Social state gates vision using three circuit mechanisms in <i>Drosophila</i>.

ABSTRACT: Animals are often bombarded with visual information and must prioritize specific visual features based on their current needs. The neuronal circuits that detect and relay visual features have been well-studied. Yet, much less is known about how an animal adjusts its visual attention as its goals or environmental conditions change. During social behaviors, flies need to focus on nearby flies. Here, we study how the flow of visual information is altered when female Drosophila enter an aggressive state. From the connectome, we identified three state-dependent circuit motifs poised to selectively amplify the response of an aggressive female to fly-sized visual objects: convergence of excitatory inputs from neurons conveying select visual features and internal state; dendritic disinhibit

SUBMITTER: Schretter CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10979952 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature