Publications
Greenspan, R.J. (2009) The landscape of selection, gene interaction, and gene networks. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 74: 131-138.
Foltenyi, K., Greenspan, R.J., Newport, J.W. (2007) Activation of Egf-r and ERK by Rhomboid signaling regulates the consolidation and maintenance of sleep in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 10: 1160 – 1167.
Dierick, H.A., Greenspan, R.J. (2007) Serotonin and neuropeptide F have opposite modulatory effects on fly aggression. Nature Genetics 39: 678-682.
Dierick, H.A., Greenspan, R.J. (2006) Molecular analysis of flies selected for aggressive behavior. Nature Genetics 38: 1023-1031.
Kendler, K.S., Greenspan, R.J. (2006) The nature of genetic influences on behavior: Lessons from “simpler” organisms. Am. J. Psychiatry 163: 1683-1694.
Andretic, R., van Swinderen, B., Greenspan, R.J. (2005) Dopaminergic modulation of arousal in Drosophila. Current Biology 15: 1165-1175.
Greenspan, R.J., van Swinderen, B. (2004) Cognitive consonance: Complex brain functions in the fruit fly and its relatives. Trends in Neurosciences 27: 707-711.
van Swinderen, B., Greenspan, R.J. (2003) Salience Modulates 20-30 Hz Brain Activity in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 6: 579-586.
Toma, D.P., White, K.P., Hirsch, J., Greenspan, R.J. (2002) Identification of genes involved in Drosophila melanogaster geotaxis, a complex behavioral trait. Nature Genetics 31: 349-353.
Greenspan, R.J. (2001) The flexible genome. Nature Reviews Genetics 2: 383-387.
Shaw, P.J., Cirelli, C., Greenspan, R.J., Tononi, G. (2000) Correlates of sleep and waking in Drosophila melanogaster. Science 287: 1834-1837.
Osborne, K.A., Robichon, A., Burgess, E., Butland, S., Shaw, R.A., Coulthard, A., Pererira, Greenspan, R.J., Sokolowski, M.B. (1997) Natural behavior polymorphism due to a cGMP-dependent protein kinase of Drosophila. Science 277: 834-836.
Ferveur, J.-F., Störtkuhl, K., Stocker, R.F., Greenspan, R.J. (1995) Genetic feminization of brain structures and changed sexual orientation in male Drosophila melanogaster. Science 267: 902-905.
Greenspan, R.J. (1995) Understanding the genetic construction of behavior. Scientific American 272 (4): 72-78.
Books
Flint, J., Greenspan, R.J., and Kendler, K.S. (2010) How Genes Influence Behavior. Oxford U. Press: London & New York.
Greenspan, R.J. (2007) An Introduction to Nervous Systems. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY.