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ArticleNature neuroscience2025

A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila.

Mert Erginkaya, Tomás Cruz, Margarida Brotas, André Marques, Kathrin Steck, Aljoscha Nern, Filipa Torrão, Nélia Varela, Davi D Bock, Michael Reiser and 1 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mert ErginkayaChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9031-895X
Tomás CruzChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-1541
Margarida BrotasChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
André MarquesChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kathrin SteckFaculty of Science and Medicine, Department of Neuro and Movement Sciences, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Aljoscha NernJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-489X
Filipa TorrãoChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-5214
Nélia VarelaChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
Davi D BockUniversity of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
Michael ReiserJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4108-4517
M Eugenia ChiappeChampalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. eugenia.chiappe@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1761-0457

Funding

Dissemination of FlyWire, A Whole-Brain Connectomics ResourceU24NS126935 · NINDS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Mala Murthy · 2022 to 2026
$5.6M
Crowdsourcing the Fly ConnectomeRF1MH117815 · NIMH · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI MURTHY, MALA, SEUNG, HYUNJUNE SEBASTIAN · 2018 to 2018
$3.3M
Automating whole brain connectomics: development, validation, and application of an open toolkitRF1MH120679 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BOCK, DAVI · 2019 to 2019
$1.9M
EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC-2022-CoC-101088936NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH117815NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH120679NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS126935Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many animals navigate using optic flow, detecting rotational image velocity differences between their eyes to adjust direction. Forward locomotion produces strong symmetric translational optic flow that can mask these differences, yet the brain efficiently extracts these binocular asymmetries for course control. In Drosophila melanogaster, monocular horizontal system neurons facilitate detection of binocular asymmetries and contribute to steering. To understand these functions, we reconstructed horizontal system cells' central network using electron microscopy datasets, revealing convergent visual inputs, a recurrent inhibitory middle layer and a divergent output layer projecting to the ventral nerve cord and deeper brain regions. Two-photon imaging, GABA receptor manipulations and modeling, showed that lateral disinhibition reduces the output's translational sensitivity while enhancing its rotational selectivity. Unilateral manipulations confirmed the role of interneurons and descending outputs in steering. These findings establish competitive disinhibition as a key circuit mechanism for detecting rotational motion during translation, supporting navigation in dynamic environments.

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Nerve NetNeural InhibitionOptic FlowVisual PathwaysAnimalsBrainDrosophila melanogasterInterneuronsNeurons

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PMID40312577
PMCPMC12148931

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