Communication by substrate-borne mechanical waves is widespread in insects. The
specifics of vibrational communication are related to heterogeneous natural substrates that …

Vision is critical for the control of locomotion, but the underlying neural mechanisms by
which visuomotor circuits contribute to the movement of the body through space are yet not …

A deep understanding of how the brain controls behaviour requires mapping neural circuits
down to the muscles that they control. Here, we apply automated tools to segment neurons …

Knowing one's own behavioral state has long been theorized as critical for contextualizing
dynamic sensory cues and identifying appropriate future behaviors. Ascending neurons …

Movement-correlated brain activity has been found across species and brain regions. Here,
we used fast whole brain lightfield imaging in adult Drosophila to investigate the relationship …

Walking is a complex motor programme involving coordinated and distributed activity across
the brain and the spinal cord. Halting appropriately at the correct time is a critical component …

In most animals, a relatively small number of descending neurons (DNs) connect higher
brain centers in the animal's head to circuits and motor neurons (MNs) in the nerve cord of …

Our ability to sense and move our bodies relies on proprioceptors, sensory neurons that
detect mechanical forces within the body. Different subtypes of proprioceptors detect …

Our companion paper introduces the first completely proofread connectome of the nerve
cord of an animal that can walk or fly. The base connectome consists of neuronal …

Like the vertebrate spinal cord, the insect ventral nerve cord (VNC) mediates limb sensation
and motor control. Here, we applied automated tools for electron microscopy (EM) volume …