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ArticlePLoS computational biology2021

Maximally efficient prediction in the early fly visual system may support evasive flight maneuvers.

Siwei Wang, Idan Segev, Alexander Borst, Stephanie Palmer

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Siwei WangDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-2861-6216
Idan SegevDepartment of Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Alexander BorstMax Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany.
Stephanie PalmerDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6211-6293
University of Chicago · USHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILMax Planck Institute of Neurobiology · DE

Funding

Coarse-graining approaches to networks, learning, and behaviorR01EB026943 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BIALEK, WILLIAM, PALMER, STEPHANIE E · 2018 to 2020
$1.1M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The visual system must make predictions to compensate for inherent delays in its processing. Yet little is known, mechanistically, about how prediction aids natural behaviors. Here, we show that despite a 20-30ms intrinsic processing delay, the vertical motion sensitive (VS) network of the blowfly achieves maximally efficient prediction. This prediction enables the fly to fine-tune its complex, yet brief, evasive flight maneuvers according to its initial ego-rotation at the time of detection of the visual threat. Combining a rich database of behavioral recordings with detailed compartmental modeling of the VS network, we further show that the VS network has axonal gap junctions that are critical for optimal prediction. During evasive maneuvers, a VS subpopulation that directly innervates the neck motor center can convey predictive information about the fly's future ego-rotation, potentially crucial for ongoing flight control. These results suggest a novel sensory-motor pathway that links sensory prediction to behavior.

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Flight, AnimalVisual PathwaysAnimalsDipteraMotion Perception

Identifiers

PMID34014926
PMCPMC8136689
OpenAlexW3162160825

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