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ArticleeLife2021

A visual pathway for skylight polarization processing in

Ben J Hardcastle, Jaison J Omoto, Pratyush Kandimalla, Bao-Chau M Nguyen, Mehmet F Keleş, Natalie K Boyd, Volker Hartenstein, Mark A Frye

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  5. Neurons sensitive to sky compass signals in the brain of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ben J HardcastleDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4819-5631
Jaison J OmotoDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2032-6350
Pratyush KandimallaDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Bao-Chau M NguyenDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Mehmet F KeleşDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Natalie K BoydDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Volker Hartenstein *Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9676-7393
Mark A Frye *Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3277-3094
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
Neural circuits for visual feature detectionR01EY026031 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Mark Arthur Frye, Patrick A Shoemaker · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
Genetic mechanisms controlling the visual pathway to the central complex of the Drosophila brainR01NS096290 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HARTENSTEIN, VOLKER · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026031NIH HHS P40 OD018537NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many insects use patterns of polarized light in the sky to orient and navigate. Here, we functionally characterize neural circuitry in the fruit fly,

Indexed as

Ultraviolet RaysVisual PathwaysAnimalsBrainDrosophila melanogasterFemaleNeuronsOptic Lobe, NonmammalianOrientation, Spatialcentral complexcircuitsD. melanogasternavigationneurosciencepolarized lighttwo-photon calcium imagingvision

Identifiers

PMID33755020
PMCPMC8051946
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