The Flycircuit database can be accessed using the login name rachel_wilson@hms.harvard.edu and the password flypokers. For details, see Chiang et al. 2011.  Note that the corresponding neurotransmitter may not be released by the Gal4-expressing neurons that are obtained in the Gal4 line that was constructed using the regulatory regions of these genes.

Note that if you limit your query by “Innervation sites”, the uppercase letters (e.g., “AMMC”) designate cells on the right side of the fly’s brain, and the lowercase letters (e.g., “ammc”) designate cells on the left side.

Key to Gal4 lines used:

5HT1B = serotonin receptor type 1B

Cha = choline acetyltransferase (involved in acetylcholine synthesis)

fru = fruitless (transcription factor involved in specifying gender-specific behavior)

Gad1 = glutamic acid decarboxylase 1 (involved in GABA synthesis)

G0239 = enhancer trap line

GH146 = enhancer trap line that drives expression in many PNs

npf = neuropeptide f

TH = Tyrosine hydroxylase (involved in synthesis of dopamine)

Trh (=Tph) = Tryptophan hydroxylase (involved in serotonin synthesis)

Tdc2 = Tyramine decarboxylase 2 (involved in synthesis of tyramine and its metabolite octopamine)

VGlut = vesicular glutamate transporter