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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Importance of magnetic information for neuronal plasticity in desert ants.

Robin Grob, Valentin L Müller, Kornelia Grübel, Wolfgang Rössler, Pauline N Fleischmann

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  2. The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
    Review
  3. Multi-unit recordings in the stick insectFrontiers in physiology · 2026
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  4. Neuromorphic encoding strategies for a noisy magnetic sense.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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  8. Importance of magnetic information for neuronal plasticity in desert ants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Robin GrobDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-0096-4040
Valentin L MüllerDivision of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology (Zoology II), Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3806-9516
Kornelia GrübelDivision of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology (Zoology II), Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Wolfgang RösslerDivision of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology (Zoology II), Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5195-8214
Pauline N FleischmannDivision of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology (Zoology II), Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5051-884X
University of Würzburg · DECarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DENorwegian University of Science and Technology · NO

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) FL1060/1-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) INST 934/829-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Ro 1177/7-1German Scholar Organization GSO/KT 16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many animal species rely on the Earth's magnetic field during navigation, but where in the brain magnetic information is processed is still unknown. To unravel this, we manipulated the natural magnetic field at the nest entrance of

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AntsAnimalsBrainCuesDesert ClimateHoming BehaviorLearningMagnetic PhenomenaNeuronal Plasticitycelestial compasscompass calibrationlearning walksmemory formationsolar ephemeris

Identifiers

PMID38346192
PMCPMC10895258
OpenAlexW4391741193

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