Escape flight initiation in the fly

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-476

  Hammond, Sarah ^a   O'Shea, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Escape flight; Giant fibre system; Neuroethology; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GAIT; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; LIMB; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GAIT; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; WING;

EID: 34248192316     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0203-9     Document Type: Article

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