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A visual motion detection circuit suggested by Drosophila connectomics

Takemura, S.-Y., Bharioke, A., Lu, Z., Nern, A., Vitaladevuni, S., Rivlin, P. K., Katz, W. T., Olbris, D. J., Plaza, S. M., Winston, P., et al. (2013) · Nature

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Optimized tools for multicolor stochastic labeling reveal diverse stereotyped cell arrangements in the fly visual system

Nern, A., Pfeiffer, B. D., & Rubin, G. M. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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A directional tuning map of Drosophila elementary motion detectors

Maisak, M. S., Haag, J., Ammer, G., Serbe, E., Meier, M., Leonhardt, A., Schilling, T., Bahl, A., Rubin, G. M., Nern, A., et al. (2013) · Nature

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Visual projection neurons in the Drosophila lobula link feature detection to distinct behavioral programs

Wu, M., Nern, A., Williamson, W. R., Morimoto, M. M., Reiser, M. B., Card, G. M., & Rubin, G. M. (2016) · eLife

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A genetic, genomic, and computational resource for exploring neural circuit function

Davis, F. P., Nern, A., Picard, S., Reiser, M. B., Rubin, G. M., Eddy, S. R., & Henry, G. L. (2020) · eLife

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The comprehensive connectome of a neural substrate for ‘ON’ motion detection in Drosophila

Takemura, S.-Y., Nern, A., Chklovskii, D. B., Scheffer, L. K., Rubin, G. M., & Meinertzhagen, I. A. (2017) · eLife

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Ultra-selective looming detection from radial motion opponency

Klapoetke, N. C., Nern, A., Peek, M. Y., Rogers, E. M., Breads, P., Rubin, G. M., Reiser, M. B., & Card, G. M. (2017) · Nature

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Feature Integration Drives Probabilistic Behavior in the Drosophila Escape Response

von Reyn, C. R., Nern, A., Williamson, W. R., Breads, P., Wu, M., Namiki, S., & Card, G. M. (2017) · Neuron

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Comparisons between the ON- and OFF-edge motion pathways in the Drosophila brain

Shinomiya, K., Huang, G., Lu, Z., Parag, T., Xu, C. S., Aniceto, R., Ansari, N., Cheatham, N., Lauchie, S., Neace, E., et al. (2019) · eLife

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Direct Observation of ON and OFF Pathways in the Drosophila Visual System

Strother, J. A., Nern, A., & Reiser, M. B. (2014) · Current Biology

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An unbiased template of the Drosophila brain and ventral nerve cord

Bogovic, J. A., Otsuna, H., Heinrich, L., Ito, M., Jeter, J., Meissner, G., Nern, A., Colonell, J., Malkesman, O., Ito, K., et al. (2020) · PLOS ONE

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Connectome-constrained networks predict neural activity across the fly visual system

Lappalainen, J. K., Tschopp, F. D., Prakhya, S., McGill, M., Nern, A., Shinomiya, K., Takemura, S.-Y., Gruntman, E., Macke, J. H., & Turaga, S. C. (2024) · Nature

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A searchable image resource of Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution

Meissner, G. W., Nern, A., Dorman, Z., DePasquale, G. M., Forster, K., Gibney, T., Hausenfluck, J. H., He, Y., Iyer, N. A., Jeter, J., et al. (2023) · eLife

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A functionally ordered visual feature map in the Drosophila brain

Klapoetke, N. C., Nern, A., Rogers, E. M., Rubin, G. M., Reiser, M. B., & Card, G. M. (2022) · Neuron

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Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system

Nern, A., Loesche, F., Takemura, S.-Y., Burnett, L. E., Dreher, M., Gruntman, E., Hoeller, J., Huang, G. B., Januszewski, M., Klapoetke, N. C., et al. (2024) · Nature

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Behavioral state modulates the ON visual motion pathway of Drosophila

Strother, J. A., Wu, S.-T., Rogers, E. M., Eliason, J. L. M., Wong, A. M., Nern, A., & Reiser, M. B. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Neuron-subtype-specific expression, interaction affinities, and specificity determinants of DIP/Dpr cell recognition proteins

Cosmanescu, F., Katsamba, P. S., Sergeeva, A. P., Ahlsen, G., Patel, S. D., Brewer, J. J., Tan, L., Xu, S., Xiao, Q., Nagarkar-Jaiswal, S., et al. (2018) · Neuron

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Wide-Field Feedback Neurons Dynamically Tune Early Visual Processing

Tuthill, J. C., Nern, A., Rubin, G. M., & Reiser, M. B. (2014) · Neuron

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Neuronal circuits integrating visual motion information in Drosophila melanogaster

Shinomiya, K., Nern, A., Meinertzhagen, I. A., Plaza, S. M., & Reiser, M. B. (2022) · Current Biology

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Neural network organization for courtship-song feature detection in Drosophila

Baker, C. A., McKellar, C., Pang, R., Nern, A., Dorkenwald, S., Pacheco, D. A., Eckstein, N., Funke, J., Dickson, B. J., & Murthy, M. (2022) · Current Biology

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Identifying determinants of synaptic specificity by integrating connectomes and transcriptomes

Yoo, J., Dombrovski, M., Mirshahidi, P., Nern, A., LoCascio, S. A., Zipursky, S. L., & Kurmangaliyev, Y. Z. (2023) · Current Biology

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Connectome-constrained deep mechanistic networks predict neural responses across the fly visual system at single-neuron resolution

Lappalainen, J. K., Tschopp, F. D., Prakhya, S., McGill, M., Nern, A., Shinomiya, K., Takemura, S.-Y., Gruntman, E., Macke, J. H., & Turaga, S. C. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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Social state alters vision using three circuit mechanisms in Drosophila

Schretter, C. E., Hindmarsh Sten, T., Klapoetke, N., Shao, M., Nern, A., Dreher, M., Bushey, D., Robie, A. A., Taylor, A. L., Branson, K., et al. (2025) · Nature

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Eye structure shapes neuron function in Drosophila motion vision

Zhao, A., Gruntman, E., Nern, A., Iyer, N. A., Rogers, E. M., Koskela, S., Siwanowicz, I., Dreher, M., Flynn, M. A., Laughland, C. W., et al. (2022) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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