ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Circuit mechanisms of behavioural variability in Drosophila flight.
While sensory systems report sensory input with high reliability, behavioural responses are inherently variable. How this variability arises and how behavioural decisions are formed, is not well understood in any organism. I will use the fruit fly Drosophila as a model system to study how a specific behaviour is initiated depending on external stimuli and behavioural state. During flight, flies change direction to avoid dangers or search for food with a fast turning response called saccade. This behaviour can be replicated in head-fixed flying flies, where saccades are measured as fast changes in wing stroke amplitude, which allows for simultaneous recordings of neuronal activity. However,…
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