Published
38. Rivi V*, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Rigilo G, Lukowiak K, Blom JMC, Tascedda F 2024. A translational and multidisciplinary approach to study the Garcia effect, a higher form of learning with deep evolutionary roots. Journal of Experimental Biology 227 (8): jeb24732537. Kagan D, Hollings J, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2023. Better Together: Isolation Impedes Memory Formation for Configural Learning in Lymnaea. Journal of Experimental Biology. jeb.246478. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246478
36. Batabyal A*, Rivi V*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Snails go on a fast when aspirin comes along with heat stress: a possible effect of heat shock proteins and the serotonergic system on feeding response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 276 (2024) 109805
authors.elsevier.com/a/1iAhd5SMCh8uNe
35. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2023. The multifaceted effects of bioactive compounds on neuroplasticity. Invited Review. Brain Plasticity . Preprint: 1-17.
34. Batabyal A 2023. Predator-prey systems as models for integrative research in biology. Journal of Experimental Biology.226 (19): jeb245851
33. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Rigilo G, Lukowiak K, Blom JMC, Tascedda F 2023. LPS-induced Garcia effect and its pharmacological regulation mediated by aspirin: behavioral and transcriptional evidence. Biology.12(8), 1100; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12081100
32. Kowall C, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K Phillips I. 2022. Agricultural use of insecticides alters important Lymnaea stagnalis behaviours. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5728
31. Batabyal A*, Zambre A*, Mclaren T, Rankin K, Somaweera R, Stuart-Fox D, Thaker M 2023. It’s not just chameleons: rapid colour change varies among sexes, body regions and species in agamid lizards. Ecology and Evolution. (Q1). Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
30. Kagan D, Holding J, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2022. 5-Minute Exposure to a Novel Appetitive Food Substance is Sufficient Time for a MicroRNA Dependent Long-Term Memory to Form. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Accepted (Q1)
29. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Change is evident when you're wild: contrasting behavioral and transcriptional responses in freshly collected and laboratory-reared snails in response to heat stress. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
28. Rivi V*, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. A novel behavioral display in Lymnaea induced by quercetin and hypoxia. The Biological Bulletin. Accepted
27. Rivi V*, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. accepted
26. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Prey populations with different predation histories show differences in behavioral and transcriptional effects under acute predation threat. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 203: 107775 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107775 (*contributed equally to this study)
25. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Novel taste, sickness, and memory: Lipopolysaccharide to induce a Garcia-like effect in inbred and outbred strains of Lymnaea stagnalis. Physiology and Behaviour 263: 114137
24. Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2022. From predator naïve to predator experienced: tracking the path from learning to innate predator recognition in Lymnaea stagnalis. Behavioral ecology. arac107, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac107
23. Kagan D, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2022. Remember the Poke: MicroRNAs are Required for Long-Term Memory Formation Following Operant Conditioning in Lymnaea. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01604-8
22. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Lipopolysaccharide-injection alters memory phenotype in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis that is reversed by aspirin. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. Accepted
21. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Wiley B, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Fluoride affects memory by altering the transcriptional activity in the central nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis. Neurotoxicology 92: 61-66 (*contributed equally to this study)
20. Wiley B*, Batabyal A*, Lukowiak K 2022. Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
19. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Too hot to eat. Wild and lab-bred L. stagnalis differ in feeding response following repeated heat exposure. Biological Bulletin. 243 (1) https://doi.org/10.1086/720948 (*contributed equally to this study)
18. Batabyal A, Chau D, Rivi V, Lukowiak K 2021. Risk in one is not risk in all. Snails show differential decision making under high and low risk environments. Animal Behaviour. accepted
17. Wiley B, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2021. Fluoride affects learning and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 1-11
16. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. Nature versus nurture in heat stress induced learning between inbred and outbred populations of Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Thermal Biology. (*contributed equally to this study) 103170
15. Kagan D, Batabyal A, Rivi V, Lukowiak K. 2021. A change in taste: The role of MicroRNAs in altering hedonic value. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243840
14. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2021.A flavonoid, quercetin, is capable of enhancing LTM formation if encountered at different times in the learning, memory formation, and memory recall continuum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. accepted
13. Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2021. Configural learning memory can be transformed from intermediate-term to long-term in pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Physiology and Behavior. 239, 113509.
