Fly larvae keep on surprising us - check out this new paper from the Louis lab: www.cell.com/current-biol... Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva. Such cool little critters 🪰

Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva

Tadres et al. show that Drosophila larvae detect electric fields, moving toward the cathode via electrotaxis. Gr66a neurons encode field orientation, revealing a new larval sensory ability and expandi...

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I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system - Nature

A connectome of the right optic lobe from a male fruitfly is presented together with an extensive collection of genetic drivers matched to a comprehensive neuron-type catalogue.

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