A Neural Circuit Arbitrates between Persistence and Withdrawal in Hungry Drosophila

Sercan Sayin, Jean Francois De Backer, K. P. Siju, Marina E. Wosniack, Laurence P. Lewis, Lisa Marie Frisch, Benedikt Gansen, Philipp Schlegel, Amelia Edmondson-Stait, Nadiya Sharifi, Corey B. Fisher, Steven A. Calle-Schuler, J. Scott Lauritzen, Davi D. Bock, Marta Costa, Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis, Julijana Gjorgjieva, Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow

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Abstract

What drives behavioral persistence versus quitting? Sayin et al. propose that circuit modules in the fly's learning center and dopamine drive gradually increasing food odor tracking, which can be efficiently suppressed by extrinsic, but directly innervating, feeding-related neuromodulatory neurons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)544-558.e6
JournalNeuron
Volume104
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • DopR2
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • dopamine
  • foraging
  • goal-directed behavior
  • learning
  • mushroom body
  • octopamine
  • olfactory system
  • persistence

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