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Najia A Elkahlah

University of MichiganORCID 0000-0002-9657-1777Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Hierarchical diversification of neurons regulating motivated behaviors

Najia A Elkahlah, Yunzhi Lin, Yijie Pan, Joseph A. Carter, Troy R. Shirangi, E. Josephine Clowney

The paper identifies transcription factors that delineate hemilineages in Drosophila and show how they contribute to the diversification of neurons regulating motivated behaviors.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Presynaptic developmental plasticity allows robust sparse wiring of the Drosophila mushroom body

Najia A Elkahlah, Jackson A. Rogow, Maria Ahmed, E. Josephine Clowney

The paper investigates how presynaptic developmental plasticity enables sparse wiring of Drosophila mushroom body Kenyon cells, ensuring functional robustness despite reduced cellular diversity.

eLife · Jan 8, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience