2021
Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila
Kind E, Longden K, Nern A, Zhao A, Sancer G, Flynn M, Laughland C, Gezahegn B, Ludwig H, Thomson A, Obrusnik T, Alarcón P, Dionne H, Bock D, Rubin G, Reiser M, Wernet M. Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila. ELife 2021, 10: e71858. PMID: 34913436, PMCID: PMC8789284, DOI: 10.7554/elife.71858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe development and function of neuronal subtypes processing color and skylight polarization in the optic lobes of Drosophila melanogaster
Sancer G, Wernet M. The development and function of neuronal subtypes processing color and skylight polarization in the optic lobes of Drosophila melanogaster. Arthropod Structure & Development 2021, 61: 101012. PMID: 33618155, DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.101012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal rim areaOptic lobeSpecific cellular elementsCell typesMedulla neuropilPhotoreceptor terminalsNeuronal subtypesRim areaOmmatidial subtypesDistinct subtypesSynaptic connectionsNeural circuitsCellular elementsSubtypesDistal portionRetinal mosaicsMolecular mechanismsCell type-specific transcriptomicsResponse propertiesPhotoreceptorsLobeCellsR7 photoreceptorsR8 cellsR8 photoreceptors
2019
Modality-Specific Circuits for Skylight Orientation in the Fly Visual System
Sancer G, Kind E, Plazaola-Sasieta H, Balke J, Pham T, Hasan A, Münch L, Courgeon M, Mathejczyk T, Wernet M. Modality-Specific Circuits for Skylight Orientation in the Fly Visual System. Current Biology 2019, 29: 2812-2825.e4. PMID: 31402302, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research