Originally a genetic model organism, the experimental use of Drosophila melanogaster has
grown to include quantitative behavioral analyses, sophisticated perturbations of neuronal …

To survive, animals must convert sensory information into appropriate behaviours,. Vision is
a common sense for locating ethologically relevant stimuli and guiding motor responses …

Deciphering how the brain regulates motor circuits to control complex behaviors is an
important, long-standing challenge in neuroscience. In the fly, Drosophila melanogaster, this …

Natural vision is dynamic: as an animal moves, its visual input changes dramatically. How
can the visual system reliably extract local features from an input dominated by self …

Visual systems extract multiple features from a scene using parallel neural circuits.
Ultimately, the separate neural signals must come together to coherently influence action …

Abstract Background Neuroscience research in Drosophila is benefiting from large-scale
connectomics efforts using electron microscopy (EM) to reveal all the neurons in a brain and …

Precise, repeatable genetic access to specific neurons via GAL4/UAS and related methods
is a key advantage of Drosophila neuroscience. Neuronal targeting is typically documented …

Tracking visual objects while maintaining stable gaze is complicated by the different
computational requirements for figure-ground discrimination, and the distinct behaviors that …

In selecting appropriate behaviors, animals should weigh sensory evidence both for and
against specific beliefs about the world. For instance, animals measure optic flow to estimate …

Animals rely on visual motion for navigating the world, and research in flies has clarified how
neural circuits extract information from moving visual scenes. However, the major pathways …