Elementary sensory-motor transformations underlying olfactory navigation in walking fruit-flies

E Álvarez-Salvado, AM Licata, EG Connor… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Odor attraction in walking Drosophila melanogaster is commonly used to relate neural
function to behavior, but the algorithms underlying attraction are unclear. Here, we develop …

Olfactory Preference of Drosophila suzukii Shifts between Fruit and Fermentation Cues over the Season: Effects of Physiological Status

R Clymans, V Van Kerckvoorde, E Bangels… - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
Worldwide monitoring programs of the invasive fruit pest Drosophila suzukii Matsumura
(Diptera: Drosophilidae), using fermentation baits like apple cider vinegar (ACV), revealed a …

Extended flight bouts require disinhibition from GABAergic mushroom body neurons

SB Manjila, M Kuruvilla, JF Ferveur, SP Sane, G Hasan - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Insect flight is a complex behavior that requires the integration of multiple sensory inputs
with flight motor output. Although previous genetic studies identified central brain …