Male Drosophila Visual System Connectome

EM data with layer outlines overlaid
Shell outline of drosophila brain and optic lobe regions
Image of reconstructed LPC and LLPC neuron types from the drosophila right optic lobe connectome

Navigate List

View list of all available cell types, grouped by Optic Neuropil Intrinsic Neurons (ONIN), Optic Neuropil Connecting Neurons (ONCN), Visual Projection Neurons (VPN), Visual Centrifugal Neurons (VCN), and other neurons.

Find Cell Type

e.g. Tm2 (R), LPT60 (R), Dm9 (R)

Spatial Coverage

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Publication

Read the published paper Nern et al 2025 or have a look at the preprints at bioRxiv (also v1).

Source Code

Follow the source code to generate most panels or look at the resources for this website.