Fruit flies step out.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23326643.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00450 and PMC identifier 3539330.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
A method that can analyse the movements of Drosophila as they walk is a valuable addition to the tools available to neurobiologists, and has already led to insights into the interplay of central networks and sensory feedback in this model organism.
Medical subject headings
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Extremities
- Gait
- Proprioception
- Sensory Receptor Cells
- Walking