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Jiayi Zhu

McGill UniversityORCID 0000-0002-4717-832XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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Jean-Christophe BoiviniD· 2 shared Jing NingiD· 2 shared Tomoko OhyamaiD· 2 shared Alastair Garner· 1 shared Jared T. Dakin· 1 shared Yi Q Zhao· 1 shared Yi Qing Zhao· 1 shared

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NeurosciencePLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedApr 28, 2026

A positive feedback loop between sensory and octopaminergic neurons underlies nociceptive plasticity in Drosophila larvae

Jean-Christophe Boivin, Yi Q Zhao, Jiayi Zhu…·Tomoko Ohyama

The paper shows that repeated nociceptive stimulation in Drosophila larvae increases escape behavior through a positive feedback loop involving sensory and octopaminergic neurons.

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedJan 26, 2024

Feedback inhibition by a descending GABAergic neuron regulates timing of escape behavior in Drosophila larvae

Jiayi Zhu, Jean-Christophe Boivin, Alastair Garner…·Tomoko Ohyama

This study identifies a GABAergic feedback loop involving SeIN128, Basin-2, and A00c neurons that regulates the transition from rolling to escape crawling in Drosophila larvae.

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