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Authors: Amanda Lesar

Javan Tahir

Jason Wolk

Marc Gershow
Description: Using a Y-shaped maze, several experiments were developed to assess conditions of associative learning among fruit fly larvae. Prior to the start of the experiments, some fruit fly larvae were fed a diet of all-trans-retinal (ATR), which is a co-factor for csChrimson activation (eliciting escape behavior in flies which perceive red light). A subgroup of larvae who were fed ATR also received cycloheximide...
Subject: Neuroscience
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Authors: Marie P. Suver

Andrew M. M. Matheson

Sinekdha Sarkar

Matthew Damiata

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Description: Wind is a major navigational cue for insects and this study examined how wind direction is decoded by central neurons in the insect brain. They determined that flies combine signals from both antennae to orient to wind during olfactory search behavior. In Drosophila, movements of the antennae are detected by mechanosensory neurons, known as Johnston’s Organ (JO) neurons. The JO neurons project from...
Subject: Neuroscience
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Authors: Timothy A. Currier

Andrew M. M. Matheson

Katherine I. Nagel
Description: This data was collected to identify the brain regions and circuit organizations that support navigation. In insects, the central complex (CX) is thought to control many aspects of navigation. The CX is a highly organized neuropil, which consists of the protocerebral bridge, the ellipsoid body, the fan-shaped body, and the paired noduli. This study contains electrophysiology, imaging, and behavioral...
Subject: Neuroscience
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Authors: Timothy A. Currier

Katherine I. Nagel
Description: The algorithms used by the nervous system to integrate synergistic and conflicting stimuli across modalities are still under investigation. This study developed a closed-loop orienting paradigm in Drosophila to study the algorithms by which cues from two modalities are integrated during ongoing behavior. In the study, all experiments were performed on adult female flies three to five days after hatching....
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Authors: Andrew M. M. Matheson

Aaron J. Lanz

Ashley M. Medina

Al M. Licata

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Description: Animals frequently combine odor cues about source identity with wind direction cues about source location to navigate towards a food source. However, where and how these two cues are integrated to support navigation remains unknown. This study described a pathway to the Drosophila fan-shaped body that encodes attractive odor and promotes upwind navigation. Behavioral experiments were performed in a...
Subject: Neuroscience
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Authors: Huai-Wei Huang

Hyung Don Ryoo
Description: Rhodopsins are light-detecting proteins associated with retinal chromophores. Dysfunctional Rhodopsins cause retinal degeneration in humans and model organisms. However, the mechanisms by which photoreceptors regulate Rhodopsin homeostasis remains unknown. This study performed a photoreceptor-specific gene expression profiling analysis to examine how photoreceptors respond to stress. For their investigation,...
Subject: Genomics
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