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 input
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