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Boston University: Boston, MA, US

2017-09-01 to present | Master Lecturer (Biology/Neuroscience)
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Mario L Muscedere

Hendrix College: Conway, AR, US

2014-08-01 to 2017-05-15 | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Mario L Muscedere

Boston University: Boston, MA, US

2011-02-01 to 2014-07-31 | Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow (Neuroscience)
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Boston University: Boston, MA, US

2003-09-01 to 2011-01-25 | Ph.D (Biology)
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Mario L Muscedere

Works (26)

Differential Neuroanatomical, Neurochemical, and Behavioral Impacts of Early-Age Isolation in a Eusocial Insect

Brain, Behavior and Evolution
2024-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000539546
Part of ISSN: 0006-8977
Part of ISSN: 1421-9743
Contributors: Billie C. Goolsby; E. Jordan Smith; Isabella B. Muratore; Zach N. Coto; Mario L. Muscedere; James F.A. Traniello
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Socioecology and Evolutionary Neurobiology of Predatory Ants

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.804200
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
Contributors: Frank Azorsa; Mario L. Muscedere; James F. A. Traniello
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Mario L Muscedere

Eusociality and Senescence: Neuroprotection and Physiological Resilience to Aging in Insect and Mammalian Systems

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2021-06-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.673172
Part of ISSN: 2296-634X
Contributors: Ysabel Milton Giraldo; Mario L. Muscedere; James F. A. Traniello
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Mario L Muscedere

Refining the nuclear localization signal within the Egr transcriptional coregulator NAB2

FEBS Letters
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13288
Part of ISSN: 0014-5793
Part of ISSN: 1873-3468
Contributors: Jacquelyn LaVallee; Terrain Grant; Stephanie D'Angelo‐Early; Sergey Kletsov; Nicole A. Berry; Kimberly M. Abt; Christopher P. Bloch; Mario L. Muscedere; Kenneth W. Adams
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Behavioral Acceleration After Injuries in the Ant Pheidole dentata is Accompanied by Changes in Brain Amine Levels

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000398668700106
Contributors: Chakka, K.; Bao, Y.; Muscedere, M. L.
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Behavioral Performance and Neural Systems Are Robust to Sensory Injury in Workers of the Ant Pheidole dentata

Brain Behavior and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000470899
WOSUID:

WOS:000403002300004
Contributors: Waxman, Hannah K.; Muscedere, Mario L.; Traniello, James F. A.
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Body Size, Task Specialization, and Olfactory Learning In Carpenter Ants (Camponotus americanus)

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000398668700189
Contributors: Eubank, J.; Eddington, S. A.; Muscedere, M. L.
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How Do Pheidole dentata Ant Workers Compensate For Antennal Injuries When Following Pheromone Trails: Critical Periods And Odor Sampling Strategies

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000398668700484
Contributors: Nolan, B. G.; Muscedere, M. L.
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Pheidole Ants: Sociobiology of a Highly Diverse Genus

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
2017 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.01208-5
Part of ISBN: 9780128132524
Contributors: M.L. Muscedere
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Social Resilience and Behavioral Flexibility in Major Workers of the Ant Pheidole dentata

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000398668700532
Contributors: Poole, A. M.; Muscedere, M. L.
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Behavioral resilience with a tiny brain: can workers of the ant Pheidole dentata compensate for reductions in sensory ability?

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000372457601757
Contributors: Pluimer, B. R.; Muscedere, M. L.
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Effects of body size and brain neuromodulators on olfactory learning in carpenter ants (Camponotus americanus)

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000372457601482
Contributors: Eddington, S. A.; Muscedere, M. L.
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Geographic and life-history variation in ant queen colony founding correlates with brain amine levels

Behavioral Ecology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv152
WOSUID:

WOS:000374768300039
Contributors: Muscedere, Mario L.; Cahan, Sara Helms; Helms, Ken R.; Traniello, James F. A.
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Resilience in a miniature nervous system: olfactory impairment minimally affects task performance in ant workers

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000372457600630
Contributors: Muscedere, M. L.; Waxman, H.; Bao, Y.; Pluimer, B.; Traniello, J. F. A.
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Neuroanatomical and Morphological Trait Clusters in the Ant Genus Pheidole: Evidence for Modularity and Integration in Brain Structure

Brain Behavior and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000370100
WOSUID:

WOS:000351883200007
Contributors: Ilies, Iulian; Muscedere, Mario L.; Traniello, James F. A.
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Investment in higher order central processing regions is not constrained by brain size in social insects.

Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1098/rspb.2014.0217

Part of ISSN:

1471-2954
Contributors: Muscedere, Mario L; Gronenberg, Wulfila; Moreau, Corrie S; Traniello, James F A
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Biogenic amines are associated with worker task but not patriline in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0854-2
WOSUID:

WOS:000327459300004
Contributors: Smith, Adam R.; Muscedere, Mario L.; Seid, Marc A.; Traniello, James F. A.; Hughes, William O. H.
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Brood-care experience, nursing performance, and neural development in the ant Pheidole dentata

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1501-1
WOSUID:

WOS:000317433500008
Contributors: Muscedere, Mario L.; Djermoun, Anisa; Traniello, James F. A.
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Division of Labor in the Hyperdiverse Ant Genus Pheidole Is Associated with Distinct Subcaste- and Age-Related Patterns of Worker Brain Organization

Plos One
2012 | Journal article
DOI: e31618 10.1371/journal.pone.0031618
WOSUID:

WOS:000302853600149
Contributors: Muscedere, M. L.; Traniello, J. F. A.
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Serotonin modulates worker responsiveness to trail pheromone in the ant Pheidole dentata

Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0701-2
WOSUID:

WOS:000301844700005
Contributors: Muscedere, M. L.; Johnson, N.; Gillis, B. C.; Kamhi, J. F.; Traniello, J. F. A.
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Coming of age in an ant colony: cephalic muscle maturation accompanies behavioral development in Pheidole dentata

Naturwissenschaften
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0828-6
WOSUID:

WOS:000293969200008
Contributors: Muscedere, M. L.; Traniello, J. F. A.; Gronenberg, W.
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Polymorphism and Division of Labor During Foraging Cycles in the Leaf-cutting Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus (Formicidae; Attini)

Journal of Insect Behavior
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-010-9239-3
WOSUID:

WOS:000286211700002
Contributors: Muscedere, ML; Berglund, JL; Traniello, JFA
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Age and task efficiency in the ant Pheidole dentata: young minor workers are not specialist nurses

Animal Behaviour
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.018
WOSUID:

WOS:000264325300018
Contributors: Muscedere, ML; Willey, TA; Traniello, JFA
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Brains, neurotransmitters, nursing, and foraging in the ant Pheidole dentata

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2009 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000268808800484
Contributors: Muscedere, M. L.; Seid, M.; Johnson, N.; Willey, T.; Gillis, B.; Traniello, J. F. A.
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Fitness effects of X chromosome drive in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01169.x
WOSUID:

WOS:000241243100012
Contributors: Wilkinson, GS; Johns, PM; Kelleher, ES; Muscedere, ML; Lorsong, A
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Evolution of eusociality and the soldier caste in termites: Influence of intraspecific competition and accelerated inheritance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2133530100
WOSUID:

WOS:000186301100055
Contributors: Thorne, BL; Breisch, NL; Muscedere, ML
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Mario L Muscedere via ResearcherID
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