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Convergence of monosynaptic and polysynaptic sensory paths onto common motor outputs in a Drosophila feeding connectome.

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Miroschnikow, Anton  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2276-3434
Hueckesfeld, Sebastian  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0236-6375
Li, Feng 

Abstract

We reconstructed, from a whole CNS EM volume, the synaptic map of input and output neurons that underlie food intake behavior of Drosophila larvae. Input neurons originate from enteric, pharyngeal and external sensory organs and converge onto seven distinct sensory synaptic compartments within the CNS. Output neurons consist of feeding motor, serotonergic modulatory and neuroendocrine neurons. Monosynaptic connections from a set of sensory synaptic compartments cover the motor, modulatory and neuroendocrine targets in overlapping domains. Polysynaptic routes are superimposed on top of monosynaptic connections, resulting in divergent sensory paths that converge on common outputs. A completely different set of sensory compartments is connected to the mushroom body calyx. The mushroom body output neurons are connected to interneurons that directly target the feeding output neurons. Our results illustrate a circuit architecture in which monosynaptic and multisynaptic connections from sensory inputs traverse onto output neurons via a series of converging paths.

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Keywords

D. melanogaster, EM reconstruction, action selection, connectomics, neuronal network architecture, neuroscience, reflex feeding circuits, sensory-motor system, Animals, Central Nervous System, Connectome, Drosophila melanogaster, Eating, Feeding Behavior, Interneurons, Larva, Membrane Potentials, Motor Neurons, Mushroom Bodies, Nerve Net, Neuronal Plasticity, Synapses, Synaptic Transmission

Journal Title

Elife

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Journal ISSN

2050-084X
2050-084X

Volume Title

7

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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd