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The paper shows that Dh44 and Ilp7 neurons in Drosophila larvae mediate metabolic state-dependent behavioral decisions in conflicting sensory contexts by regulating light tolerance.

This paper identifies PdCO as a bistable GPCR with high temporal precision for optogenetic control of neural circuits in vivo.

This paper optimizes optogenetically functionalized GPCRs to achieve specific in vivo neuromodulatory signaling in Drosophila, showing rescue of endogenous receptor function.

The paper identifies a somatosensory network in Drosophila larvae that uses neuropeptide action to gate specific escape behaviors based on sensory input type.