Alexander Borst

The paper uses a Drosophila connectome and biophysical simulations to show that a reciprocal circuit between T4a motion detectors and vCH cells supports figure-ground discrimination through shunting inhibition.

The paper quantifies the morphology of T4 and T5 neuron dendrites in Drosophila to determine if their directional orientation arises from subtype-specific or shared mechanisms.

The paper shows that two similar neuron types in Drosophila mediate opposing behavioral responses to visual objects by chunking the visual field into zones.

The paper shows that motion-sensitive neuron activity in Drosophila captures object distance and is essential for 3D navigation.

The paper simulates the fly optic lobe network to show that H-currents in lamina cells determine the transient or sustained response dynamics of downstream neurons.

The paper identifies eight polyadic synapse types on T5a dendrites in Drosophila and shows they create directional wiring architectures in the T5 network.

The paper identifies specific nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in Drosophila T5 cells and shows their differential roles in direction selectivity during motion detection.

The paper identifies layer-specific receptor-ligand pairs that mediate synaptic specificity in Drosophila visual motion neurons.

The paper completes the list of cell types in the Drosophila optic lobe and identifies connectivity rules, revealing new families and clusters related to visual functions.

The paper introduces a projector-based device for stimulating the insect visual system under a microscope, validated through cellular and organismal experiments on Drosophila melanogaster.

The paper introduces a matrix reordering algorithm called 'smooth-index' that outperforms existing methods in efficiency and scalability for neural circuit connectivity matrices.

The paper measures voltage and calcium signals in Drosophila T4 neurons and shows calcium signals have higher direction selectivity than voltage signals.

This paper introduces LOV-LexA, a light-gated system for spatial and temporal control of gene expression in fruit flies, enabling precise targeting of specific cell subsets.

The paper shows the blowfly's visual system uses efficient prediction to enable fast evasive maneuvers despite processing delays.