A disinhibitory mechanism biases Drosophila innate light preference

Weiqiao Zhao; Peipei Zhou; Caixia Gong; Zhenhuan Ouyang; Jie Wang; Nenggan Zheng; Zhefeng Gong

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07929-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

A disinhibitory mechanism biases Drosophila innate light preference

Weiqiao Zhao,
Peipei Zhou,
Caixia Gong,
Zhenhuan Ouyang,
Jie Wang,
Nenggan Zheng,
Zhefeng Gong

Affiliations

Weiqiao Zhao: Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Peipei Zhou: Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of the Ministry of Health of China, Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Caixia Gong: Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of the Ministry of Health of China, Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Zhenhuan Ouyang: Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University
Jie Wang: Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Nenggan Zheng: Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University
Zhefeng Gong: Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07929-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The reorientation response of Drosophila larva to light is an innate behaviour. Here the authors identify a pair of GABAergic neurons that mediate a disinhibitory mechanism that regulates the larval reorientation response.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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