A Plastic Visual Pathway Regulates Cooperative Behavior in Drosophila Larvae (Current Biology)

Dombrovski et al. report that a pathway in the visual system comprising Rh6 photoreceptors and downstream lOLP interneurons acts as a movement-detecting module regulating visually guided cooperative behavior in Drosophila larvae. It also represents a cellular substrate for experience-dependent pre- and postsynaptic plasticity in the visual system