Visual systems transduce, process and transmit light-dependent environmental cues.
Computation of visual features depends on photoreceptor neuron types (PR) present …

The task of the visual system is to translate light into neuronal encoded information. This
translation of photons into neuronal signals is achieved by photoreceptor neurons (PRs) …

Compared with connections between the retinae and primary visual centers, relatively less
is known in both mammals and insects about the functional segregation of neural pathways …

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

The sensory tasks performed by the eye are diverse and complex. In Drosophila, the eye
performs motion detection for navigation as well as detection of the quality of light (color and …

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 …

A compact genome and a tiny brain make Drosophila the prime model to understand the
neural substrate of behavior. The neurogenetic efforts to reveal neural circuits underlying …

Neural implementations of visual behaviors in Drosophila have been dissected intensively
in the past couple of decades. The availability of premiere genetic toolkits, behavioral …

Understanding how sensory stimuli drive behavior requires a detailed understanding of the
molecular and neural nature through which the stimuli are received and processed. The …

Studying the insect visual system provides important data on the basic neural mechanisms
underlying visual processing. As in vertebrates, the first step in visual processing in insects …