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

Nature · Nov 25, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A Connectome and Analysis of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain

Louis K. Scheffer, C. Shan Xu, Michał Januszewski, Zhiyuan Lu, Shin-ya Takemura, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Gary B. Huang, Kazunori Shinomiya, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard, Stuart Berg, Jody Clements, Philip M. Hubbard, William T. Katz, Lowell A. Umayam, Ting Zhao, , Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis

The paper presents a detailed connectome of the adult Drosophila central brain, including new methods for data analysis and biological insights into neural circuit organization.

eLife · Sep 3, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

A Connectome of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain

C. Shan Xu, Michał Januszewski, Zhiyuan Lu, Shin-ya Takemura, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Gary B. Huang, Kazunori Shinomiya, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard, David Ackerman, Stuart Berg, Tim M. Blakely, John Bogovic, Jody Clements, Tom Dolafi, Philip M. Hubbard, , Ian A. Meinertzhagen

A dense electron-microscopy reconstruction of half the fly central brain, with nearly every cell typed and queryable online, turns months of tracing partners into a database lookup.

bioRxiv · Jan 21, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest