Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: Flies have a distinct body posture during walking and flight.Hence head and eyes have usually a distinct alignment with the surroundings.Voluntary and involuntary changes of trunk orientation elicit compensatory head turns that 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 unexpected misalignments of its eyes quickly and accurately over a very wide range of angular velocities.Hence the fly's visual abilities are optimized despite its fantastic manoeuverability.
Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)
Language: German
Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W826473101