2024
Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation
Garner D, Kind E, Lai J, Nern A, Zhao A, Houghton L, Sancer G, Wolff T, Rubin G, Wernet M, Kim S. Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation. Nature 2024, 634: 181-190. PMID: 39358517, PMCID: PMC11446847, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07967-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual featuresAnterior visual pathwayClasses of neuronsOptic lobeAnterior optic tubercleLocation of synapsesER neuronsDrosophila melanogasterOptic tubercleAVPPresynaptic connectionsVisual informationCentral brainNeuronsConnectome reconstructionVisual pathwayNavigation systemCentral complexPostsynaptic connectionsMedullaNeural classInformation channelsDendritic fieldsNavigationVisual inputOlfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking
Takagi S, Sancer G, Abuin L, Stupski S, Roman Arguello J, Prieto-Godino L, Stern D, Cruchet S, Álvarez-Ocaña R, Wienecke C, van Breugel F, Jeanne J, Auer T, Benton R. Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7041. PMID: 39147786, PMCID: PMC11327376, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50808-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory sensory neuronsPopulation expansionSpecies-specific expansionSensory neuronsProjection neuronsConnections of sensory neuronsOlfactory sensory neuron numbersSpecies-specific behaviorsD. sechelliaDrosophila sechelliaEcologically-relevantProportion of neuronsEnvironmental cuesMultigenic changesEvolutionary expansionIncreased synaptic connectivityFunctional impactPN sensitivityNeuronal adaptationOdor trackingNeuronsSechelliaLateral inhibitionInhibitionSpecies
2020
Parallel Visual Pathways with Topographic versus Nontopographic Organization Connect the Drosophila Eyes to the Central Brain
Timaeus L, Geid L, Sancer G, Wernet M, Hummel T. Parallel Visual Pathways with Topographic versus Nontopographic Organization Connect the Drosophila Eyes to the Central Brain. IScience 2020, 23: 101590. PMID: 33205011, PMCID: PMC7648135, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101590.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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