Maxwell H. Turner

Visual and motor signatures of locomotion dynamically shape a population code for feature detection in Drosophila

The paper shows that in Drosophila, visual feature detection is enhanced by dynamic modulation of neural gain during locomotion, with motor and visual signals adjusting sensitivity during saccades and intersaccadic intervals.

One-to-one mapping between deep network units and real neurons uncovers a visual population code for social behavior

The paper introduces a method to map deep network units to real neurons and shows that visual projection neurons in Drosophila form a distributed population code for social behavior.

Adaptation in cone photoreceptors contributes to an unexpected insensitivity of On parasol retinal ganglion cells to spatial structure in natural images

The paper shows On parasol retinal ganglion cells respond linearly to spatial structure in flashed gratings and natural images but nonlinearly to temporally-modulated grating stimuli, due to cone photoreceptor adaptation.

The connectome predicts resting state functional connectivity across the Drosophila brain

The paper uses Drosophila connectome data and in vivo imaging to show that functional connectivity is linked to anatomical pathway strength and reveals conserved structural-functional relationships in mesoscale brain networks.

Receptive field center-surround interactions mediate context-dependent spatial contrast encoding in the retina

This study shows that receptive field surrounds influence spatial contrast encoding by modulating how centers integrate visual information, especially in natural stimuli.