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.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 25221-0006, USA. edwin.griff@uc.edu
Edwin R
ER
Griff
Thomas C
TC
Kane
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*