Detecting the direction of image motion is a fundamental component of visual computation,
essential for survival of the animal. However, at the level of individual photoreceptors, the …

How neurons detect the direction of motion is a prime example of neural computation:
Motion vision is found in the visual systems of virtually all sighted animals, it is important for …

Nonlinear, multiplication-like operations carried out by individual nerve cells greatly
enhance the computational power of a neural system,–, but our understanding of their …

The anatomy of many neural circuits is being characterized with increasing resolution, but
their molecular properties remain mostly unknown. Here, we characterize gene expression …

Calcium imaging with protein-based indicators is widely used to follow neural activity in
intact nervous systems. The popular GCaMP indicators are based on the calcium-binding …

The detection of visual motion enables sophisticated animal navigation, and studies on flies
have provided profound insights into the cellular and circuit bases of this neural …

Analysing computations in neural circuits often uses simplified models because the actual
neuronal implementation is not known. For example, a problem in vision, how the eye …

Understanding the circuit mechanisms behind motion detection is a long-standing question
in visual neuroscience. In Drosophila melanogaster, recently discovered synapse-level …

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

Images projected onto the retina of an animal eye are rarely still. Instead, they usually
contain motion signals originating either from moving objects or from retinal slip caused by …