The generation of forces and moments during visual-evoked steering maneuvers in flying Drosophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sugiura, Hiroki ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLYING; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TORQUE; VISUAL REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 63749090731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004883     Document Type: Article

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