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Amit Gross, Majd Farah, Subhajit Jana, Sven Dorkenwald, Davi D. Bock, David S. Deutsch
The paper maps synapse types across the Drosophila brain connectome, revealing structured patterns of mixed polarity and reciprocal connectivity.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience
David S. Deutsch, Arie Matsliah, Anthony Crown, Kaiyu Wang, Sven Dorkenwald, Arpita Mondal, Subhajit Jana, A Burke, James Hebditch, Jay Gager, Edna Normand, Megan Wang, Claire MkKellar, Szi-chieh Yu, Amy Robinson Sterling, , Mala Murthy
The paper identifies and analyzes sexually dimorphic neurons in the Drosophila brain using connectome data to understand their connectivity and functional roles in behavior.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience
Sven Dorkenwald, Arie Matsliah, Amy Robinson Sterling, Philipp Schlegel, Szi-chieh Yu, Claire E. McKellar, Albert Lin, Marta Costa, Katharina Eichler, Yijie Yin, William Silversmith, Casey M Schneider-Mizell, Chris S. Jordan, Derrick Brittain, Akhilesh Halageri, , Jansen Seguido
The paper presents the first neuronal wiring diagram of a whole adult Drosophila brain, revealing synaptic connections and circuit mechanisms underlying sensorimotor behaviors.
Nature · Oct 2, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Sven Dorkenwald, Claire E. McKellar, Thomas Macrina, Nico Kemnitz, Kisuk Lee, Ran Lu, Jingpeng Wu, Sergiy Popovych, Eric Mitchell, Barak Nehoran, Zhen Jia, J. Alexander Bae, Shang Mu, Dodam Ih, Manuel Castro, , H. Sebastian Seung
FlyWire enables collaborative proofreading of whole-brain connectomes through an online platform, demonstrating its utility in reconstructing and analyzing mechanosensory neuron circuits.
Nature Methods · Dec 23, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
David S. Deutsch, Diego A. Pacheco, Lucas Encarnacion-Rivera, Talmo Pereira, Ramie Fathy, Jan Clemens, Cyrille C. Girardin, Adam J. Calhoun, Elise C. Ireland, Austin Burke, Sven Dorkenwald, Claire E. McKellar, Thomas Macrina, Ran Lu, Kisuk Lee, , Mala Murthy
This study identifies pC1-Alpha neurons in Drosophila females that drive persistent behaviors through recurrent neural connectivity.
eLife · Nov 23, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Avner Wallach, David S. Deutsch, Tess Baker Oram, Ehud Ahissar
This study shows rats adapt their whisking behavior based on context, reallocating sensorimotor resources to maintain exploratory coverage.
PLoS Biology · May 26, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
David S. Deutsch, Jan Clemens, Stephan Y. Thiberge, Georgia Guan, Mala Murthy
The paper identifies neurons in Drosophila that detect acoustic signals and drive sex-specific behaviors by linking auditory perception to behavioral responses.
Current Biology · Sep 26, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience