Daniel B. Turner‐Evans

Divergent excitatory and inhibitory signaling in a head direction circuit

The paper shows that a glutamatergic neuron population can both excite and inhibit downstream neurons depending on receptor types, transmitting two phases of a head direction signal.

Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity

The paper identifies a novel mechanism for coincidence detection at inhibitory synapses in the Drosophila head direction network involving octopamine-mediated feedback.

Predicting neuronal firing from calcium imaging using a control theoretic approach

This paper introduces a control-theoretic framework to predict neuronal firing from calcium imaging data, achieving real-time performance and interpretability.

Exploration and exploitation are flexibly balanced during local search in flies

This study investigates how flies balance exploration and exploitation during local search, finding that satiety drives a shift from exploiting to exploring, while optogenetic activation does not.

A rotational velocity estimate constructed through visuomotor competition updates the fly's neural compass

The paper identifies neurons in Drosophila that encode rotational velocity using motor and visual signals, updating the fly's neural compass through a mechanism that prioritizes motor information when signals are congruent.

A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection

The paper presents the first complete connectome of the Drosophila central complex, revealing network motifs that support flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection.

The neuroanatomical ultrastructure and function of a biological ring attractor

This study identifies the neural network structure of the Drosophila heading direction system, confirming it contains ring attractor components and revealing novel structural features.