Electrical synapses mediate visual approach behavior
Giovanni Frighetto, Mark Dombrovski, L Castillo…·Mark Arthur Frye
The paper identifies LC17 neurons and their electrical synapses as critical for visual approach behavior in fruit flies.
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Giovanni Frighetto, Mark Dombrovski, L Castillo…·Mark Arthur Frye
The paper identifies LC17 neurons and their electrical synapses as critical for visual approach behavior in fruit flies.
Abigail Aleman, Jaison Jiro Omoto, Prabhjit Singh…·Jeffrey M. Donlea
The paper identifies two opposing Drosophila ellipsoid body neurons, R3m and R3d, that promote and suppress sleep through distinct effects on sleep duration and architecture.
Ben Hardcastle, Jaison Jiro Omoto, Pratyush Kandimalla…·Mark Arthur Frye
This study identifies neural circuitry in Drosophila that processes skylight polarization signals for navigation, revealing a map-like organization in the visual pathway.
Jaison Jiro Omoto, Bao-Chau Minh Nguyen, Pratyush Kandimalla…·Volker Hartenstein
The paper provides a systematic genetic-neuroanatomical analysis of the Drosophila ellipsoid body neuropil, identifying R-neuron subclasses and their connectivity patterns.