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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Brain-wide Wiring Networks in Drosophila at Single-Cell Resolution

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Chiang, Ann-Shyn, Lin, Chih-Yung, Chuang, Chao-Chun, Chang, Hsiu-Ming, Hsieh, Chang-Huain, Yeh, Chang-Wei, Shih, Chi-Tin, Wu, Jian-Jheng +17 more·2011·Current Biology

Abstract

Background Animal behavior is governed by the activity of interconnected brain circuits. Comprehensive brain wiring maps are thus needed in order to formulate hypotheses about information flow and also to guide genetic manipulations aimed at understanding how genes and circuits orchestrate complex behaviors.Results To assemble this map, we deconstructed the adult Drosophila brain into approximately 16,000 single neurons and reconstructed them into a common standardized framework to produce a virtual fly brain. We have constructed a mesoscopic map and found that it consists of 41 local processing units (LPUs), six hubs, and 58 tracts covering the whole Drosophila brain. Despite individual local variation, the architecture of the Drosophila brain shows invariance for both the aggregation of local neurons (LNs) within specific LPUs and for the connectivity of projection neurons (PNs) between the same set of LPUs. An open-access image database, named FlyCircuit, has been constructed for online data archiving, mining, analysis, and three-dimensional visualization of all single neurons, brain-wide LPUs, their wiring diagrams, and neural tracts.Conclusion We found that the Drosophila brain is assembled from families of multiple LPUs and their interconnections. This provides an essential first step in the analysis of information processing within and between neurons in a complete brain.

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  • In the fly, large numbers of light microscopy reconstructions of single neurons have been aggregated to map projections between brain regions.

    “In the fly, large numbers of light microscopy reconstructions of single neurons have been aggregated to map projections between brain regions77,78.”

    From Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain (2024) · cites this paper as [78]

  • The FB2B neurons share the same cell body location and appear to match another type of tdc2-Gal4 expressing neurons in the FlyCircuit database.

    “We also found that the FB2B neurons share the same cell body location and appear to match another type of tdc2-Gal4 expressing neurons in the FlyCircuit database.”

    From A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain (2020) · cites this paper as Chiang et al., 2011

  • In addition to the three cell types that match the octopaminergic neurons OA-ASM1, 2 and 3, the authors found two neuron types in the same location that appear to match some of the tdc2-Gal4 expressing neurons in the FlyCircuit database.

    “in addition to the three cell types that match the octopaminergic (OA) neurons OA-ASM1, 2 and 3 (Busch et al., 2009), we found two neuron types in the same location that appear to match some of the tdc2-Gal4 expressing neurons in the FlyCircuit database of single-cell labeling images (Chiang et al., 2011).”

    From A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain (2020) · cites this paper as Chiang et al., 2011

  • With recent advances in computing power and optical imaging techniques, it is now feasible to systematically map connectivity throughout the entire brain.

    “With recent advances in both computing power and optical imaging techniques, it is now feasible to systematically map connectivity throughout the entire brain.”

    From A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain (2014) · cites this paper as [7]

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Chiang, A.-S., Lin, C.-Y., Chuang, C.-C., Chang, H.-M., Hsieh, C.-H., Yeh, C.-W., Shih, C.-T., Wu, J.-J., Wang, G.-T., Chen, Y.-C., Wu, C.-C., Chen, G.-Y., Ching, Y.-T., Lee, P.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Lin, H.-H., Wu, C.-C., Hsu, H.-W., Huang, Y.-A., Chen, J.-Y., Chiang, H.-J., Lu, C.-F., Ni, R.-F., Yeh, C.-Y., & Hwang, J.-K.
Affiliations
  • National Tsing Hua University (TW)
  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
  • National Center for High-Performance Computing (TW)
  • Tunghai University (TW)
Corresponding author
Chiang, Ann-Shyn
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-01
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
1-11
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2169331639
Cited by
767
References
53
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FWCI
24.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • National Science Council
  • Ministry of Education, India
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
Drosophila brain, neuronal connectivity, projection neurons, local neurons, Virtual Fly Brain, 3D reconstruction, neural circuits
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Computer Simulation, Drosophila, Female, Male, Models, Biological, Neurons

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