Marta Costa

The paper identifies serial homology between neuronal populations in the Drosophila melanogaster brain and ventral nerve cord using lineage reporters, single-cell transcriptomics, and a connectome.

The paper presents the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system and compares it to the female connectome, identifying sex-specific and dimorphic neuronal types.

This paper maps the complete Drosophila male gustatory system connectome, revealing GRN diversity and sensory-to-motor pathways for feeding and social behaviors.

The paper identifies and analyzes sexually dimorphic neurons in the Drosophila brain using connectome data to understand their connectivity and functional roles in behavior.

The paper updates a catalogue of split-GAL4 driver lines for descending neurons in Drosophila melanogaster by adding new cell types and driver lines.

The paper presents the first neuronal wiring diagram of a whole adult Drosophila brain, revealing synaptic connections and circuit mechanisms underlying sensorimotor behaviors.

The paper creates a computational model of the Drosophila brain connectome to study sensorimotor processing and validates predictions through experiments.

The paper analyzes the network properties of the Drosophila whole-brain connectome, identifying rich club organization and signal integration/broadcasting neurons.

The paper provides a connectomic description of ascending and descending neurons in the Drosophila nervous system, revealing sexual dimorphism and motor-related circuits.

The paper uses artificial neural networks to classify neurotransmitters from electron microscopy images of Drosophila melanogaster synapses, achieving high accuracy and revealing ultrastructural differences.

The paper introduces a method to learn a causal model of the fly brain using a connectome and optogenetic perturbation data, revealing that global brain dynamics arise from small, localized circuits.

Annotating the 127,978-neuron FlyWire fly connectome yields 4,552 cell types, 3,094 cross-validated against the hemibrain; cell-type edges above 10 synapses or 1.1% of input recur over 90% across hemispheres.

1328 descending and 733 motor neurons of the male Drosophila nerve cord connectome were curated; direct links between them are infrequent, and intrinsic-neuron communities route control per motor system.

Roughly 23 thousand traced neurons and 10 million TBars of the male Drosophila nerve cord, reconstructed from electron microscopy, typed, and queryable in neuPrint down to motor neurons.

The paper systematically annotates a complete adult male Drosophila nerve cord connectome, identifying neuron types, connectivity patterns, and sensory modalities to reveal organizational principles.

The paper describes the Drosophila olfactory system using a connectome, identifies information flow patterns, and quantifies stereotypy across individuals.

Geosmin avoidance in Drosophila runs from a labelled line at the periphery into a distributed central representation spanning 80 third-order cell types, then into specific descending neurons.

The paper presents a detailed connectome of the adult Drosophila central brain, including new methods for data analysis and biological insights into neural circuit organization.

The paper provides a systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system, extending an existing framework to include thoracic and abdominal neuromeres.

The paper maps the synaptic connectivity of the Drosophila mushroom body and identifies new circuit components and structures in sensory input processing and output modulation.

The paper reconstructs the complete connectome of olfactory projection neurons in the Drosophila brain and identifies new connectivity patterns in olfactory circuits.

The paper identifies anatomical subtypes of dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila and their specific input connectivity, revealing functional roles in reinforcement and memory.

The paper identifies new thermosensory and hygrosensory glomeruli and neurons in the Drosophila brain using connectomics, revealing their connections to higher brain centers and circadian clock circuits.

The natverse provides an open-source R package suite for analyzing neuroanatomical data, enabling analysis, visualization, and comparison across neuronal datasets.

The paper shows that hungry Drosophila use a neural circuit involving dopamine and octopamine to balance perseverance and withdrawal during food seeking.

The paper generates split-GAL4 driver lines to map and functionally characterize 82 cell types in the Drosophila lateral horn, revealing connectivity with mushroom bodies and identifying cell types that influence behavior.

NBLAST is a tool for comparing neuronal structures and clustering neurons, identifying new types and features in Drosophila datasets.