Publications
Young F. J., Alcalde A., Melo-Flórez L., Couto A., Foley J., Monllor M., McMillan O. W., & Montgomery S. H. (2023). Enhanced long-term memory and increased mushroom body plasticity in Heliconius butterflies. iScience. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108949
Alcalde A., Young F. J., Melo-Flórez L., Couto A., Cross S., McMillan O. W., & Montgomery S. H. (2023). Adult neurogenesis does not explain the extensive post-eclosion growth of Heliconius mushroom bodies. R. Soc. Open Sci. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230755
Couto A., Marty S., Dawson E. H., d’Ettorre P., Sandoz J-C., Montgomery S. H. (2023). Evolution of the neuronal substrate for kin recognition in social Hymenoptera. Biol Rev. DOI: 10.1111/brv.13003
Couto A., Young F. J., Atzeni D., Marty S., Melo-Flórez L., Hebberecht L., Monllor M., Neal C., Cicconardi C., McMillan W. O., & Montgomery S. H. (2023). Rapid expansion and visual specialization of learning and memory centers in Heliconiini butterflies. Nat commun. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39618-8
Couto, A., Arnold G., Ai H., & Sandoz, J-C. (2021). Interspecific variation of antennal lobe composition among four hornet species. Sci Rep. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00280-z
Morris B. J., Couto A., Aydin A., & Montgomery S. H. (2021). Re-emergence and diversification of a specialized antennal lobe morphology in ithomiine butterflies. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.14324
Couto A., Wainwright J. B., Morris B. J., & Montgomery S. H. (2020). Linking ecological specialisation to adaptations in butterfly brains and sensory systems. Curr Opin Insect Sci. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.09.002
Yanagawa, A., Couto, A., Sandoz, J. C., Hata, T., Mitra, A., Agha, M. A., & Marion-Poll, F. (2019). LPS
perception through taste-induced reflex in Drosophila melanogaster. J insect physiol. DOI:
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.12.001
Bastin, F., Couto, A., Larcher, V., Phiancharoen, M., Koeniger, G., Koeniger, N., & Sandoz, J-C. (2018). Marked interspecific differences in the neuroanatomy of the male olfactory system of honey bees (genus Apis). J Comp Neurol. DOI: 10.1002/cne.24513
Brand, P., Larcher, V., Couto, A., Sandoz, J. C., & Ramírez, S. R. (2018). Sexual dimorphism in visual and olfactory brain centers in the perfume‐collecting orchid bee Euglossa dilemma (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J Comp Neurol. DOI: 10.1002/cne.24483
Couto, A., Mitra, A., Thiéry, D., Marion-poll, F., & Sandoz, J-C. (2017). Hornets have it: a conserved olfactory subsystem for social recognition in Hymenoptera? Front Neuroanat. DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2017.0004
Couto, A., Lapeyre, B., Thiérry, D., & Sandoz, J-C. (2016). Olfactory pathway of the hornet Vespa velutina: new insights into the evolution of the hymenopteran antennal lobe. J Comp Neurol. DOI: 10.1002/cne.23975
Couto, A., Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., Thiérry, D., & Sandoz, J-C. (2014). Olfactory attraction of the hornet Vespa velutina to Honeybee colony odors and pheromones. PloS one. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115943