Parallel and converging multisensory cascades in the Drosophila connectome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 8, 2024
Connectomes
are
network
maps
of
synaptic
connectivity.
A
key
functional
role
any
connectome
is
to
constrain
inter-neuronal
signaling
and
sculpt
the
flow
activity
across
nervous
system.
therefore
play
a
central
in
rapid
tranmission
information
about
an
organism’s
environment
from
sensory
neurons
higher-order
for
action
planning
ultimately
effectors.
Here,
we
use
parsimonious
model
spread
investigate
connectome’s
shaping
putative
cascades.
Our
allows
us
simulate
pathways
sensors
rest
brain,
mapping
similarity
these
between
different
modalities
identifying
convergence
zones–neurons
that
activated
simultaneously
by
modalities.
Further,
considered
two
multisensory
integration
scenarios
–
cooperative
case
where
interacted
“speed
up”
(reduce)
neurons’
activation
times
competitive
“winner
take
all”
case,
streams
vied
same
neural
territory.
Finally,
data-driven
algorithm
partition
into
classes
based
on
their
behavior
during
cascade
simulations.
work
helps
underscore
“simple”
models
enriching
data,
while
offering
classification
joint
connectional/dynamical
properties.
Language: Английский
The Oviposition Inhibitory Neuron is a potential hub of multi-circuit integration in the Drosophila brain
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 26, 2024
Abstract
Understanding
how
neural
circuits
integrate
sensory
and
state
information
to
support
context-dependent
behavior
is
a
central
issue
in
neuroscience.
In
Drosophila,
oviposition
complex
process
which
the
fly
integrates
context
choose
an
optimal
location
lay
her
eggs.
The
circuit
that
controls
sequence
known,
but
multiple
modalities
internal
states
not.
We
investigated
circuitry
underlying
high-level
processing
related
using
Hemibrain
connectome.
identified
Oviposition
Inhibitory
Neuron
(oviIN)
as
key
hub
analyzed
its
inputs
uncover
potential
parallel
pathways
may
be
responsible
for
computations
decision-making.
applied
graph-theoretic
analyses
on
sub-connectome
of
oviIN
identify
modules
neurons
constitute
novel
circuits.
Our
findings
indicate
form
from
unstructured
neuropils
Superior
Protocerebrum
where
have
been
known
occur.
Language: Английский