Gilad Barnea

The paper identifies a Drosophila octopamine neuron that mediates ethanol seeking under hunger conditions by forming a parallel circuit with memory circuitry.

This study maps transsynaptic connections in zebrafish neural circuits using a modified trans-Tango method and validates findings with optogenetic experiments.

The paper investigates how neuronal activity in the fruit fly's central complex integrates heading and goal directions to guide steering behavior.

The paper identifies a convergent node in male Drosophila olfactory circuits that regulates courtship behavior using the ds-Tango tool.

The paper shows that opposing epigenetic forces in olfactory progenitors spatially restrict stochastic OR choice through transcription and silencing influenced by NFIA, B, and X gradients.

retro-Tango is a retrograde circuit tracing method in Drosophila that uses a ligand-receptor interaction to enable transsynaptic reporter gene expression in presynaptic neurons.

The paper identifies a linear neural circuit for light avoidance in Drosophila larvae using trans-Tango MkII and circuit epistasis analysis.

The paper identifies two enhancers critical for TAAR gene expression in olfactory sensory neurons and shows they operate in cis to regulate gene choice.

The paper maps the postsynaptic connections of Drosophila mushroom body output neurons using trans-Tango, revealing convergent targets and a multilayer circuit for information integration.

The paper identifies distinct second-order gustatory projection neurons in Drosophila that respond to sweet and bitter tastants, revealing a distributed coding scheme rather than a labeled-line model.

The paper shows that zonal olfactory receptor expression in mice is regulated by chromatin structure, genome architecture, and NFIA/B/X gradients, with dorsal ORs being silenced in ventral zones.

The paper identifies how dopamine neuron circuits shift from reward delivery to cue onset in alcohol-associated preference using Drosophila melanogaster.