Locomotion is a complex motor behavior that may be expressed in different ways using a
variety of strategies depending upon species and pathological or environmental conditions …

Animals generate diverse motor behaviors, yet how the same motor neurons (MNs)
generate two distinct or antagonistic behaviors remains an open question. Here, we …

Like a rocket being propelled into space, evolution has engineered flies to launch into
adulthood via multiple stages. Flies develop and deploy two distinct bodies, linked by the …

Sensory navigation results from coordinated transitions between distinct behavioral
programs. During chemotaxis in the Drosophila melanogaster larva, the detection of positive …

The Drosophila larva executes a stereotypical exploratory routine that appears to consist of
stochastic alternation between straight peristaltic crawling and reorientation events through …

The motions that make up animal behavior arise from the interplay between neural circuits
and the mechanical parts of the body. Therefore, in order to comprehend the operational …

Peristalsis, ie, a motion pattern arising from the propagation of muscle contraction and
expansion waves along the body, is a common locomotion strategy for limbless animals …

Optogenetic stimulation of living systems enables control of neuronal functions with
extraordinary cell‐type specificity. The expression of more than one optogenetic actuator …

Fast forward locomotion is critical for animal hunting and escaping behaviors. However, how
the underlying neural circuit is wired at synaptic resolution to decide locomotion direction …

The Drosophila larva is extensively used as model species in experiments where behavior
is recorded via tracking equipment and evaluated via population-level metrics. Although …