Connectomics: Bringing Fly Neural Circuits into Focus

Kristyn M Lizbinski; James M Jeanne

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.068

Connectomics: Bringing Fly Neural Circuits into Focus

Curr Biol. 2020 Aug 17;30(16):R944-R947. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.068.

Authors

Kristyn M Lizbinski¹, James M Jeanne²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
² Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: james.jeanne@yale.edu.

PMID: 32810456
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.068

Abstract

Three new studies use a whole adult brain electron microscopy volume to reveal new long-range connectivity maps of complete populations of neurons in olfactory, thermosensory, hygrosensory, and memory systems in the fly Drosophila melanogaster.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain
Connectome*
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Neurons