2024
Olfactory 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
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 Research