Su-Yee J. Lee

The paper presents the first densely reconstructed adult fruit fly connectome integrating the brain and ventral nerve cord, revealing distributed control circuits involving local and long-range neural connections.

The paper identifies distinct neural circuits in Drosophila for proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensing of the leg using connectomics.

The paper reconstructs and analyzes the female Drosophila ventral nerve cord connectome, identifying neural circuits that coordinate wings and legs during escape takeoff.

The paper analyzes premotor circuits in Drosophila to compare leg and wing motor control networks, finding modular organization and differences in synaptic connectivity.

This study uses miniature treadmills to analyze adaptive motor control in Drosophila, showing that kinematics differ between treadmill and free walking, and that mechanosensory neurons affect stepping patterns.