Barry J. Dickson

The paper identifies and analyzes sexually dimorphic neurons in the Drosophila brain using connectome data to understand their connectivity and functional roles in behavior.

The paper describes a collection of split-GAL4 driver lines for targeting specific neuron types in Drosophila, enabling functional and molecular studies.

This paper identifies a hierarchical steering circuit in Drosophila that transforms navigational signals into coordinated motor actions during walking and flight.

The paper maps neuronal circuits in Drosophila that generate distinct courtship songs and shows they are organized into nested feed-forward pathways.

This paper shows that Drosophila use a rise-to-threshold calcium signal in oviDNs to guide egg-laying decisions based on the relative value of substrates.

The paper identifies 196 cell types in the Drosophila ventral nerve cord using split-GAL4 and links them to a connectomic dataset for circuit analysis.

The paper identifies ascending neurons in Drosophila that encode high-level behaviors and project to brain regions involved in sensory integration and action selection.

The paper provides a searchable image resource of Drosophila GAL4-driver expression patterns at single neuron resolution to improve cell type identification and split-GAL4 combination prediction.

This study identifies how combinatorial activation of descending pathways in Drosophila generates flexible motor patterns during courtship behavior.

The paper develops a method to rapidly reconstruct neural circuits with single synapse resolution using tissue expansion and lattice light sheet microscopy, validated in Drosophila.

This study identifies a gustatory sensorimotor circuit in Drosophila that integrates taste detection and hunger state to regulate feeding initiation.

The paper maps the auditory pathway in Drosophila, identifies new cell types, and reveals a network of neurons with continuous song mode preferences and non-hierarchical connectivity.

The paper investigates how proprioceptive signals from Drosophila legs are processed by central circuits, revealing parallel pathways for internal and external mechanosensory feedback.

The paper generates genetic tools to target 138 SEZ cell types in Drosophila and characterizes their morphology and connectivity.

PatchPerPixMatch automates 3D search for neuronal morphologies in Drosophila GAL4 line data by combining segmentation and efficient matching.

The paper identifies two specific neurons controlled by descending neurons that mediate distinct changes in leg muscle activity during backward walking in Drosophila.

The paper identifies neural circuits in Drosophila females that integrate external and internal signals to control mating decisions through vaginal plate opening.

The paper develops a split-QF system for tunable transgene expression in Drosophila, compatible with existing split-GAL4 and split-LexA lines.

This study identifies neural changes underlying rapid fly song evolution by comparing homologous courtship song neurons between Drosophila species.

A collection of over 18,000 Drosophila driver lines (GAL4, LexA, split-GAL4) was built, with adult male brain expression imaged for over 14,000 lines.