9 figures, 2 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
Reverse correlation analysis of variance adaptation.

(a) Linear-Nonlinear-Poisson (LNP) model of the decision to turn. Sensory input is processed by a linear filter to produce an intermediate signal. The rate at which the larva initiates turns is a …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.002
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Overview of analysis steps.

Overview of analysis steps Graphical demonstration of the calculation of the visual rate functions in Figure 1e (a) Example data from 1 cycle of one visual variance adaptation experiment. Top: led …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Rate functions following single filter vs variance-specific filters.

Rate functions following single filter vs. variance-specific filters Rate functions of Figure 1e re-calculated using filters derived from high and low variance turn-triggered averages. (a,b) Berlin …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.004
Comparing rescaling models of variance adaptation.

(a) Best fit rate functions to visual (Berlin with blue light stimulus) data of Figure 1, for various functional forms of rescaling, and for a null model with no rescaling. ΔBIC indicates difference …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.005
Variance adaptation and temporal dynamics of input rescaling.

Larvae were exposed to alternating 20 s periods of high and low variance intensity derivative white noise. For Berlin, the stimulus was visual (blue light). For all other genotypes, the stimulus was …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.006
Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Variance adaptation to a stimulus with uncorrelated values.

Berlin wild type animals were exposed to blue light. Every 0.25 s, the intensity of the light was chosen from a random normal distribution with fixed mean and low or high variance. (a) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.007
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Comparison of stimulii with uncorrelated random derivatives and uncorrelated random values.

Comparison of stimulii with uncorrelated random derivatives and uncorrelated random values Left: uncorrelated random derivatives. (a) Light levels (blue, below) and difference between subsequent …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.008
Input rescaling as a function of variance.

Larvae were exposed to intensity derivative white noise whose standard deviation steadily increased and decreased in a 120 s period triangle wave. Top row: visual stimulus - blue light was presented …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.009
Optimal variance estimator predicts input rescaling.

We generated an estimate of the input variance using a Bayes estimator that sampled the stimulus at an interval of Δt, with a prior τ that represented the expected correlation time of environmental …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.010
Multisensory variance adaptation and temporal dynamics of input rescaling.

Or42a>CsChrimson larvae were exposed to both visual (dim blue light) and fictive olfactory (red light) stimuli with random intensity derivatives. Top row: visual input had constant variance, while …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.011
Figure 8 with 2 supplements
Multisensory combination models.

(a) Indepdendent pathways: two independent LNP models transform odor and light stimuli into decisions to turn; these turn decisions are combined by an OR operation at a late stage. This model is …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.012
Figure 8—figure supplement 1
Reanalysis of white noise experiments.

Reanalysis of white noise experiments (a) Results from Gepner et al. (2015). Left: turn-triggered average changes in visual stimulus (blue) and optogenetic activation (red) for entire data set. …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.013
Figure 8—figure supplement 2
Reanalysis of multisensory step experiments.

Reanalysis of multisensory step experiments Measured and fit turn rate for various combinations of favorable and unfavorable changes in odor and light stimuli. ΔBIC indicates difference in Bayes …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.014
Adaptation to variance in a natural odor background.

(a) Optogenetic activation of odor receptor neurons with a fluctuating background of carbon dioxide. Above: Noise of constant variance was provided to either the CO2 receptor neuron (Gr21a>CsChrims…

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.015

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or Resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditionalInformation
Strain
(Drosophila melanogaster)
Berlin wild typegift of Justin Blau,
NYU
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w1118;;20XUAS-
CsChrimson-mVenus
Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_55136
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w*;;Gr21a-Gal4Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_23890
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w*;;Or42a-Gal4Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_9969
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w*;;Or42b-Gal4Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_9972
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w*;;Or35a-Gal4Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_9968
Genetic reagent
(D. melanogaster)
w*;;Or59a-Gal4Bloomington Stock
Center
RRID:BDSC_9989
Software,
algorithm
MAGATAnalyzer(Gershow et al., 2012)
github.com/samuellab/MAGATAnalyzer-Matlab-Analysis/
d9d72b2b43c82af...
Table 1
Number of experiments, animals, turns.

# experiments - number of 20 min duration experiments; a different noise input was used for each experiment within a group; # animals - estimate of total number of individual larvae surveyed in each …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37945.016
FigureGenotype# expts# animalsanimal-hours# turns
Figure 1,Figure 2Berlin17811219.348711
Or42a>CsChrimson17743201.133822
Figure 3Berlin301087302.455776
Or42a>CsChrimson19838247.544806
Or42b>CsChrimson15600163.323826
Or59a>CsChrimson15723177.616418
Or35a>CsChrimson11430121.113149
Gr21a>CsChrimson19786230.136121
Figure 4a,bBerlin1648313322741
Figure 4cBerlin1869918928226
Figure 5Berlin10372102.518397
Or42a>CsChrimson13553147.221897
Figure 7Or42a>CsChrimson
Odor switches variance, visual constant616546.16772
Odor constant variance, visual switches10391105.415210
Correlation switches16616156.822142
Figure 9aGr21a>CsChrimson
High Variance CO2624266.211286
Low Variance CO2624262.410534
Figure 9aOr42a>CsChrimson
High Variance CO2728680.512976
Low Variance CO2727677.912096
Figure 9bGr21a>CsChrimson
High Variance CO2312133.27289
Low Variance CO2311632.77023
Figure 9bOr42a>CsChrimson
High Variance CO2294255174
Low Variance CO228222.44571

Additional files

Download links