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A Magnetic Tether System to Investigate Visual and Olfactory Mediated Flight Control in Drosophila
Published on: November 21, 2008
Visuomotor control: Drosophila bridges the gap
1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. jen22@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|April 16, 2010
Abstract:
Fruit flies with genetic lesions disrupting the structure of a brain region known as the protocerebral bridge fail to aim their movements correctly when crossing gaps, implicating this central brain neuropile in the visual control of goal-directed behaviour.

