Individual dopaminergic neurons induce unique, yet overlapping combinations of behavioural modulations including safety learning, memory retrieval and acute locomotion
Naoko Toshima, Arman Behrad, Franziska Behnke, Gauri Kaushik, Aliće Weiglein, Martin Strauch, Juliane Thoener, Oliver Kobler, Maia Lisandra M Wang, Ayaka Fukushima, Markus Dörr, Michael H. Schleyer
The paper shows that individual dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila larvae can induce unique yet overlapping behavioural effects including memory formation, locomotion modulation, and safety learning.
eLife · Sep 28, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience