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Visually Mediated Odor Tracking During Flight in Drosophila

Visually Mediated Odor Tracking During Flight in Drosophila

DOI:
10.3791/1110-v

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08:50 min

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January 26, 2009

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1Department of Physiological Science,University of California, Los Angeles

Chapters

  • 00:00Title
  • 01:16Introduction
  • 01:53Video Acquisition
  • 03:26The Fly Finding the Odor Plume
  • 05:28The Fly Remaining within the Odor Plume
  • 06:55Representative Results/Outcome
  • 08:07Conclusion

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Here we describe how to optimize the acquired video image for an olfactory magnetic-tether (OMT) apparatus. We also describe two sample experimental protocols for studying visuo-olfactory fusion.

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Visually Mediated Odor TrackingDrosophila FlightVisual CuesWind CuesOlfactory SignalsTracking BehaviorOlfactory Molecular GeneticsNeurophysiologyBehavioral AnalysisOlfactory Activation CircuitsMagnetic Tether SystemLaminar Flow Odor PlumesBody Angle MeasurementStable Odor TrackingInfluence Of Visual Cues On Odor Tracking

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