Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Social attraction in Drosophila is regulated by the mushroom body and serotonergic system

  • Yuanjie Sun,
  • Rong Qiu,
  • Xiaonan Li,
  • Yaxin Cheng,
  • Shan Gao,
  • Fanchen Kong,
  • Li Liu,
  • Yan Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19102-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Robust social attraction in fruit flies relies on two prominent senses, vision and olfaction, which converge to central brain neurons. The neurons of the γ lobe of the mushroom bodies integrate sensory information and modulate social affinity.