title: Visuomotor control: Drosophila bridges the gap.
abstract: Fruit flies with genetic lesions disrupting the structure of a brain region known as the protocerebral bridge fail to aim their movements correctly when crossing gaps, implicating this central brain neuropile in the visual control of goal-directed behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. jen22@hermes.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jeremy E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Niven
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009154:Mutation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology