Multisensory integration for odor tracking by flying Drosophila. Behavior, circuits and speculation

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Duistermars, Brian J ^a   Frye, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Behavioral neuroscience; Insect behavior; Mecha nosensory; Motor control; Neuroethology; Olfaction; Sensory ecology; Vision; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952837088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.1.9694     Document Type: Article

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