A neuronal ensemble encoding adaptive choice during sensory conflict in Drosophila
Preeti F. Sareen,
Li Yan McCurdy and
Michael N. Nitabach ()
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Preeti F. Sareen: Yale University
Li Yan McCurdy: Yale University
Michael N. Nitabach: Yale University
Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-13
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Abstract Feeding decisions are fundamental to survival, and decision making is often disrupted in disease. Here, we show that neural activity in a small population of neurons projecting to the fan-shaped body higher-order central brain region of Drosophila represents food choice during sensory conflict. We found that food deprived flies made tradeoffs between appetitive and aversive values of food. We identified an upstream neuropeptidergic and dopaminergic network that relays internal state and other decision-relevant information to a specific subset of fan-shaped body neurons. These neurons were strongly inhibited by the taste of the rejected food choice, suggesting that they encode behavioral food choice. Our findings reveal that fan-shaped body taste responses to food choices are determined not only by taste quality, but also by previous experience (including choice outcome) and hunger state, which are integrated in the fan-shaped body to encode the decision before relay to downstream motor circuits for behavioral implementation.
Date: 2021
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