Actively Frozen - contextual modulation of freezing and its neuronal basis

Project Information

A-FRO

Grant agreement ID: 819630

DOI

10.3030/819630

Project closed

EC signature date 29 January 2019

Start date 1 February 2019

End date 31 July 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 969 750,00

EU contribution

€ 1 969 750,00

Coordinated by

FUNDACAO D. ANNA DE SOMMER CHAMPALIMAUD E DR. CARLOS MONTEZ CHAMPALIMAUD
Portugal

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Social Cues of Safety Can Override Differences in Threat Level

Author(s): CH Ferreira, M Heinekens, M Farias, R Gonçalves, MA Moita
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022, ISSN 2296-701X
Publisher: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.885795

Male courtship song drives escape responses that are suppressed for successful mating

Author(s): Eliane Arez, Cecilia Mezzera, Ricardo M. Neto-Silva, Márcia M. Aranha, Sophie Dias, Marta A. Moita, Maria Luísa Vasconcelos
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88691-w

Mechanosensory bristles mediate avoidance behavior by triggering sustained local motor activity in Drosophila melanogaster

Author(s): Alexandra M. Medeiros, Anna F. Hobbiss, Gonçalo Borges, Marta Moita, César S. Mendes
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 34, 2025, Page(s) 2812-2830.e5, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.021

Threat induces cardiac and metabolic changes that negatively impact survival in flies

Author(s): Natalia Barrios, Matheus Farias, Marta A. Moita
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 31, 2025, Page(s) 5462-5472.e4, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.013

What can a non-eusocial insect tell us about the neural basis of group behaviour?

Author(s): Clara H Ferreira, Marta A Moita
Published in: Current Opinion in Insect Science, Issue 36, 2019, Page(s) 118-124, ISSN 2214-5745
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.09.001

Behavioral and neuronal underpinnings of safety in numbers in fruit flies

Author(s): Clara H. Ferreira, Marta A. Moita
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17856-4

Other (1)

Covert muscle activity reveals dynamic freezing states and prepares the animal for action

Author(s): Anna F. Hobbiss, Mariana C. Franco, Alexandra M. Medeiros, Charlie Rosher, César S. Mendes, Marta A. Moita
Published in: 2026
Publisher: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.26.622641