Persistent activity in a recurrent circuit underlies courtship memory in Drosophila

Recurrent connections are thought to be a common feature of the neural circuits that encode memories, but how memories are laid down in such circuits is not fully understood. Here we present evidence that courtship memory in Drosophila relies on the recurrent circuit between mushroom body gamma (MBγ...

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Main Authors: Xiaoliang Zhao, Daniela Lenek, Ugur Dag, Barry J Dickson, Krystyna Keleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/31425