12. Batabyal A, Rivi V, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. Long term memory of configural learning is enhanced via CREB upregulation by the flavonoid Quercetin in Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 242761 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242761
11. Fernell M, Rivi V, Batabyal A, and Lukowiak K 2021 The temperature-sensitivity of memory formation and persistence is altered by cold acclimation in a pond snail. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242513
10. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Juego K, Kakadiya M, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. To eat or not to eat: A Garcia effect in pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01491-5
(*contributed equally to this study)
9. Soudavari R, Batabyal A and Lukowiak K. 2020. In Lymnaea two stressors that individually enhance memory in combination block memory formation. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0207
8. Batabyal A, Bhattacharya A, Thaker M, Mukherjee S. 2020. A longitudinal study of perceived stress and cortisol responses in an undergraduate student population from India. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252579
7. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2019. Lizards learn faster to stay safe in urban areas. Biology Letters. 15: 20190009. batabyal_thaker_2019.pdf
6. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2018. Social coping styles of lizards are shifting from proactive to reactive in urban areas. General and Comparative Endocrinology. in press batabyal_thaker_2018_gce.pdf
5. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2018. Lizards assess complex social signals by lateralizing colour but not motion detection. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb173252
4. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2017. Signalling with physiological colours: high contrast for courtship but speed for competition. Animal Behaviour (129) 229–236. batabyal_thaker_2017.pdf
3. Batabyal A., Balakrishna S., and Thaker M. 2017. A multivariate approach to understanding shifts in escape strategies of urban lizards. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 71(5), 83. batabyal_et_al._2017.pdf
2. Balakrishna S., Batabyal A., and Thaker M. 2016. Dining in the city : Dietary shifts in Indian Rock Agamas across an urban – rural landscape. Journal of Herpetology. 50(3), 423–428. balakrishna_et_al._2016.pdf
1. Batabyal A., Gosavi SM., and Gramapurohit NP. 2014. Determining sensitive stages for learning to detect predators in larval bronzed frogs: Importance of alarm cues in learning. Journal of Biosciences(39), 701–710. batabyal_et_al._2014.pdf
36. Batabyal A*, Rivi V*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Snails go on a fast when aspirin comes along with heat stress: a possible effect of heat shock proteins and the serotonergic system on feeding response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 276 (2024) 109805
authors.elsevier.com/a/1iAhd5SMCh8uNe
35. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2023. The multifaceted effects of bioactive compounds on neuroplasticity. Invited Review. Brain Plasticity . Preprint: 1-17.
34. Batabyal A 2023. Predator-prey systems as models for integrative research in biology. Journal of Experimental Biology.226 (19): jeb245851
33. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Rigilo G, Lukowiak K, Blom JMC, Tascedda F 2023. LPS-induced Garcia effect and its pharmacological regulation mediated by aspirin: behavioral and transcriptional evidence. Biology.12(8), 1100; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12081100
32. Kowall C, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K Phillips I. 2022. Agricultural use of insecticides alters important Lymnaea stagnalis behaviours. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5728
31. Batabyal A*, Zambre A*, Mclaren T, Rankin K, Somaweera R, Stuart-Fox D, Thaker M 2023. It’s not just chameleons: rapid colour change varies among sexes, body regions and species in agamid lizards. Ecology and Evolution. (Q1). Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
30. Kagan D, Holding J, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2022. 5-Minute Exposure to a Novel Appetitive Food Substance is Sufficient Time for a MicroRNA Dependent Long-Term Memory to Form. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Accepted (Q1)
29. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Change is evident when you're wild: contrasting behavioral and transcriptional responses in freshly collected and laboratory-reared snails in response to heat stress. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
28. Rivi V*, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. A novel behavioral display in Lymnaea induced by quercetin and hypoxia. The Biological Bulletin. Accepted
27. Rivi V*, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. accepted
26. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Prey populations with different predation histories show differences in behavioral and transcriptional effects under acute predation threat. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 203: 107775 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107775 (*contributed equally to this study)
25. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2023. Novel taste, sickness, and memory: Lipopolysaccharide to induce a Garcia-like effect in inbred and outbred strains of Lymnaea stagnalis. Physiology and Behaviour 263: 114137
24. Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2022. From predator naïve to predator experienced: tracking the path from learning to innate predator recognition in Lymnaea stagnalis. Behavioral ecology. arac107, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac107
23. Kagan D, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2022. Remember the Poke: MicroRNAs are Required for Long-Term Memory Formation Following Operant Conditioning in Lymnaea. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01604-8
22. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Lipopolysaccharide-injection alters memory phenotype in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis that is reversed by aspirin. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. Accepted
21. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Wiley B, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Fluoride affects memory by altering the transcriptional activity in the central nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis. Neurotoxicology 92: 61-66 (*contributed equally to this study)
20. Wiley B*, Batabyal A*, Lukowiak K 2022. Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Accepted (*contributed equally to this study)
19. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Too hot to eat. Wild and lab-bred L. stagnalis differ in feeding response following repeated heat exposure. Biological Bulletin. 243 (1) https://doi.org/10.1086/720948 (*contributed equally to this study)
18. Batabyal A, Chau D, Rivi V, Lukowiak K 2021. Risk in one is not risk in all. Snails show differential decision making under high and low risk environments. Animal Behaviour. accepted
17. Wiley B, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2021. Fluoride affects learning and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 1-11
16. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. Nature versus nurture in heat stress induced learning between inbred and outbred populations of Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Thermal Biology. (*contributed equally to this study) 103170
15. Kagan D, Batabyal A, Rivi V, Lukowiak K. 2021. A change in taste: The role of MicroRNAs in altering hedonic value. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243840
14. Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2021.A flavonoid, quercetin, is capable of enhancing LTM formation if encountered at different times in the learning, memory formation, and memory recall continuum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. accepted
13. Batabyal A, Lukowiak K. 2021. Configural learning memory can be transformed from intermediate-term to long-term in pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Physiology and Behavior. 239, 113509.
12. Batabyal A, Rivi V, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. Long term memory of configural learning is enhanced via CREB upregulation by the flavonoid Quercetin in Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 242761 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242761
11. Fernell M, Rivi V, Batabyal A, and Lukowiak K 2021 The temperature-sensitivity of memory formation and persistence is altered by cold acclimation in a pond snail. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242513
10. Rivi V*, Batabyal A*, Juego K, Kakadiya M, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K 2021. To eat or not to eat: A Garcia effect in pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01491-5
(*contributed equally to this study)
9. Soudavari R, Batabyal A and Lukowiak K. 2020. In Lymnaea two stressors that individually enhance memory in combination block memory formation. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0207
8. Batabyal A, Bhattacharya A, Thaker M, Mukherjee S. 2020. A longitudinal study of perceived stress and cortisol responses in an undergraduate student population from India. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252579
7. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2019. Lizards learn faster to stay safe in urban areas. Biology Letters. 15: 20190009. batabyal_thaker_2019.pdf
6. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2018. Social coping styles of lizards are shifting from proactive to reactive in urban areas. General and Comparative Endocrinology. in press batabyal_thaker_2018_gce.pdf
5. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2018. Lizards assess complex social signals by lateralizing colour but not motion detection. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb173252
4. Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2017. Signalling with physiological colours: high contrast for courtship but speed for competition. Animal Behaviour (129) 229–236. batabyal_thaker_2017.pdf
3. Batabyal A., Balakrishna S., and Thaker M. 2017. A multivariate approach to understanding shifts in escape strategies of urban lizards. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 71(5), 83. batabyal_et_al._2017.pdf
2. Balakrishna S., Batabyal A., and Thaker M. 2016. Dining in the city : Dietary shifts in Indian Rock Agamas across an urban – rural landscape. Journal of Herpetology. 50(3), 423–428. balakrishna_et_al._2016.pdf
1. Batabyal A., Gosavi SM., and Gramapurohit NP. 2014. Determining sensitive stages for learning to detect predators in larval bronzed frogs: Importance of alarm cues in learning. Journal of Biosciences(39), 701–710. batabyal_et_al._2014.pdf
Book chapter
Batabyal A, Thaker M. 2018. “Compounding climate change with urbanisation: challenges and responses for species”. Biodiversity and climate change: an Indian perspective, (eds.) Bhatt JR, Das AA, Shanker K. New Delhi, India: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
Popular Articles in press
Early Career Researcher Spotlight by Journal of Experimental Biology 100 year Centenary series
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More Fun Than Fun: My Favourite Lizard Stories
by Dr. Raghavendra Gadagkar
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by Dr. Raghavendra Gadagkar
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Teaching: Recent article covering my teaching experience at Azim Premji University
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