2022
En bloc preparation of Drosophila brains enables high-throughput FIB-SEM connectomics
Lu Z, Xu C, Hayworth K, Pang S, Shinomiya K, Plaza S, Scheffer L, Rubin G, Hess H, Rivlin P, Meinertzhagen I. En bloc preparation of Drosophila brains enables high-throughput FIB-SEM connectomics. Frontiers In Neural Circuits 2022, 16: 917251. PMID: 36589862, PMCID: PMC9801301, DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2022.917251.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
A connectome of a learning and memory center in the adult Drosophila brain
Takemura SY, Aso Y, Hige T, Wong A, Lu Z, Xu CS, Rivlin PK, Hess H, Zhao T, Parag T, Berg S, Huang G, Katz W, Olbris DJ, Plaza S, Umayam L, Aniceto R, Chang LA, Lauchie S, Ogundeyi O, Ordish C, Shinomiya A, Sigmund C, Takemura S, Tran J, Turner GC, Rubin GM, Scheffer LK. A connectome of a learning and memory center in the adult Drosophila brain. ELife 2017, 6: e26975. PMID: 28718765, PMCID: PMC5550281, DOI: 10.7554/elife.26975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMB output neuronsDopaminergic neuronsKenyon cellsΑ-lobeMushroom bodiesAdult Drosophila brainUnderlying neuronal circuitsDirect synapseSlow depolarizationNeuronal circuitsSynaptic connectionsMemory centerDrosophila brainSynapsesNeuronsMemory formationOutput neuronsMajor siteSensory informationDAN activationSparse activitySensory modalitiesMemory recallUnanticipated classBrain