1) Swetha B.M. Gowda*, Ayesha Banu, Safa Salim, Kadir A. Peker and Farhan Mohammad. “Serotonin distinctly controls behavioral states in restrained and freely moving Drosophila” iScience- January 20, 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105886 (* Lead Author)

2) KS Keyan, S Salim, Swetha B.M Gowda, D Abdelrahman, SS Amir, Farhan mohammadOmar M Khan. “Control of TGFB signalling by ubiquitination independent function of E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIP12”. Cell Death Dis 14, 692 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-023-06215-y

3) Swetha BM Gowda*, Ayesha Banu, Sadam Hussain, Farhan Mohammad. “Neuronal mechanisms regulating locomotion in adult Drosophila”. (Review article) Journal of Neuroscience and Research ,April 2024.DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.25332 (* Lead Author)

4) Ayesha Banu, Swetha B.M. Gowda , Safa Salim and Farhan Mohammad. “Serotonergic control of feeding microstructure in Drosophila” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2023, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1105579
5) Swetha B.M. Gowda*, Safa Salim, Farhan Mohammad. “Anatomy and Neural Pathways Modulating Distinct Locomotor Behaviors in Drosophila Larva” (Review article) MDPI-Biology 2021, 10(2), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10020090 (* Lead Author)

6) Safa Salim, Ayesha Banu, Amira Alwa, Swetha B.M. Gowda and Farhan Mohammad. “The gut-microbiota-brain axis in autism: what Drosophila models can offer?” (Review Article) Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Vol 13, Article no:37 (2021) DOI: 10.1186/s11689-021-09378-x

7) Safa Salim, Sadam Hussain, Ayesha Banu ,Swetha B.M. Gowda , Foysal Ahammad, Amira Alwa, Mujaheed Pasha and Farhan Mohammad “ The ortholog of single-stranded DNA-binding protein SSBP3 influences neurodevelopment and autism like behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster” Plos Biology 21 (7),e3002210

8) Swetha B.M. Gowda*, Pushkar D. Paranjpe*, O.Venkateswara Reddy, Devasena Thiagarajan, Sudhir Palliyil, Heinrich Reichert, K. VijayRaghavan. “GABAergic inhibition of leg motoneurons is required for normal walking behavior in freely moving Drosophila”. PNAS (2018) , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713869115 (* Lead Author)

9) Durafshan Sakeena Syed, Swetha B.M. Gowda, O Venkateswara Reddy, Heinrich Reicherit and K. VijayRaghavan. (2016) “Glial and neuronal Semaphorin signaling instruct the development of a functional myotopic map for Drosophila walking” eLife 2016; DOI: https://elifesciences.org/articles/11572