Reiser Lab

Publications

Lab publications

Our papers since 2003, newest first. Each paper is listed once, with its preprint linked where there is one. Use the buttons to filter by topic.

2026

  1. Paper · September 3, 2026

    The organization of visual pathways in the Drosophila brain

    Hoeller J, Zhao A, Nern A, Rogers EM, Romani S, Reiser MB

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    anatomymodeling

  2. Paper · September 3, 2026

    Sexual dimorphism in the complete Drosophila male central nervous system connectome

    Berg S, Beckett IR, et al., Reiser MB, Hess HF, Rubin GM, Jefferis GSXE

    doipreprintexplorerdata

    anatomy

2025

  1. Paper · July 23, 2025

    Eye structure shapes neuron function in Drosophila motion vision

    Zhao A, Gruntman E, Nern A, Iyer NA, Rogers EM, Koskela S, Siwanowicz I, Dreher M, Flynn MA, Laughland CW, Ludwig HDF, Thomson AG, Moran CP, Gezahegn B, Bock DD, Reiser MB

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    anatomyneurophysiologymodeling

  2. Paper · May 1, 2025

    A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila

    Erginkaya M, Cruz T, Brotas M, Marques A, Steck K, Nern A, Torrão F, Varela N, Bock DD, Reiser M, Chiappe ME

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    anatomyneurophysiology

  3. Paper · April 23, 2025

    Whole-body physics simulation of fruit fly locomotion

    Vaxenburg R, Siwanowicz I, et al., Reiser MB, et al., Turaga SC

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    modelingbehavior

  4. Paper · March 26, 2025

    Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system

    Nern A, Loesche F, Takemura S-y, et al., Reiser MB

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    anatomy

2024

  1. Preprint · April 25, 2024

    Connectomic Analysis of Mitochondria in the Central Brain of Drosophila

    Longden KD, et al., Reiser MB, Plaza SM, Berg S

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    anatomy

  2. Paper · January 9, 2024

    A comprehensive neuroanatomical survey of the Drosophila Lobula Plate Tangential Neurons with predictions for their optic flow sensitivity

    Zhao A, Nern A, Koskela S, Dreher M, Erginkaya M, Laughland CW, Ludwig HDF, Thomson AG, Hoeller J, Parekh R, Romani S, Bock DD, Chiappe E, Reiser MB

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    anatomymodeling

  3. Paper · January 5, 2024

    Homeodomain proteins hierarchically specify neuronal diversity and synaptic connectivity

    Xu C, Ramos TB, Rogers EM, Reiser MB, Doe CQ

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    anatomy

2023

  1. Paper · November 24, 2023

    Different spectral sensitivities of ON- and OFF-motion pathways enhance the detection of approaching color objects in Drosophila

    Longden KD, Rogers EM, Nern A, Dionne H, Reiser MB

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    neurophysiologybehavior

  2. Preprint · June 22, 2023

    Small-field visual projection neurons detect translational optic flow and support walking control

    Isaacson MD, Eliason JLM, Nern A, Rogers EM, Lott GK, Tabachnik T, Rowell WJ, Edwards AW, Korff WL, Rubin GM, Branson K, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavioranatomyneurophysiology

  3. Preprint · March 10, 2023

    Drosophila antennae are dispensable for gravity orientation

    Kladt N, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavior

2022

  1. Preprint · August 3, 2022

    A high-speed, modular display system for diverse neuroscience applications

    Isaacson MD, et al., Reiser MB

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    methods

  2. Review · July 14, 2022

    Neuronal circuits integrating visual motion information in Drosophila melanogaster

    Shinomiya K, Nern A, Meinertzhagen IA, Plaza SM, Reiser MB

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    anatomy

  3. Paper · March 14, 2022

    A functionally ordered visual feature map in the Drosophila brain

    Klapoetke NC, Nern A, Rogers EM, Rubin GM, Reiser MB, Card GM

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    anatomyneurophysiology

2021

  1. Paper · December 16, 2021

    Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila

    Kind E, Longden KD, Nern A, Zhao A, Sancer G, Flynn MA, Laughland CW, Gezahegn B, Ludwig HDF, Thomson AG, Obrusnik T, Alarcón PG, Dionne H, Bock DD, Rubin GM, Reiser MB, Wernet MF

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    anatomy

  2. Paper · October 20, 2021

    Non-preferred contrast responses in the Drosophila motion pathways reveal a receptive field structure that explains a common visual illusion

    Gruntman E, Reimers P, Romani S, Reiser MB

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    neurophysiology

  3. Paper · July 16, 2021

    An Inexpensive, High-Precision, Modular Spherical Treadmill Setup Optimized for Drosophila Experiments

    Loesche F, Reiser MB

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    methodsbehavior

2020

  1. Paper · November 18, 2020

    Spatial readout of visual looming in the central brain of Drosophila

    Morimoto MM, Nern A, Zhao A, Rogers EM, Wong AM, Isaacson MD, Bock DD, Rubin GM, Reiser MB

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    anatomyneurophysiology

  2. Paper · January 15, 2020

    A genetic, genomic, and computational resource for exploring neural circuit function

    Davis FP, Nern A, Picard S, Reiser MB, Rubin GM, Eddy SR, Henry GL

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    modeling

2019

  1. Paper · December 11, 2019

    The computation of directional selectivity in the Drosophila OFF motion pathway

    Gruntman E, Romani S, Reiser MB

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    neurophysiologymodeling

2018

  1. Preprint · June 12, 2018

    A connectome based hexagonal lattice convolutional network model of the Drosophila visual system

    Tschopp FD, Reiser MB, Turaga SC

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    anatomymodeling

  2. Paper · January 8, 2018

    Simple integration of fast excitation and offset, delayed inhibition computes directional selectivity in Drosophila

    Gruntman E, Romani S, Reiser MB

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    neurophysiologymodeling

  3. Paper · December 18, 2017

    Behavioral state modulates the ON visual motion pathway of Drosophila

    Strother JA, Wu S-T, Rogers EM, Eliason JLM, Wong AM, Nern A, Reiser MB

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    neurophysiologybehavior

2017

  1. Paper · November 9, 2017

    Ultra-selective looming detection from radial motion opponency

    Klapoetke NC, Nern A, Peek MY, Rogers EM, Breads P, Rubin GM, Reiser MB, Card GM

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    neurophysiologyanatomy

  2. Paper · July 13, 2017

    Mapping the Neural Substrates of Behavior

    Robie AA, Hirokawa J, Edwards AW, Umayam LA, Lee A, Phillips ML, Card GM, Korff W, Rubin GM, Simpson JH, Reiser MB, Branson K

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    behavior

  3. Paper · April 5, 2017

    The Emergence of Directional Selectivity in the Visual Motion Pathway of Drosophila

    Strother JA, Wu S-T, Wong AM, Nern A, Rogers EM, Le JQ, Rubin GM, Reiser MB

    doi

    neurophysiologyanatomy

  4. Review · April 3, 2017

    Sensorimotor Neuroscience: Motor Precision Meets Vision

    Longden KD, Huston SJ, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavior

2016

  1. Paper · December 28, 2016

    Visual projection neurons in the Drosophila lobula link feature detection to distinct behavioral programs

    Wu M, Nern A, Williamson WR, Morimoto MM, Reiser MB, Card GM, Rubin GM

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    anatomybehavior

2015

  1. Review · March 4, 2015

    Neuroscience: hot on the trail of temperature processing

    Florence TJ, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavior

2014

  1. Paper · May 21, 2014

    Wide-field feedback neurons dynamically tune early visual processing

    Tuthill JC, Nern A, Rubin GM, Reiser MB

    doi

    anatomy

  2. Paper · April 3, 2014

    Direct observation of ON and OFF pathways in the Drosophila visual system

    Strother JA, Nern A, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavior

2013

  1. Paper · July 10, 2013

    Contributions of the 12 neuron classes in the fly lamina to motion vision

    Tuthill JC, Nern A, Holtz SL, Rubin GM, Reiser MB

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    anatomy

  2. Paper · November 29, 2012

    Visual motion speed determines a behavioral switch from forward flight to expansion avoidance in Drosophila

    Reiser MB, Dickinson MH

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    behavior

2012

  1. Conference paper · December 10, 2012

    A task-level model for optomotor yaw regulation in Drosophila melanogaster: a frequency-domain system identification approach

    Roth E, Reiser MB, Dickinson MH, Cowan NJ

    doi

    behaviormodeling

  2. Review · December 2, 2011

    Real neuroscience in virtual worlds

    Dombeck DA, Reiser MB

    doi

    behavior

2011

  1. Paper · June 8, 2011

    Visual place learning in Drosophila melanogaster

    Ofstad TA, Zuker CS, Reiser MB

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    behavior

  2. Paper · May 17, 2011

    Neural correlates of illusory motion perception in Drosophila

    Tuthill JC, Chiappe ME, Reiser MB

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    behavior

2010

  1. Paper · July 22, 2010

    Walking modulates speed sensitivity in Drosophila motion vision

    Chiappe ME, Seelig JD, Reiser MB, Jayaraman V

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    behavior

  2. Paper · June 6, 2010

    Two-photon calcium imaging from head-fixed Drosophila during optomotor walking behavior

    Seelig JD, Chiappe ME, Lott GK, Dutta A, Osborne JE, Reiser MB, Jayaraman V

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    behaviorneurophysiologymethods

  3. Paper · May 4, 2010

    Drosophila fly straight by fixating objects in the face of expanding optic flow

    Reiser MB, Dickinson MH

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    behavior

2009

  1. Review · May 30, 2009

    The ethomics era?

    Reiser M

    doi

    methods

2008

  1. Paper · August 3, 2007

    A modular display system for insect behavioral neuroscience

    Reiser MB, Dickinson MH

    doi

    behaviormethods

2007

  1. Paper · November 21, 2007

    The role of visual and mechanosensory cues in structuring forward flight in Drosophila melanogaster

    Budick SA, Reiser MB, Dickinson MH

    doi

    behavior

  2. Paper · June 6, 2007

    Dynamic properties of large-field and small-field optomotor flight responses in Drosophila

    Duistermars BJ, Reiser MB, Zhu Y, Frye MA

    doi

    behaviorneurophysiology

2004

  1. Conference paper · June 30, 2004

    Vision as a compensatory mechanism for disturbance rejection in upwind flight

    Reiser MB, Humbert JS, Dunlop MJ, Del Vecchio D, Murray RM, Dickinson MH

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    behavior

2003

  1. Paper · October 15, 2003

    A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control

    Reiser MB, Dickinson MH

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    behavior