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. 2017 Jan 9;27(1):R38-R41.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.031.

Functional Connectomics: How Maggots Make Up Their Minds

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Functional Connectomics: How Maggots Make Up Their Minds

William B Kristan Jr. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

How Drosophila larvae select one behavior or a sequence of behaviors, and then persist in the final one, has been addressed by a powerful combination of electron-microscopy reconstruction of neuronal connections, genetic manipulations, electrophysiology, and neuronal modeling. Surprisingly, reciprocal inhibitory synaptic connections are major players in choosing, sequencing and maintaining behaviors.

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