Hunger reconfigures a reward learning circuit into a memory competent mode
Annie Park, Bhagyashree Senapati, Nino Mancini, Youchong Zhang, Juliana Choi, Ian Cone, Christoph D. Treiber, Rui Ponte Costa, Lisa M. Fenk, Salil S. Bidaye, Scott Waddell
This paper shows how hunger reconfigures a reward circuit in Drosophila to support memory formation by switching dopamine neuron activity modes.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience