A century ago, Cajal noted striking similarities between the neural circuits that underlie
vision in vertebrates and flies. Over the past few decades, structural and functional studies …

Motion-sensitive neurons have long been studied in both the mammalian retina and the
insect optic lobe, yet striking similarities have become obvious only recently. Detailed …

A catalogue of neuronal cell types has often been called a 'parts list'of the brain, and
regarded as a prerequisite for understanding brain function,. In the optic lobe of Drosophila …

Animal behaviour arises from computations in neuronal circuits, but our understanding of
these computations has been frustrated by the lack of detailed synaptic connection maps, or …

The extraction of directional motion information from changing retinal images is one of the
earliest and most important processing steps in any visual system. In the fly optic lobe, two …

The algorithms and neural circuits that process spatio-temporal changes in luminance to
extract visual motion cues have been the focus of intense research. An influential model, the …

The detection of visual motion enables sophisticated animal navigation, and studies on flies
have provided profound insights into the cellular and circuit bases of this neural …

We developed a technique for performing whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from
genetically identified neurons in behaving Drosophila. We focused on the properties of …

Motion vision is a major function of all visual systems, yet the underlying neural mechanisms
and circuits are still elusive. In the lamina, the first optic neuropile of Drosophila …

Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism rich in genetic tools to manipulate and
identify neural circuits involved in specific behaviors. Here we present a technique for two …