Publications

1. 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. Accepted


2. Rivi V,Batabyal A, Benatti C, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Lukowiak K 2022. Aspirin reverts lipopolysaccharide‑induced learning and memory impairment: first evidence from an invertebrate model system Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 395:1573–1585


3. 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)


4. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01563-0 (*contributed equally to this study)


5. 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)


6. 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. In press


7. Wiley B,Batabyal A, Lukowiak K 2021. Fluoride affects learning and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of     Comparative Physiology A. 1-11


8. 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


9. 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


10. 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. 1-13


11. 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 (*contributed equally to this study)


12. 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.


13. 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. 224 (11): jeb242513    https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242513


14. 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. (*contributed          equally to this study) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01491-5


15. Soudavari R,Batabyal A and Lukowiak K. 2021. 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


16. Batabyal A, Bhattacharya A, Thaker M. and Mukherjee S. 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


17. Batabyal A,Thaker M. 2019. Lizards learn faster to stay safe in urban areas. Biology Letters. 15: 20190009.     (Article featured in Science, The Wire 2021: https://science.thewire.in/environment/raghavendra-gadagkar-            lizard-stories/)


18. Batabyal A,Thaker M. 2018. Social coping styles of lizards are shifting from proactive to reactive in urban areas.            General and Comparative Endocrinology. 270, 67-74.  (Article featured in Mongabay 2019:    https://india.mongabay.com/2019/02/how-lizards-in-bengaluru-are-faring-when-compared-to-their-country- cousins/)


19. Batabyal A,Thaker M. 2018. Lizards assess complex social signals by lateralizing colour but not motion detection.   Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb173252


20. Batabyal A., Thaker M. 2017. Signaling with physiological colours: high contrast for courtship but speed for competition.Animal Behaviour (129) 229–236. (Article featured in Livemint 2017:      https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Eq5cf272TL5828gYnZKPNK/How-urban-lizards-are-changing-their-          lifestyles-to-make-citi.html)


21. Batabyal A., Balakrishna S., and Thaker M. 2017. A multivariate approach to understanding shifts in escape          strategies of urban lizards.Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71(5), 83. (Article featured in The Hindu 2017:      https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/lizards-adapt-to-city-life/article24955827.ece)


22. 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.


23. 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.

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.