JM, Beltz BS (2001) Development and connectivity of olfactory pathways in the brain of the lobster Homarus americanus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 441:23-43. PDF

Benton JL, Beltz BS (2002) Patterns of neurogenesis in the midbrain of embryonic lobsters are different from proliferation in the insect and crustacean ventral nerve cord. Journal of Neurobiology 53: 57-67. PDF

Goergen, E, *Bagay LA, Rehm K, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2002) Circadian control of neurogenesis. Journal of Neurobiology 53: 90-95. PDF

Beltz BS, *Kordas K, *LeeMM, *LongJB, BentonJL, SandemanDC (2003) Ecological, evolutionary and functional correlates of sensilla number and glomerular density in the olfactory system of decapod crustaceans. Journal of Comparative Neurology 455: 260-269. PDF

Beltz BS, Sandeman DC (2003) Regulation of life-long neurogenesis in the decapod crustacean brain.  Arthropod Structure and Development 32:39-60. PDF

Sullivan JM, Beltz BS (2004) Evolutionary changes in the olfactory projection neuron pathways of eumalacostracan crustaceans.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 470:25-38. PDF

Wildt M, Goergen EM, Benton JL, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2004) Regulation of serotonin levels by multiple light-entrainable endogenous rhythms. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:3765-74. PDF

*Brinkley CK, Kolodny NH, Kohler SJ, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2005) Magnetic resonance imaging at 9.4 T as a tool for studying neural anatomy in non-vertebrates. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 146:124-132. PDF

Sullivan JM, Beltz BS (2005) Integration and segregation of inputs to higher-order neuropils in the crayfish brain.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 481:118-126. PDF

Sullivan JM, Beltz BS (2005) Newborn cells in the adult crayfish brain differentiate into distinct neuronal types. Journal of Neurobiology 65: 157-170. PDF

Sullivan JM, Beltz BS (2005) Adult neurogenesis in the central olfactory pathway in the absence of receptor neuron turnover. European Journal of Neuroscience 22:2397-2402. PDF

Sullivan JM, Benton JL, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2007) Adult Neurogenesis: A Common Strategy Across Diverse Species. Journal of Comparative Neurology 500:574-584. PDF

Beltz BS, Tlusty MF, Benton JL, Sandeman DC (2007) Omega-3 fatty acids upregulate adult neurogenesis. Neuroscience Letters 415:154-8. PDF

Benton JL, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2007) Nitric oxide in crustacean brain: Regulation of neurogenesis and morphogenesis in the developing olfactory pathway. Developmental Dynamics 236:3047-3060. PDF

Sullivan JM, Sandeman DC, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2007) Adult neurogenesis and cell cycle regulation in the crustacean olfactory pathway: from glial precursors to differentiated neurons. Journal of Molecular Histology 38:527-542. PDF

Benton JL, Goergen EM, *Rogan SC, Beltz BS (2008) Hormonal and synaptic influences of serotonin on adult neurogenesis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158:183-190. PDF

Harzsch S, Dircksen H, Beltz BS (2009) Development of pigment-dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the American lobsters: homology to the insect circadian pacemaker system? Cell and Tissue Research 335:417-429. PDF

Zhang Y, Allodi S, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2009) Adult neurogenesis in the crayfish brain:
proliferation, migration and possible origin of precursor cells. Developmental Neurobiology 69:415-436. PDF

Sandeman DC, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2009) An identified serotonergic neuron regulates neurogenesis in the crayfish brain. Developmental Neurobiology 69:530-545. PDF

Sullivan JM, *Genco MC, *Marlow ED, Benton JL, Beltz BS, Sandeman DC (2009) Brain photoreceptor pathways contributing to circadian rhythmicity in crayfish. Chronobiology International 26:1136-1168. PDF

*Ayub N, Benton JL, Zhang Y, Beltz BS (2011) Environmental enrichment influences neuronal stem cells in the adult crayfish brain. Developmental Neurobiology 71:351-361. PDF

Zhang Y, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2011) 5-HT receptors mediate lineage-dependent effects of serotonin on adult neurogenesis in Procambarus clarkii. Neural Development 6:2. PDF

Sandeman DC, Bazin F, Beltz BS (2011) Adult neurogenesis: Examples from the decapod crustaceans and comparisons with mammals. Arthropod Structure and Development 40:258-275. PDF

