@article {69721,
	title = {A split-GAL4 driver line resource for Drosophila neuron types},
	year = {2025},
	month = {01/2025},
	doi = {10.7554/elife.98405.3},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.98405.3},
	author = {Meissner, Geoffrey W and Vannan, Allison and Jeter, Jennifer and Close, Kari and Depasquale, Gina M and Dorman, Zachary and Forster, Kaitlyn and Beringer, Jaye Anne and Gibney, Theresa V and Hausenfluck, Joanna H and He, Yisheng and Henderson, Kristin and Johnson, Lauren and Johnston, Rebecca M and Ihrke, Gudrun and Iyer, Nirmala and Lazarus, Rachel and Lee, Kelley and Li, Hsing-Hsi and Liaw, Hua-Peng and Melton, Brian and Miller, Scott and Motaher, Reeham and Novak, Alexandra and Ogundeyi, Omotara and Petruncio, Alyson and Price, Jacquelyn and Protopapas, Sophia and Tae, Susana and Taylor, Jennifer and Vorimo, Rebecca and Yarbrough, Brianna and Zeng, Kevin Xiankun and Zugates, Christopher T and Dionne, Heather and Angstadt, Claire and Ashley, Kelly and Cavallaro, Amanda and Dang, Tam and Gonzalez, Guillermo A and Hibbard, Karen L and Huang, Cuizhen and Kao, Jui-Chun and Laverty, Todd and Mercer, Monti and Perez, Brenda and Pitts, Scarlett and Ruiz, Danielle and Vallanadu, Viruthika and Zheng, Grace Zhiyu and Goina, Cristian and Otsuna, Hideo and Rokicki, Konrad and Svirskas, Robert R and Cheong, Han Sj and Dolan, Michael-John and Ehrhardt, Erica and Feng, Kai and El Galfi, Basel and Goldammer, Jens and Huston, Stephen J and Hu, Nan and Ito, Masayoshi and McKellar, Claire and minegishi, ryo and Namiki, Shigehiro and Nern, Aljoscha and Schretter, Catherine E and Sterne, Gabriella R and Venkatasubramanian, Lalanti and Wang, Kaiyu and Wolff, Tanya and Wu, Ming and George, Reed and Malkesman, Oz and Aso, Yoshinori and Card, Gwyneth M and Dickson, Barry J and Korff, Wyatt and Ito, Kei and Truman, James W and Zlatic, Marta and Rubin, Gerald M}
}
@article {65871,
	title = {Distributed control of motor circuits for backward walking in Drosophila.},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2020},
	month = {2020 Dec 02},
	pages = {6166},
	abstract = {<p>How do descending inputs from the brain control leg motor circuits to change how an animal walks? Conceptually, descending neurons are thought to function either as command-type neurons, in which a single type of descending neuron exerts a high-level control to elicit a coordinated change in motor output, or through a population coding mechanism, whereby a group of neurons, each with local effects, act in combination to elicit a global motor response. The Drosophila Moonwalker Descending Neurons (MDNs), which alter leg motor circuit dynamics so that the fly walks backwards, exemplify the command-type mechanism. Here, we identify several dozen MDN target neurons within the leg motor circuits, and show that two of them mediate distinct and highly-specific changes in leg muscle activity during backward walking: LBL40 neurons provide the hindleg power stroke during stance phase; LUL130 neurons lift the legs at the end of stance to initiate swing. Through these two effector neurons, MDN directly controls both the stance and swing phases of the backward stepping cycle. These findings suggest that command-type descending neurons can also operate through the distributed control of local motor circuits.</p>
},
	issn = {2041-1723},
	doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-19936-x},
	author = {Feng, Kai and Sen, Rajyashree and minegishi, ryo and D{\"u}bbert, Michael and Bockem{\"u}hl, Till and B{\"u}schges, Ansgar and Dickson, Barry J}
}
@proceedings {65054,
	title = {Cellular level analysis of the locomotor neural circuits in Drosophila melanogaster.},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019 Jul 6},
	pages = {334-7},
	author = {minegishi, ryo and Feng, Kai and Dickson, Barry}
}
@article {45048,
	title = {Ascending SAG neurons control sexual receptivity of Drosophila females.},
	journal = {Neuron},
	volume = {83},
	year = {2014},
	month = {2014 Jul 2},
	pages = {135-48},
	abstract = {<p>Mating induces pronounced changes in female reproductive behavior, typically including a dramatic reduction in sexual receptivity. In Drosophila, postmating behavioral changes are triggered by sex peptide (SP), a male seminal fluid peptide that acts via a\&nbsp;receptor (SPR) expressed in sensory neurons (SPSNs) of the female reproductive tract. Here, we identify second-order neurons that mediate the behavioral changes induced by SP. These SAG neurons receive synaptic input from SPSNs in the abdominal ganglion and project to the dorsal protocerebrum. Silencing SAG neurons renders virgin females unreceptive, whereas activating them increases the receptivity of females that have already mated. Physiological experiments demonstrate that SP downregulates the excitability of the SPSNs, and hence their input onto SAG neurons. These data thus provide a physiological correlate of mating status in the female central nervous system and a key entry point into the brain circuits that control sexual receptivity.</p>
},
	issn = {1097-4199},
	doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.017},
	author = {Feng, Kai and Palfreyman, Mark T and H{\"a}semeyer, Martin and Talsma, Aaron and Dickson, Barry J}
}
