The connectome of an insect brain

M Winding, BD Pedigo, CL Barnes, HG Patsolic, Y Park… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Brains contain networks of interconnected neurons and so knowing the network architecture
is essential for understanding brain function. We therefore mapped the synaptic-resolution …

Neural Circuits Underlying Behavioral Flexibility: Insights From Drosophila

AV Devineni, KM Scaplen - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Behavioral flexibility is critical to survival. Animals must adapt their behavioral responses
based on changes in the environmental context, internal state, or experience. Studies in …

[کتاب][B] The edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI

J Birch - 2024‏ - library.oapen.org
Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How
do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When …

scRNA-seq data from the larval Drosophila ventral cord provides a resource for studying motor systems function and development

TH Nguyen, R Vicidomini, SD Choudhury, TH Han… - Developmental Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
The Drosophila larval ventral nerve cord (VNC) shares many similarities with the spinal cord
of vertebrates and has emerged as a major model for understanding the development and …

Linking neural circuits to the mechanics of animal behavior in Drosophila larval locomotion

H Kohsaka - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The motions that make up animal behavior arise from the interplay between neural circuits
and the mechanical parts of the body. Therefore, in order to comprehend the operational …

In Vivo Toxicological Analysis of MnFe2O4@poly(tBGE-alt-PA) Composite as a Hybrid Nanomaterial for Possible Biomedical Use

R Kumar, S Bauri, S Sahu, S Chauhan… - ACS applied bio …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Nanocomposites have significantly contributed to biomedical science due to less
aggregation behavior and enhanced physicochemical properties. This study synthesized a …

How the insect central complex could coordinate multimodal navigation

X Sun, S Yue, M Mangan - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
The central complex of the insect midbrain is thought to coordinate insect guidance
strategies. Computational models can account for specific behaviours, but their applicability …

A vacuum-actuated soft robot inspired by Drosophila larvae to study kinetics of crawling behaviour

X Sun, A Nose, H Kohsaka - PLoS One, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Peristalsis, a motion generated by the propagation of muscular contraction along the body
axis, is one of the most common locomotion patterns in limbless animals. While the …

A two-layer neural circuit controls fast forward locomotion in Drosophila

Q Zhao, X Li, J Wen, Y He, N Zheng, W Li, A Cardona… - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Fast forward locomotion is critical for animal hunting and esca** behaviors. However, how
the underlying neural circuit is wired at synaptic resolution to decide locomotion direction …

[HTML][HTML] The prominin-like gene expressed in a subset of dopaminergic neurons regulates locomotion in drosophila

TH Ryu, M Subramanian, E Yeom, K Yu - Molecules and cells, 2022‏ - Elsevier
CD133, also known as prominin-1, was first identified as a biomarker of mammalian cancer
and neural stem cells. Previous studies have shown that the prominin-like (promL) gene, an …