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Meifeng Yang

Emory University

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Dual roles of Drosophila reward-encoding dopamine neurons in regulating innate and learned behaviors

Fiorella V Lozada-Perdomo, Yuzhen Chen, Ruby V Jacobs, Joyce Yeo, Meifeng Yang, Janhavi Bhalerao, Anita V. Devineni

This study shows that activating reward-encoding dopamine neurons in Drosophila induces innate aversion while also promoting learned attraction, revealing distinct roles in immediate and future behaviors.

iScience · Oct 23, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Selective integration of diverse taste inputs within a single taste modality

Julia U. Deere, Arvin A Sarkissian, Meifeng Yang, Hannah A. Uttley, Nicole Martinez Santana, Lam Nguyen, Kaushiki Ravi, Anita V. Devineni

The paper investigates how different bitter taste inputs are integrated in Drosophila, showing early convergence and later divergence in neural pathways.

eLife · Jan 11, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience