Abstract：
:Animal behaviour arises from computations in neuronal circuits, but our understanding of these computations has been frustrated by the lack of detailed synaptic connection maps, or connectomes. For example, despite intensive investigations over half a century, the neuronal implementation of local motion detection in the insect visual system remains elusive. Here we develop a semi-automated pipeline using electron microscopy to reconstruct a connectome, containing 379 neurons and 8,637 chemical synaptic contacts, within the Drosophila optic medulla. By matching reconstructed neurons to examples from light microscopy, we assigned neurons to cell types and assembled a connectome of the repeating module of the medulla. Within this module, we identified cell types constituting a motion detection circuit, and showed that the connections onto individual motion-sensitive neurons in this circuit were consistent with their direction selectivity. Our results identify cellular targets for future functional investigations, and demonstrate that connectomes can provide key insights into neuronal computations.
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Takemura SY,Bharioke A,Lu Z,Nern A,Vitaladevuni S,Rivlin PK,Katz WT,Olbris DJ,Plaza SM,Winston P,Zhao T,Horne JA,Fetter RD,Takemura S,Blazek K,Chang LA,Ogundeyi O,Saunders MA,Shapiro V,Sigmund C,Rubin GM,Scheffedoi
10.1038/nature12450subject
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2013-08-08 00:00:00pages
175-81issue
7461eissn
0028-0836issn
1476-4687pii
nature12450journal_volume
500pub_type
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