Behavioral neurobiology: a vibrating gyroscope controls fly steering maneuvers.
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.
Frye
Mark A
MA
Department of Physiological Science, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. frye@physci.ucla.edu
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*