Research report 2018 - Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior - caesar

Neuronal control of flight behavior in Drosophila

Authors
Schnell, Bettina
Departments
Emmy-Noether-Gruppe: Neurobiology of Flight Control
Summary
To navigate, animals must stabilize their path against disturbances and change direction e.g. to avoid obstacles. We study the neural circuits and mechanisms underlying such steering maneuvers by simultaneously recording behavioral and neuronal activity in tethered flying fruit flies Drosophila. Thus, we identified a descending neuron, whose activity strongly correlates with turning behavior during flight and appears sufficient to elicit steering behavior.

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