Insect Neurobiology: How a Small Spot Stops a Fly

Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi; Jamie Theobald

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.005

Insect Neurobiology: How a Small Spot Stops a Fly

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 6;30(13):R761-R763. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.005.

Authors

Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi¹, Jamie Theobald²

Affiliations

¹ Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
² Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL 33199, USA. Electronic address: theobald@fiu.edu.

PMID: 32634415
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.005

Abstract

Animals often respond to small moving features very differently than they do to large moving fields. A new study finds that viewing small spots causes walking fruit flies to stop in their tracks, and identifies the cellular pathway that processes this signal.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila*
Freezing
Insecta
Neurobiology*
Neurons