Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell ty** of Drosophila

P Schlegel, Y Yin, AS Bates, S Dorkenwald, K Eichler… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has emerged as a key model organism in
neuroscience, in large part due to the concentration of collaboratively generated molecular …

Brain bilateral asymmetry–insights from nematodes, zebrafish, and Drosophila

F Lapraz, C Fixary-Schuster, S Noselli - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Chirality is a fundamental trait of living organisms, encompassing the homochirality of
biological molecules and the left–right (LR) asymmetry of visceral organs and the brain. The …

A consensus cell type atlas from multiple connectomes reveals principles of circuit stereotypy and variation.

P Schlegel, Y Yin, AS Bates, S Dorkenwald… - Biorxiv: the Preprint …, 2023 - europepmc.org
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster combines surprisingly sophisticated behaviour with a
highly tractable nervous system. A large part of the fly's success as a model organism in …

Hierarchical communities in the larval Drosophila connectome: Links to cellular annotations and network topology

R Betzel, MG Puxeddu, C Seguin - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
One of the longstanding aims of network neuroscience is to link a connectome's topological
properties—ie, features defined from connectivity alone–with an organism's neurobiology …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Brain Size Asymmetry and Its Relationship with Predation Risk Among Chinese Anurans

C Chen, Y Jiang, Y Wu, L Cao, W Liao - Biology, 2025 - mdpi.com
Brain size asymmetry differs considerably across species, including humans, vertebrates,
and invertebrates. The subtle structural, functional, or size differences between the two brain …

Invariant synaptic density links neuronal activity stability and wiring optimisation principles across species

A Ferreira Castro, A Cardona - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The nervous system scales with animal size while preserving function, yet the principles
underlying this stability remain unclear. Here, we analyse the ultra-structure and connectivity …

Bilateral Symmetry and Asymmetry in the C. elegans Connectome: A Graph-Theoretic Analysis based on Redundancy Measures

PS Kim, Y Song, JD Kralik, J Jeong - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Understanding the balance between symmetry and asymmetry in animal nervous systems is
crucial for unraveling the complexities of neural architectures and their functions. Previous …