Plume-tracking behavior of flying drosophila emerges from a set of distinct sensory-motor reflexes

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-286

  Van Breugel, Floris ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLYING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ODORS; REFLEX; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84895072418     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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