Odor localization requires visual feedback during free flight in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 843-855

  Frye, Mark A ^a   Tarsitano, Michael ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Collision avoidance; Drosophila; Flight control; Free flight; Insect; Olfaction; Optomotor; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SACCADES; SMELL; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037341796     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00175     Document Type: Article

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