Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation.

ABSTRACT: Many animals use visual information to navigate^1-4, but how such information is encoded and integrated by the navigation system remains incompletely understood. In Drosophila melanogaster, EPG neurons in the central complex compute the heading direction⁵ by integrating visual input from ER neurons^6-12, which are part of the anterior visual pathway (AVP)^10,13-16. Here we densely reconstruct all neurons in the AVP using electron-microscopy data¹⁷. The AVP comprises four neuropils, sequentially linked by three major classes of neurons: MeTu neurons^10,14,15, which connect the medulla in the optic lobe to the small unit of the anterior optic tubercle (AOTUsu) in the central brain; TuBu neurons^9,16, which connect the AO

SUBMITTER: Garner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446847 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature