A neural circuit arbitrates between perseverance and withdrawal in hungry Drosophila
Sercan Sayın, Jean‐François De Backer, K.P. Siju, Marina E. Wosniack, Laurence Lewis, Lisa M. Frisch, Benedikt O. Gansen, Philipp Schlegel, Amelia J. Edmondson-Stait, Nadiya Sharifi, Corey B. Fisher, Steven A. Calle-Schuler, J. Scott Lauritzen, Davi D. Bock, Marta Costa, , Ilona C Grunwald Kadow
The paper shows that hungry Drosophila use a neural circuit involving dopamine and octopamine to balance perseverance and withdrawal during food seeking.
Neuron · Aug 27, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience