Genetically encoded markers for drosophila neuroanatomy

Abstract

The description of the anatomy of neural circuits provides a framework for predictions about their -functions. During the last 2 decades, the explosion of genetically encoded tools for manipulating and visualizing the neural circuits in the fruit fly allowed important advances in correlating neural circuits and behavior. In this chapter, we review the properties of the main genetically encoded markers that are used to study Drosophila neuroanatomy, including data on toxicity when available. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.