Benton JL, Zhang Y, *Kirkhart CR, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2011) Primary neuronal precursors in adult crayfish brain: replenishment from a non-neuronal source. BMC Neuroscience 12 (1):53. PDF

Beltz BS, Zhang Y, Benton JL, Sandeman DC (2011) Adult neurogenesis in the decapod crustacean brain: A hematopoietic connection? European Journal of Neuroscience 34:870-883. PDF

Sintoni S, Benton JL, Beltz BS, Hansson BS, Harzsch S (2012) Neurogenesis in the central olfactory pathway of adult decapod crustaceans: development of the neurogenic niche in the brains of Procambarid crayfish. Neural Development 7:1. PDF

Otopalik AG, Shin J, Beltz BS, Sandeman DC, Kolodny NH (2012) Differential Uptake of MRI Contrast Agents Indicates Charge-Selective Blood-Brain Interface in the Crayfish. Cell and Tissue Research 349: 493-503. PDF

Chaves da Silva PG, Benton JL, Beltz BS, Allodi S (2012) Adult neurogenesis: ultrastructure of a neurogenic niche and neurovascular relationships. PLoS One 7(6), e39267. PDF

Chaves da Silva PG, Benton JL, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2013) Adult neurogenesis in the crayfish brain: the hematopoietic anterior proliferation center has direct access to the brain and stem cell niche. Stem Cells and Development 22:1027-41. PDF

Benton JL, Chaves da Silva PG, Sandeman DC, Beltz BS (2013) First-generation neuronal precursors in the crayfish brain are not self-renewing. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 31:657-666. PDF

*Kim YF, Sandeman DC, Benton JL, Beltz BS (2014) Birth, survival and differentiation of neurons in an adult crustacean brain. Developmental Neurobiology 74: 602-615. PDF

Benton JL, *Kery R, *Li J, Noonin C, Söderhäll I, Beltz BS (2014) Cells from the innate immune system generate adult-born neurons in crayfish. Developmental Cell 30: 322-333. PDF

Bless EP, *Reddy T, Acharya KD, Beltz BS, Tetel MJ (2014) Oestradiol and diet modulate energy homeostasis and hypothalamic neurogenesis in the adult female mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 11: 805-816. PDF

Beltz BS, *Cockey EL, *Li J, *Platto JF, *Ramos KA, Benton JL (2015) Adult neural stem cells: Long-term self-renewal, replenishment by the immune system, or both? Bioessays 37:495-501. PDF

Beltz BS, Brenneis G, Benton JL (2016) Adult neurogenesis: Lessons from crayfish and the elephant in the room. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 87:146-155. PDF

Beltz BS, Benton JL (2017) From blood to brain: Adult-born neurons in crayfish are generated by cells from the immune system. Frontiers in Neuroscience 11: Article 662, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00662. PDF

Brenneis G, Scholtz G, Beltz BS (2018) Comparison of ventral organ development across Pycnogonida (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) provides evidence for a plesiomorphic mode of late neurogenesis in sea spiders and myriapods. BMC Evolutionary Biology: 18(1):47, doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1150-0. PDF

Beltz BS (2019) Brain adaptations for life in deep sea vents. eLife: 8:e50647. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.5067. PDF

Brenneis G, Beltz BS (2019) Adult neurogenesis in crayfish: Origin, expansion, and migration of neural progenitor lineages in a pseudostratified neuroepithelium. Journal of Comparative Neurology 528: 1459–1485. doi: 10.1002/cne.24820 PDF

Chaves da Silva PG, *Hsu K, Benton JL, Beltz BS, Allodi S (2020) A balancing act: The immune system supports neurodegeneration and neurogenesis.  Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 40:967-989.   doi: 10.1007/s10571-020-00787-5 PDF

Brenneis G, Schwentner M, Giribet, G, Beltz BS (2021) Insights into the genetic regulatory network underlying neurogenesis in the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis. Developmental Neurobiology, September 23.  doi: 10.1002/dneu.22852 PDF

Benton JL, Li J, *Weisbach E, *Fukumura Y, Quinan VC, Chaves da Silva PG, *Edwards AJ,  Beltz BS (2022) Adult neurogenesis in crayfish: Identity and regulation of neural precursors produced by the immune system. iScience 25(4):103993. doi: 10.1016 PDF