David M. Zimmerman

The larval Drosophila mushroom body balances lateralized sensing and interhemispheric integration

Bilaterian animals must integrate sensory input from both sides of their bodies to make coherent perceptual decisions. In Drosophila larvae, olfactory receptor neurons target the ipsilateral brain hemisphere. Using calcium imaging, unilateral sensory perturbations, connectome analysis, and optogenetics, we identified t...