title: Neuroethology: unweaving the senses of direction.
abstract: Three recent studies have significantly advanced our understanding of the highly conserved central complex of the insect brain, showing how it provides an internal representation of body orientation, encodes behaviorally relevant sensory cues, and at the same time controls motor actions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, 22362 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: stanley.heinze@biol.lu.se.
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heinze
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D032882:Comprehension; D003463:Cues; D009949:Orientation; D012677:Sensation