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A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nervous System

27 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2020 Publication Status: Published

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Robert Court

University of Edinburgh - Informatics Forum

Shigehiro Namiki

University of Tokyo - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)

Douglas Armstrong

University of Edinburgh - School of Informatics

Jana Börner

Florida Atlantic University - Biological Sciences

Gwyneth Card

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - Chevy Chase - Janelia Research Campus

Marta Costa

University of Cambridge - Department of Zoology

Michael Dickinson

California Institute of Technology - Division of Biology and Biological Engineering

Carsten Duch

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Institute of Zoology

Wyatt Korff

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - Chevy Chase - Janelia Research Campus

Richard Mann

Columbia University - Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind, Brain and Behavior Institute

David J. Merritt

University of Queensland - School of Biological Sciences

Rod K Murphey

Florida Atlantic University - Biological Sciences

Andrew Seeds

University of Puerto Rico - Institute of Neurobiology

Troy Shirangi

Villanova University

Julie H. Simpson

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

James W. Truman

University of Washington - Friday Harbor Laboratories

John Tuthill

University of Washington

Darren Williams

King’s College London - Department of Developmental Neurobiology

David Shepherd

Bangor University - School of Natural Sciences

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Abstract

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is an established and powerful model system for neuroscience research with wide relevance in biology and medicine. Until recently, research on the Drosophila brain was hindered by the lack of a complete and uniform nomenclature. Recognising this problem, the Insect Brain Name Working Group produced an authoritative hierarchical nomenclature system for the adult insect brain, using Drosophila melanogaster as the reference framework, with other taxa considered to ensure greater consistency and expandability (Ito et al., 2014). Here, we extend this nomenclature system to the sub-gnathal regions of the adult Drosophila nervous system, thus providing a systematic anatomical description of the ventral nervous system (VNS). This portion of the nervous system includes the thoracic and abdominal neuromeres that were not included in the original work and contains the motor circuits that play essential roles in most fly behaviours.

Keywords: connectomics, neuroanatomy, insect, microscopy, neuropil, sensory neuron, ontology, comparative

Suggested Citation

Court, Robert and Namiki, Shigehiro and Armstrong, Douglas and Börner, Jana and Card, Gwyneth and Costa, Marta and Dickinson, Michael and Duch, Carsten and Korff, Wyatt and Mann, Richard and Merritt, David J. and Murphey, Rod K and Seeds, Andrew and Shirangi, Troy and Simpson, Julie H. and Truman, James W. and Tuthill, John and Williams, Darren and Shepherd, David, A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nervous System. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3545527 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3545527
This version of the paper has not been formally peer reviewed.

Robert Court

University of Edinburgh - Informatics Forum ( email )

Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9JY
United Kingdom

Shigehiro Namiki

University of Tokyo - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) ( email )

4-6-1 Komaba Megro-ku
Tokyo, 153-8904
Japan

Douglas Armstrong

University of Edinburgh - School of Informatics ( email )

Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9JY
United Kingdom

Jana Börner (Contact Author)

Florida Atlantic University - Biological Sciences

FL
United States

Gwyneth Card

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - Chevy Chase - Janelia Research Campus ( email )

19700 Helix Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
United States

Marta Costa

University of Cambridge - Department of Zoology ( email )

Downing Street
Cambridge, CB2 3EJ
United Kingdom

Michael Dickinson

California Institute of Technology - Division of Biology and Biological Engineering ( email )

Pasadena, CA 91125
United States

Carsten Duch

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Institute of Zoology ( email )

Mainz, 55128
United States

Wyatt Korff

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - Chevy Chase - Janelia Research Campus ( email )

19700 Helix Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
United States

Richard Mann

Columbia University - Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind, Brain and Behavior Institute ( email )

New York, NY
United States

David J. Merritt

University of Queensland - School of Biological Sciences ( email )

Australia

Rod K Murphey

Florida Atlantic University - Biological Sciences ( email )

FL
United States

Andrew Seeds

University of Puerto Rico - Institute of Neurobiology ( email )

Puerto Rico

Troy Shirangi

Villanova University ( email )

Villanova, PA 19085
United States

Julie H. Simpson

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

United States

James W. Truman

University of Washington - Friday Harbor Laboratories ( email )

620 University Rd.
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
United States

John Tuthill

University of Washington ( email )

Seattle, WA 98195
United States

Darren Williams

King’s College London - Department of Developmental Neurobiology ( email )

London
United Kingdom

David Shepherd

Bangor University - School of Natural Sciences ( email )

Bangor
United Kingdom

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