Context-dependent olfactory enhancement of optomotor flight control in Drosophila

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2478-2485

  Chow, Dawnis M ^a   Frye, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Motor control; Multisensory; Olfaction; Sensory function; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLYING; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CUES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 50649119715     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018879     Document Type: Article

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