title: Neural energetics: hungry flies turn down the visual gain.
abstract: Food-deprived flies reduce the gain of a visual-motion-sensitive interneuron whilst walking, and the optomotor reflex to which it contributes, providing evidence of coupling between nutritional state, behavior and neural activity.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: J.E.Niven@sussex.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jeremy E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Niven
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*