Calcium signalling indicates bilateral power balancing in the Drosophila flight muscle during manoeuvring flight

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 82, 2013, Pages

  Lehmann, Fritz Olaf ^a   Skandalis, Dimitri A ^a   Berthé, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Cameleon; Drosophila; Flight energetics; FRET; Muscle mechanical power

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MUSCLE; NEURONS; WINGS;

CALCIUM IMAGING; CAMELEON; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT ENERGETICS; FRET; MECHANICAL POWER;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HYPOTHESIS; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; THORAX; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; WING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881267431     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.1050     Document Type: Article

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