From Photons to Behaviors: Neural Implementations of Visual Behaviors in Drosophila

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Abstract

Neural implementations of visual behaviors in Drosophila have been dissected intensively in the past couple of decades. The availability of premiere genetic toolkits, behavioral assays in tethered or freely moving conditions, and advances in connectomics have permitted the understanding of the physiological and anatomical details of the nervous system underlying complex visual behaviors. In this review, we describe recent advances on how various features of a visual scene are detected by the Drosophila visual system and how the neural circuits process these signals and elicit an appropriate behavioral response. Special emphasis was laid on the neural circuits that detect visual features such as brightness, color, local motion, optic flow, and translating or approaching visual objects, which would be important for behaviors such as phototaxis, optomotor response, attraction (or aversion) to moving objects, navigation, and visual learning. This review offers an integrative framework for how the fly brain detects visual features and orchestrates an appropriate behavioral response.

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Ryu, L., Kim, S. Y., & Kim, A. J. (2022, May 4). From Photons to Behaviors: Neural Implementations of Visual Behaviors in Drosophila. Frontiers in Neuroscience. Frontiers Media S.A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.883640

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