Re-evaluating circuit mechanisms underlying pattern separation

NA Cayco-Gajic, RA Silver - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
When animals interact with complex environments, their neural circuits must separate
overlapping patterns of activity that represent sensory and motor information. Pattern …

Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence

M Gibbons, A Crump, M Barrett, S Sarlak, J Birch… - Advances in Insect …, 2022 - Elsevier
The entomology literature has historically suggested insects cannot feel pain, leading to
their exclusion from ethical debates and animal welfare legislation. However, there may be …

The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function

F Li, JW Lindsey, EC Marin, N Otto, M Dreher… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Making inferences about the computations performed by neuronal circuits from synapse-
level connectivity maps is an emerging opportunity in neuroscience. The mushroom body …

A complete electron microscopy volume of the brain of adult Drosophila melanogaster

Z Zheng, JS Lauritzen, E Perlman, CG Robinson… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Drosophila melanogaster has a rich repertoire of innate and learned behaviors. Its 100,000-
neuron brain is a large but tractable target for comprehensive neural circuit mapping. Only …

A connectome of a learning and memory center in the adult Drosophila brain

S Takemura, Y Aso, T Hige, A Wong, Z Lu, CS Xu… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Understanding memory formation, storage and retrieval requires knowledge of the
underlying neuronal circuits. In Drosophila, the mushroom body (MB) is the major site of …

Visual processing in the fly, from photoreceptors to behavior

TA Currier, MM Pang, TR Clandinin - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Originally a genetic model organism, the experimental use of Drosophila melanogaster has
grown to include quantitative behavioral analyses, sophisticated perturbations of neuronal …

Insect olfactory communication in a complex and changing world

M Renou, S Anton - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Insect intraspecific olfactory communication occurs in a complex sensory environment. Here
we present recent results on how the olfactory system extracts specific information from a …

Connectomics analysis reveals first-, second-, and third-order thermosensory and hygrosensory neurons in the adult Drosophila brain

EC Marin, L Büld, M Theiss, T Sarkissian, RJV Roberts… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Animals exhibit innate and learned preferences for temperature and humidity—conditions
critical for their survival and reproduction. Leveraging a whole-brain electron microscopy …

Learning and memory using Drosophila melanogaster: a focus on advances made in the fifth decade of research

RL Davis - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade, researchers using Drosophila melanogaster have made extraordinary
progress in uncovering the mysteries underlying learning and memory. This progress has …

Neural Circuits Underlying Behavioral Flexibility: Insights From Drosophila

AV Devineni, KM Scaplen - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Behavioral flexibility is critical to survival. Animals must adapt their behavioral responses
based on changes in the environmental context, internal state, or experience. Studies in …