How sensory systems extract salient features from natural environments and organize them
across neural pathways is unclear. Combining single-cell and population two-photon …

Highlights•We describe recent advances in the field of visual processing in Drosophila.•We
present in detail the neuronal circuits underlying four visual modalities.•Motion vision …

Background Many animals extract specific cues from rich visual scenes to guide appropriate
behaviors. Such cues include visual motion signals produced both by self-movement and by …

How neurons become sensitive to the direction of visual motion represents a classic
example of neural computation. Two alternative mechanisms have been discussed in the …

Animals use various environmental cues as key determinant for their behavioral decisions.
Visual systems are hereby responsible to translate light-dependent stimuli into neuronal …

Animal behaviour arises from computations in neuronal circuits, but our understanding of
these computations has been frustrated by the lack of detailed synaptic connection maps, or …

Genetically encoded calcium sensors have enabled monitoring of neural activity in vivo
using optical imaging techniques. Linking neural activity to complex behavior remains …

In the eye, visual information is segregated into modalities such as color and motion, these
being transferred to the central brain through separate channels. Here, we genetically …

Originally a genetic model organism, the experimental use of Drosophila melanogaster has
grown to include quantitative behavioral analyses, sophisticated perturbations of neuronal …

Natural vision is dynamic: as an animal moves, its visual input changes dramatically. How
can the visual system reliably extract local features from an input dominated by self …