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ArticleScience advances2019

Pioneer interneurons instruct bilaterality in the Drosophila olfactory sensory map.

Rashmit Kaur, Michael Surala, Sebastian Hoger, Nicole Grössmann, Alexandra Grimm, Lorin Timaeus, Wolfgang Kallina, Thomas Hummel

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Article in Science advances, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rashmit KaurDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0550-1376
Michael SuralaDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Sebastian HogerDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Nicole GrössmannLudwig Boltzmann Institute, Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA), Garnisongasse7/20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4395-4667
Alexandra GrimmDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Lorin TimaeusDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang KallinaDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2570-1113
Thomas HummelDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8108-9307
University of Vienna · ATAustrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interhemispheric synaptic connections, a prominent feature in animal nervous systems for the rapid exchange and integration of neuronal information, can appear quite suddenly during brain evolution, raising the question about the underlying developmental mechanism. Here, we show in the Drosophila olfactory system that the induction of a bilateral sensory map, an evolutionary novelty in dipteran flies, is mediated by a unique type of commissural pioneer interneurons (cPINs) via the localized activity of the cell adhesion molecule Neuroglian. Differential Neuroglian signaling in cPINs not only prepatterns the olfactory contralateral tracts but also prevents the targeting of ingrowing sensory axons to their ipsilateral synaptic partners. These results identified a sensitive cellular interaction to switch the sequential assembly of diverse neuron types from a unilateral to a bilateral brain circuit organization.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAxonsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsInterneuronsOlfactory PathwaysOlfactory Receptor NeuronsSignal TransductionCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalDrosophila ProteinsNrg protein, Drosophila

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PMID31681838
PMCPMC6810332
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