Daisy S. Lin

Neuroligin 3 highlights the sexually dimorphic neural substrates of Drosophila social spacing

Abstract In Drosophila melanogaster, Neuroligin 3 (Nlg3) is a postsynaptic membrane protein important for synapse development and social spacing behaviour, and its human orthologs are associated with autism. We localized Nlg3 to three brain structures: the mushroom bodies (MB) ca...