Year: 1994
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Flies have a distinct body posture during walking and flight.Hence head and eyes have mostly a preferred alignment with the surroundings.Voluntary and involuntary changes of body orientation elicit compensatory head turns which stabilize the original, correct orientation of the eyes relative to the surroundings.Compensatory head turns are elicited by several sensory cues which simultaneously influence the fly's walking posture or flight attitude, depending upon the locomotor state.Head/trunk-coordination is achieved by directionally specific neck sense organs.Visual and mechanosensory response components have complementary kinetic and dynamic characteristics.This enables the fly to correct unwanted misalignments of its eyes rapidly and precisely over a large range of angular velocities.The fly thus optimizes its visual abilities despite its formidable maneuverability.
Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)
Language: English
Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2189124608