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Connectome-based biophysical modeling of a figure-ground discrimination circuit
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Ziyin, Lu + 3 more
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A reciprocal connection between Drosophila T4a motion detectors and the wide-field ventral Centrifugal Horizontal (vCH) cell supports relative-motion selectivity, abolished when return inhibition is removed.
- Why it matters: Figure-ground discrimination from relative motion is a conserved visual computation, and the classic Reichardt-Poggio-Hausen model’s inhibitory architecture needed circuit-level identification.
- What they did: Using a whole-brain Drosophila connectome plus biophysical simulations, the study identified feedback from vCH to T4a terminals and tested an isolated reciprocal circuit.
- The result: The isolated reciprocal circuit is sufficient for selectivity, with opponent-motion and interocular pathways strengthening the same computation, implying shunting inhibition near resting potential enables compartment-specific operations.
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