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ArticleNature2026

A vector-based strategy for olfactory navigation in Drosophila.

Andrew F Siliciano, Sun Minni, Chad Morton, Charles K Dowell, Noelle B Eghbali, Silas E Busch, Juliana Y Rhee, L F Abbott, Vanessa Ruta

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Odor tracking in flyingProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. Fly navigational responses exploit plume-specific odor motion and gradient cues.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Odor tracking in flyingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  9. Cognitive primitives of the insect brain.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026
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  11. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Andrew F Siliciano *Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Sun Minni *Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Chad Morton *Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Charles K DowellLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Noelle B EghbaliLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8052-4901
Silas E BuschLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6720-1921
Juliana Y RheeLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4942-8126
L F AbbottMortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Vanessa RutaLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. ruta@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4963-2768

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering MST ProgramT32GM152349 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI KATHARINE C HSU · 2024 to 2026
$6.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM152349NIH HHS P40 OD018537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For many species, odours serve as key navigational cues

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Drosophila melanogasterOdorantsSpatial NavigationAnimalsCalciumCuesFemaleMaleMemoryNeuronsSmellVirtual RealityCalcium

Identifiers

PMID42486983
PMCPMC13558081

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