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Mei Shao

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Social state gates vision using three circuit mechanisms in Drosophila

Catherine E. Schretter, Tom Hindmarsh Sten, Nathan C Klapoetke, Mei Shao, Aljoscha Nern, Marisa Dreher, Daniel Bushey, Alice A. Robie, Adam L. Taylor, Kristin M. Branson, Adriane G. Otopalik, Vanessa Ruta, Gerald M. Rubin

The paper identifies three circuit mechanisms in Drosophila that adjust visual attention during aggressive states by amplifying responses to fly-sized visual objects.

bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Multilevel feedback architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain

Claire Eschbach, Akira Fushiki, Michael Winding, Casey M Schneider-Mizell, Mei Shao, Rebecca Arruda, Katharina Eichler, Javier Valdés-Alemán, Tomoko Ohyama, Andreas S. Thum, Bertram Gerber, Richard Doty Fetter, James William Truman, Ashok Litwin-Kumar, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic

The paper maps the synaptic connectome of the Drosophila larva mushroom body and identifies feedback pathways that enable modulatory neurons to compute teaching signals for reinforcement learning.

bioRxiv · May 27, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience