The spatial and temporal structure of neural activity across the fly brain.

Schaffer ES, Mishra N, Whiteway MR, Li W, Vancura MB, Freedman J, Patel KB, Voleti V, Paninski L, Hillman EMC, Abbott LF, Axel R.
Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 11;14(1):5572. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41261-2.

A brain atlas for the camouflaging dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis.

Montague TG, Rieth IJ, Gjerswold-Selleck S, Garcia-Rosales D, Aneja S, Elkis D, Zhu N, Kentis S, Rubino FA, Nemes A, Wang K, Hammond LA, Emiliano R, Ober RA, Guo J, Axel R.
Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 10;33(13):2794-2801.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.007.

A rapid and bidirectional reporter of neural activity reveals neural correlates of social behaviors in Drosophila.

Bonheur M, Swartz KJ, Metcalf MG, Wen X, Zhukovskaya A, Mehta A, Connors KE, Barasch JG, Jamieson AR, Martin KC, Axel R, Hattori D.
Nat Neurosci. 2023 Jun 12. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01357-w.

Flexible neural control of transition points within the egg-laying behavioral sequence in Drosophila.

Cury KM, Axel R.
Nat Neurosci. 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01332-5.

Individual bitter-sensing neurons in Drosophila exhibit both ON and OFF responses that influence synaptic plasticity.
Devineni AV, Deere JU, Sun B, Axel R.
Curr Biol. 2021 Oct 28:S0960-9822(21)01409-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.020.

Olfactory landmarks and path integration converge to form a cognitive spatial map.
Fischler-Ruiz W, Clark DG, Joshi N, Devi-Chou V, Kitch L, Schnitzer M, Abbott LF, Axel R.
Neuron. 2021 Oct 25:S0896-6273(21)00728-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.09.055.

Evolving the olfactory system with machine learning.

Wang PY, Sun Y, Axel R, Abbott LF, Yang GR.
Neuron. 2021 Oct 6:S0896-6273(21)00682-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.09.010.

Representational drift in primary olfactory cortex.

Schoonover CE, Ohashi SN, Axel R, Fink AJP.
Nature. 2021 Jun 9. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03628-7.

Embryonic development of the camouflaging dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis.

Montague TG, Rieth IJ, Axel R.
Dev Dyn. 2021 May 24. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.375.

Transient and Persistent Representations of Odor Value in Prefrontal Cortex.

Wang PY, Boboila C, Chin M, Higashi-Howard A, Shamash P, Wu Z, Stein NP, Abbott LF, Axel R. Neuron. 2020 Aug 13:S0896-6273(20)30577-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.033.

Context-Dependent Decision Making in a Premotor Circuit.

Wu Z, Litwin-Kumar A, Shamash P, Taylor A, Axel R, Shadlen MN.

Neuron. 2020 Feb 8. pii: S0896-6273(20)30061-1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.01.034.

The pheromone darcin drives a circuit for innate and reinforced behaviours.

Demir E, Li K, Bobrowski-Khoury N, Sanders JI, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Kepecs A, Axel R.

Nature. 2020 Feb;578(7793):137-141. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1967-8.

Acetic acid activates distinct taste pathways in Drosophila to elicit opposing, state-dependent feeding responses.

Devineni AV, Sun B, Zhukovskaya A, Axel R.

Elife. 2019 Jun 17;8. pii: e47677. doi: 10.7554/eLife.47677.

A virtual burrow assay for head-fixed mice measures habituation, discrimination, exploration and avoidance without training.

Fink AJ, Axel R, Schoonover CE.

Elife. 2019 Apr 17;8. pii: e45658. doi: 10.7554/eLife.45658.

Odor Perception on the Two Sides of the Brain: Consistency Despite Randomness.

Schaffer ES, Stettler DD, Kato D, Choi GB, Axel R, Abbott LF.

Neuron. 2018 May 16;98(4):736-742.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.004.

Representations of Novelty and Familiarity in a Mushroom Body Compartment.

Hattori D, Aso Y, Swartz KJ, Rubin GM, Abbott LF, Axel R.

Cell. 2017 May 18;169(5):956-969.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.028.

Optimal Degrees of Synaptic Connectivity.

Litwin-Kumar A, Harris KD, Axel R, Sompolinsky H, Abbott LF.

Neuron. 2017 Mar 8;93(5):1153-1164.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.01.030.

Neural Representations of Unconditioned Stimuli in Basolateral Amygdala Mediate Innate and Learned Responses.

Gore F, Schwartz EC, Brangers BC, Aladi S, Stujenske JM, Likhtik E, Russo MJ, Gordon JA, Salzman CD, Axel R.

Cell. 2015 Jul 2;162(1):134-45. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.027.

The neuronal architecture of the mushroom body provides a logic for associative learning.

Aso Y, Hattori D, Yu Y, Johnston RM, Iyer NA, Ngo TT, Dionne H, Abbott LF, Axel R, Tanimoto H, Rubin GM.

Elife. 2014 Dec 23;3:e04577. doi: 10.7554/eLife.04577.

The participation of cortical amygdala in innate, odour-driven behaviour.

Root CM, Denny CA, Hen R, Axel R.

Nature. 2014 Nov 13;515(7526):269-73. doi: 10.1038/nature13897.

Identifying functional connections of the inner photoreceptors in Drosophila using Tango-Trace.

Jagadish S, Barnea G, Clandinin TR, Axel R.

Neuron. 2014 Aug 6;83(3):630-44. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.025.

A Conversation with Richard Axel.

Axel R, Carniol K.

Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2014;79:258-9. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2014.79.03.

Random convergence of olfactory inputs in the Drosophila mushroom body.

Caron SJ, Ruta V, Abbott LF, Axel R.

Nature. 2013 May 2;497(7447):113-7. doi: 10.1038/nature12063.

Visualizing neuromodulation in vivo: TANGO-mapping of dopamine signaling reveals appetite control of sugar sensing.

Inagaki HK, Ben-Tabou de-Leon S, Wong AM, Jagadish S, Ishimoto H, Barnea G, Kitamoto T, Axel R, Anderson DJ.

Cell. 2012 Feb 3;148(3):583-95. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.12.022. Erratum in: Cell. 2012 Mar 2;148(5):1065.

Recurrent circuitry dynamically shapes the activation of piriform cortex.

Franks KM, Russo MJ, Sosulski DL, Mulligan AA, Siegelbaum SA, Axel R.

Neuron. 2011 Oct 6;72(1):49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.08.020.

Driving opposing behaviors with ensembles of piriform neurons.

Choi GB, Stettler DD, Kallman BR, Bhaskar ST, Fleischmann A, Axel R.

Cell. 2011 Sep 16;146(6):1004-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.07.041.

Distinct representations of olfactory information in different cortical centres.

Sosulski DL, Bloom ML, Cutforth T, Axel R, Datta SR.

Nature. 2011 Apr 14;472(7342):213-6. doi: 10.1038/nature09868.

A dimorphic pheromone circuit in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output.

Ruta V, Datta SR, Vasconcelos ML, Freeland J, Looger LL, Axel R.

Nature. 2010 Dec 2;468(7324):686-90. doi: 10.1038/nature09554.

Generating sparse and selective third-order responses in the olfactory system of the fly.

Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 8;107(23):10713-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1005635107. Epub 2010 May 24.

Representations of odor in the piriform cortex.

Stettler DD, Axel R.

Neuron. 2009 Sep 24;63(6):854-64. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.005. Erratum in: Neuron. 2009 Oct 29;64(2):292.

Mice with a "monoclonal nose": perturbations in an olfactory map impair odor discrimination.

Fleischmann A, Shykind BM, Sosulski DL, Franks KM, Glinka ME, Mei DF, Sun Y, Kirkland J, Mendelsohn M, Albers MW, Axel R.

Neuron. 2008 Dec 26;60(6):1068-81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.10.046.

The Drosophila pheromone cVA activates a sexually dimorphic neural circuit.

Datta SR, Vasconcelos ML, Ruta V, Luo S, Wong A, Demir E, Flores J, Balonze K, Dickson BJ, Axel R.

Nature. 2008 Mar 27;452(7186):473-7. doi: 10.1038/nature06808.

The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation.

Barnea G, Strapps W, Herrada G, Berman Y, Ong J, Kloss B, Axel R, Lee KJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 8;105(1):64-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710487105.

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies sensitive to conformation in the 5HT2c serotonin receptor.

Mancia F, Brenner-Morton S, Siegel R, Assur Z, Sun Y, Schieren I, Mendelsohn M, Axel R, Hendrickson WA.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 13;104(11):4303-8.

Interchromosomal interactions and olfactory receptor choice.

Lomvardas S, Barnea G, Pisapia DJ, Mendelsohn M, Kirkland J, Axel R.

Cell. 2006 Jul 28;126(2):403-13.

Scents and sensibility: a molecular logic of olfactory perception (Nobel lecture).

Axel R.

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2005 Sep 26;44(38):6110-27.

A single population of olfactory sensory neurons mediates an innate avoidance behaviour in Drosophila.

Suh GS, Wong AM, Hergarden AC, Wang JW, Simon AF, Benzer S, Axel R, Anderson DJ.

Nature. 2004 Oct 14;431(7010):854-9.

Visualizing sexual dimorphism in the brain.

Shah NM, Pisapia DJ, Maniatis S, Mendelsohn MM, Nemes A, Axel R.

Neuron. 2004 Aug 5;43(3):313-9.

Gene switching and the stability of odorant receptor gene choice.

Shykind BM, Rohani SC, O'Donnell S, Nemes A, Mendelsohn M, Sun Y, Axel R, Barnea G.

Cell. 2004 Jun 11;117(6):801-15.

Spontaneous neural activity is required for the establishment and maintenance of the olfactory sensory map.

Yu CR, Power J, Barnea G, O'Donnell S, Brown HE, Osborne J, Axel R, Gogos JA.

Neuron. 2004 May 27;42(4):553-66.

Mice cloned from olfactory sensory neurons.

Eggan K, Baldwin K, Tackett M, Osborne J, Gogos J, Chess A, Axel R, Jaenisch R.

Nature. 2004 Mar 4;428(6978):44-9.

Axonal ephrin-As and odorant receptors: coordinate determination of the olfactory sensory map.

Cutforth T, Moring L, Mendelsohn M, Nemes A, Shah NM, Kim MM, Frisén J, Axel R.

Cell. 2003 Aug 8;114(3):311-22.

Two-photon calcium imaging reveals an odor-evoked map of activity in the fly brain.

Wang JW, Wong AM, Flores J, Vosshall LB, Axel R.

Cell. 2003 Jan 24;112(2):271-82.

Promoter choice determines splice site selection in protocadherin alpha and gamma pre-mRNA splicing.

Tasic B, Nabholz CE, Baldwin KK, Kim Y, Rueckert EH, Ribich SA, Cramer P, Wu Q, Axel R, Maniatis T.

Mol Cell. 2002 Jul;10(1):21-33.

Spatial representation of the glomerular map in the Drosophila protocerebrum.

Wong AM, Wang JW, Axel R.

Cell. 2002 Apr 19;109(2):229-41.

Altered sexual and social behaviors in trp2 mutant mice.

Leypold BG, Yu CR, Leinders-Zufall T, Kim MM, Zufall F, Axel R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 30;99(9):6376-81.

Sequence analysis of mouse vomeronasal receptor gene clusters reveals common promoter motifs and a history of recent expansion.

Lane RP, Cutforth T, Axel R, Hood L, Trask BJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jan 8;99(1):291-6.