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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Dimensionality reduction simplifies synaptic partner matching in an olfactory circuit.

Cheng Lyu, Zhuoran Li, Chuanyun Xu, Kenneth Kin Lam Wong, David J Luginbuhl, Colleen N McLaughlin, Qijing Xie, Tongchao Li, Hongjie Li, Liqun Luo

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Trajectory Statistics of Biological Exploratory Dynamics.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Modular presynaptic assemblages scale to postsynaptic partner number.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. Searching for partners.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Cheng Lyu *Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2921-3061
Zhuoran Li *Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2979-5678
Chuanyun XuDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1138-871X
Kenneth Kin Lam WongDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
David J LuginbuhlDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2142-780X
Colleen N McLaughlinDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7518-8920
Qijing XieDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Tongchao LiDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Hongjie LiDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7332-7122
Liqun LuoDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5467-9264

Funding

Assembly of the Central Olfactory Networks in DrosophilaR01DC005982 · NIDCD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LIQUN LUO · 2003 to 2026
$8.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A navigating axon faces complex choices when selecting postsynaptic partners in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In this work, we discovered a principle that can establish the 3D glomerular map of the fly antennal lobe by reducing the higher dimensionality serially to 1D projections. During development, olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) axons first contact their partner projection neuron dendrites on the spherical surface of the antennal lobe, regardless of whether the adult glomeruli lie near the surface or inside. Along this 2D surface, axons of each ORN type take a specific, arc-shaped trajectory that precisely intersects with their partner dendrites. Altering axon trajectories compromises synaptic partner matching. A 3D search is thus reduced to one dimension, simplifying partner matching.

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Arthropod AntennaeDrosophila melanogasterOlfactory PathwaysOlfactory Receptor NeuronsSynapsesAnimalsAxonsDendritesDimensionality Reduction

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PMID40310920
PMCPMC12614222

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