A housefly sensory-motor integration laboratory.
Insects have many interesting behaviors that can be observed in an introductory biology laboratory setting. In the present article, we describe several reflexes using the housefly Musca domestica that can be used to introduce students to sensory and motor responses and encourage them to think about the underlying neural circuits and integration of sensory information that mediate the behaviors.
Griff
Edwin R
ER
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 25221-0006, USA. edwin.griff@uc.edu
Kane
Thomas C
TC
D000818:Animals; D006793:Houseflies / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000193:education*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*