Visual Targeting of Motor Actions in Climbing Drosophila

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Triphan, Tilman ^a   Poeck, Burkhard ^a   Neuser, Kirsa ^a   Strauss, Roland ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77950481182     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.02.055     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Pick S., and Strauss R. Goal-driven behavioral adaptations in gap-climbing Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 15 (2005) 1473-1478
2. Poeck B., Triphan T., Neuser K., and Strauss R. Locomotor control by the central complex in Drosophila-An analysis of the tay bridge mutant. Dev. Neurobiol. 68 (2008) 1046-1058
3. Strauss R. The central complex and the genetic dissection of locomotor behaviour. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 12 (2002) 633-638
4. Heinze S., and Homberg U. Maplike representation of celestial E-vector orientations in the brain of an insect. Science 315 (2007) 995-997
5. Hanesch U., Fischbach K.-F., and Heisenberg M. Neuronal architecture of the central complex in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res. 257 (1989) 343-366
6. Heinze S., Gotthardt S., and Homberg U. Transformation of polarized light information in the central complex of the locust. J. Neurosci. 29 (2009) 11783-11793
7. Bedichek S., and Patterson J.T. New mutants. Drosoph. Inf. Serv. 2 (1934) 9-10
8. Finkelstein R., Smouse D., Capaci T.M., Spradling A.C., and Perrimon N. The orthodenticle gene encodes a novel homeo domain protein involved in the development of the Drosophila nervous system and ocellar visual structures. Genes Dev. 4 (1990) 1516-1527
9. Hirth F., Therianos S., Loop T., Gehring W.J., Reichert H., and Furukubo-Tokunaga K. Developmental defects in brain segmentation caused by mutations of the homeobox genes orthodenticle and empty spiracles in Drosophila. Neuron 15 (1995) 769-778
10. Aso Y., Grübel K., Busch S., Friedrich A.B., Siwanowicz I., and Tanimoto H. The mushroom body of adult Drosophila characterized by GAL4 drivers. J. Neurogenet. 23 (2009) 156-172
11. Sakura M., Lambrinos D., and Labhart T. Polarized skylight navigation in insects: Model and electrophysiology of e-vector coding by neurons in the central complex. J. Neurophysiol. 99 (2008) 667-682
12. Ritzmann R.E., Ridgel A.L., and Pollack A.J. Multi-unit recording of antennal mechano-sensitive units in the central complex of the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. J. Comp. Physiol. A Neuroethol. Sens. Neural. Behav. Physiol. 194 (2008) 341-360
13. Neuser K., Triphan T., Mronz M., Poeck B., and Strauss R. Analysis of a spatial orientation memory in Drosophila. Nature 453 (2008) 1244-1247
14. Strauss R., Hanesch U., Kinkelin M., Wolf R., and Heisenberg M. no-bridge of Drosophila melanogaster: Portrait of a structural brain mutant of the central complex. J. Neurogenet. 8 (1992) 125-155
15. Callaerts P., Leng S., Clements J., Benassayag C., Cribbs D., Kang Y.Y., Walldorf U., Fischbach K.-F., and Strauss R. Drosophila Pax-6/eyeless is essential for normal adult brain structure and function. J. Neurobiol. 46 (2001) 73-88
16. Strauss R., and Heisenberg M. Coordination of legs during straight walking and turning in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Comp. Physiol. [A] 167 (1990) 403-412
17. Renn S.C.P., Armstrong J.D., Yang M., Wang Z., An X., Kaiser K., and Taghert P.H. Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ellipsoid body neuropil: Organization and development of the central complex. J. Neurobiol. 41 (1999) 189-207
18. Zars T., Fischer M., Schulz R., and Heisenberg M. Localization of a short-term memory in Drosophila. Science 288 (2000) 672-675
19. O'Dell K.M., Armstrong J.D., Yang M.Y., and Kaiser K. Functional dissection of the Drosophila mushroom bodies by selective feminization of genetically defined subcompartments. Neuron 15 (1995) 55-61
20. Martini S.R., and Davis R.L. The dachshund gene is required for the proper guidance and branching of mushroom body axons in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurobiol. 64 (2005) 133-144
21. Siegel S., and Castellan N.J. Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Second Edition (1988), McGraw-Hill, New York, NY pp. 213-215