Skewing information flow through pre-and postsynaptic plasticity in the mushroom bodies of Drosophila

C Pribbenow, D Owald - Learning & Memory, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Animal brains need to store information to construct a representation of their environment.
Knowledge of what happened in the past allows both vertebrates and invertebrates to …

Diverse memory paradigms in Drosophila reveal diverse neural mechanisms

AS Dwijesha, A Eswaran, JA Berry… - Learning & …, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
In this review, we aggregated the different types of learning and memory paradigms
developed in adult Drosophila and attempted to assess the similarities and differences in the …

Neurotransmitter‐Mediated Plasticity in 2D Perovskite Memristor for Reinforcement Learning

Y Wang, S Chen, X Cheng, W Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The neuromorphic computing architecture is a promising artificial intelligence for
implementing hierarchical processing, in‐memory computing, event‐driven operation and …

Combinatory actions of co-transmitters in dopaminergic systems modulate Drosophila olfactory memories

D Yamazaki, Y Maeyama, T Tabata - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Dopamine neurons (DANs) are extensively studied in the context of associative learning, in
both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the acquisition of male and female Drosophila …

Crossmodal association between visual and acoustic cues in a tortoise (Testudo hermanni)

M Loconsole, G Stancher, E Versace - Biology Letters, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Humans spontaneously match information coming from different senses, in what we call
crossmodal associations. For instance, high-pitched sounds are preferentially associated …

Use-dependent, untapped dual kinase signaling localized in brain learning circuitry

JC Sears, K Broadie - Journal of Neuroscience, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Imaging brain learning and memory circuit kinase signaling is a monumental challenge. The
separation of phases-based activity reporter of kinase (SPARK) biosensors allow circuit …

Cognitive limits of larval Drosophila: testing for conditioned inhibition, sensory preconditioning, and second-order conditioning

E Sen, A El-Keredy, N Jacob, N Mancini… - Learning & …, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Drosophila larvae are an established model system for studying the mechanisms of innate
and simple forms of learned behavior. They have about 10 times fewer neurons than adult …

Sensory encoding and memory in the mushroom body: signals, noise, and variability

M Parnas, JE Manoim, AC Lin - Learning & Memory, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
To survive in changing environments, animals need to learn to associate specific sensory
stimuli with positive or negative valence. How do they form stimulus-specific memories to …

An integrative sensor of body states: how the mushroom body modulates behavior depending on physiological context

R Suárez-Grimalt, ICG Kadow… - Learning & …, 2024 - learnmem.cshlp.org
The brain constantly compares past and present experiences to predict the future, thereby
enabling instantaneous and future behavioral adjustments. Integration of external …

Diversity of visual inputs to Kenyon cells of the Drosophila mushroom body

I Ganguly, EL Heckman, A Litwin-Kumar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The arthropod mushroom body is well-studied as an expansion layer representing olfactory
stimuli and linking them to contingent events. However, 8% of mushroom body Kenyon cells …