A deep understanding of how the brain controls behaviour requires mapping neural circuits
down to the muscles that they control. Here, we apply automated tools to segment neurons …

The descending neurons connecting the fly's brain to its ventral nerve cord respond to
sensory stimuli and evoke motor programs of varying complexity. Anatomical …

In most animals, a relatively small number of descending neurons (DNs) connect higher
brain centers in the animal's head to circuits and motor neurons (MNs) in the nerve cord of …

In the natural world, animals make decisions on an ongoing basis, continuously selecting
which action to undertake next. In the lab, however, the neural bases of decision processes …

Our companion paper introduces the first completely proofread connectome of the nerve
cord of an animal that can walk or fly. The base connectome consists of neuronal …

The clumped distribution of resources in the world has influenced the pattern of foraging
behavior since the origins of locomotion, selecting for a common search motif in which …

Locomotion involves rhythmic limb movement patterns that originate in circuits outside the
brain. Purposeful locomotion requires descending commands from the brain, but we do not …

Many motor control systems generate multiple movements using a common set of muscles.
How are premotor circuits able to flexibly generate diverse movement patterns? Here, we …

The body of an animal influences how the nervous system produces behavior. Therefore,
detailed modeling of the neural control of sensorimotor behavior requires a detailed model …

Controlling arms and legs requires feedback from proprioceptive sensory neurons that
detect joint position and movement. Proprioceptive feedback must be tuned for different …