Doug Bland

Uncovering Sex Differences in the Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord Through Connectome Alignment

The paper automatically aligns Drosophila connectomes to classify neurons and identify sex-specific and sexually dimorphic cell types in the ventral nerve cord.

Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome

The paper presents the first densely reconstructed adult fruit fly connectome integrating the brain and ventral nerve cord, revealing distributed control circuits involving local and long-range neural connections.

Predicting modular functions and neural coding of behavior from a synaptic wiring diagram

The paper uses a larval zebrafish connectome to predict neural coding of behavior and shows statistical matches with calcium imaging data.

Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain

The paper presents the first neuronal wiring diagram of a whole adult Drosophila brain, revealing synaptic connections and circuit mechanisms underlying sensorimotor behaviors.

Neuronal "parts list" and wiring diagram for a visual system

The paper completes the list of cell types in the Drosophila optic lobe and identifies connectivity rules, revealing new families and clusters related to visual functions.

Special Nuclear Layer Contacts Among Starburst Amacrine Cells in the Mouse Retina

The paper identifies novel nuclear layer contacts between starburst amacrine cells in the mouse retina through detailed morphological analysis of electron microscopic data.

FlyWire: Online community for whole-brain connectomics

FlyWire enables collaborative proofreading of whole-brain connectomes through an online platform, demonstrating its utility in reconstructing and analyzing mechanosensory neuron circuits.

3D reconstruction of cell nuclei in a full Drosophila brain

The paper reconstructs 3D cell nuclei in a Drosophila brain, identifying over 133,000 nuclei, mostly neurons, and highlights differences in nuclear size and cell density across brain regions.

Digital museum of retinal ganglion cells with dense anatomy and physiology

The paper presents a digital resource of mouse retinal ganglion cell dendritic arbors and visual responses, identifies sublaminae, clusters cells, and finds sustained responses in one sublamina.