In Drosophila, the type I motor terminals innervating the larval ventral longitudinal muscle
fibers 6 and 7 have been the most popular preparation for combining synaptic studies with …

Abstract 3H‐2‐deoxyglucose (2‐DG) is used as a histological marker to study the spatial
distribution of neuronal activity in the central brain of Drosophila melanogaster under …

During the development of the Drosophila visual system, photoreceptor (retinal) axons (R
axons) project retinotopically to their targets in the optic lobes. The establishment of this …

Drosophila vision is mediated by inputs from three types of photoreceptor neurons; R1–R6
mediate achromatic motion detection, while R7 and R8 constitute two chromatic channels …

The neuronal wiring of the Drosophila melanogaster visual system is constructed through an
intricate series of cell–cell interactions. Recent studies have identified some of the gene …

Motion vision is a major function of all visual systems, yet the underlying neural mechanisms
and circuits are still elusive. In the lamina, the first optic neuropile of Drosophila …

The developmental transformation of the chief afferent class of fly photoreceptor synapse
has been examined from serial electron micrographs of animals fixed at 74, 81, 94 and …

Glial cells have diverse functions that are necessary for the proper development and
function of complex nervous systems. Various insects, primarily the fruit fly Drosophila …

Brain morphogenesis depends on the maintenance of boundaries between populations of
non-intermingling cells. We used molecular markers to characterize a boundary within the …

In Diptera, subsets of small retinotopic neurons provide a discrete channel from achromatic
photoreceptors to large motion‐sensitive neurons in the lobula complex. This pathway is …