title: Behavioral neurobiology: a vibrating gyroscope controls fly steering maneuvers.
abstract: A clever 'virtual reality' experiment reveals that specialized mechanosensory organs, rather than the eyes, orchestrate the high-performance staccato turns that characterize the flight behavior of a fly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Science, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. frye@physci.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003312:Coriolis Force; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000502:physiology*