2022
Neural mechanisms to exploit positional geometry for collision avoidance
Tanaka R, Clark DA. Neural mechanisms to exploit positional geometry for collision avoidance. Current Biology 2022, 32: 2357-2374.e6. PMID: 35508172, PMCID: PMC9177691, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial vision taskDistinct visual featuresNeural mechanismsVisual worldVisual motionSmall neural circuitsCollision avoidance behaviorSpatial visionMotion signalsVisual featuresNeural circuitsDrosophila exhibitConnectomic analysisGeometrical cuesSpatial informationVision tasksActivity drivesTuning mirrorMotion detectorsPsychophysicsCuesObjectsTaskBehaviorAvoidance
2021
Predicting individual neuron responses with anatomically constrained task optimization
Mano O, Creamer MS, Badwan BA, Clark DA. Predicting individual neuron responses with anatomically constrained task optimization. Current Biology 2021, 31: 4062-4075.e4. PMID: 34324832, PMCID: PMC8741219, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtificial networksInference problemStatistical representationTask optimizationSmall neural networksNeural networkNoise constraintsMotion detection modelArtificial neural networkBiological circuitsMotion detectorsModelNetworkPropertiesOptimizationConstraintsIndividual neuron responsesDetectorNoiseProblemNeuron propertiesCircuit
2020
Mechanism for analogous illusory motion perception in flies and humans
Agrochao M, Tanaka R, Salazar-Gatzimas E, Clark DA. Mechanism for analogous illusory motion perception in flies and humans. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 23044-23053. PMID: 32839324, PMCID: PMC7502748, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2002937117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject-Displacement-Sensitive Visual Neurons Drive Freezing in Drosophila
Tanaka R, Clark DA. Object-Displacement-Sensitive Visual Neurons Drive Freezing in Drosophila. Current Biology 2020, 30: 2532-2550.e8. PMID: 32442466, PMCID: PMC8716191, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.068.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Dynamic nonlinearities enable direction opponency in Drosophila elementary motion detectors
Badwan BA, Creamer MS, Zavatone-Veth JA, Clark DA. Dynamic nonlinearities enable direction opponency in Drosophila elementary motion detectors. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 1318-1326. PMID: 31346296, PMCID: PMC6748873, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0443-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
The Neuronal Basis of an Illusory Motion Percept Is Explained by Decorrelation of Parallel Motion Pathways
Salazar-Gatzimas E, Agrochao M, Fitzgerald JE, Clark DA. The Neuronal Basis of an Illusory Motion Percept Is Explained by Decorrelation of Parallel Motion Pathways. Current Biology 2018, 28: 3748-3762.e8. PMID: 30471993, PMCID: PMC6317970, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual Control of Walking Speed in Drosophila
Creamer MS, Mano O, Clark DA. Visual Control of Walking Speed in Drosophila. Neuron 2018, 100: 1460-1473.e6. PMID: 30415994, PMCID: PMC6405217, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.10.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Direct Measurement of Correlation Responses in Drosophila Elementary Motion Detectors Reveals Fast Timescale Tuning
Salazar-Gatzimas E, Chen J, Creamer MS, Mano O, Mandel HB, Matulis CA, Pottackal J, Clark DA. Direct Measurement of Correlation Responses in Drosophila Elementary Motion Detectors Reveals Fast Timescale Tuning. Neuron 2016, 92: 227-239. PMID: 27710784, PMCID: PMC5097865, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Nonlinear circuits for naturalistic visual motion estimation
Fitzgerald JE, Clark DA. Nonlinear circuits for naturalistic visual motion estimation. ELife 2015, 4: e09123. PMID: 26499494, PMCID: PMC4663970, DOI: 10.7554/elife.09123.Peer-Reviewed Original Research