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Michael S. Clayton

MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyORCID 0000-0003-1152-9199Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 30, 2025

The central complex of the larval fruit fly brain

Laura Lungu, Nicolò G. Ceffa, Michael S. Clayton…·Albert Cardona

The paper identifies a putative larval central complex in Drosophila melanogaster, showing structural and connectivity similarities to the adult CX.

1 citation

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 25, 2025

Combining brain-wide activity imaging with electron microscopy reveals a distributed brain network for processing threatening somatosensory stimuli

Nadine Randel, Chen Wang, Michael S. Clayton…·Marta Zlatic

The paper combines brain-wide activity imaging with electron microscopy to identify a distributed neural network for processing threatening somatosensory stimuli in Drosophila larvae.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.25.678485

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedOct 28, 2022

Serotonergic neurons mediate operant conditioning in Drosophila larvae

Elise C Croteau-Chonka, Michael S. Clayton, Lalanti Venkatasubramanian…·Kristina T Klein

This study demonstrates operant conditioning in Drosophila larvae by optogenetically activating serotonergic neurons and shows the ventral nerve cord's role in memory formation.

19 citations

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