Abstract:
:Flies escape danger by jumping into the air and flying away. The giant fibre system (GFS) is the neural circuit that mediates this simple behavioural response to visual stimuli. The sensory signal is received by the giant fibre and relayed to the leg and wing muscle motorneurons. Many of the neurons in the Drosophila GFS are uniquely identifiable and amenable to cell biological, electrophysiological and genetic studies. Here we review the anatomy and development of this system and highlight its utility for studying many aspects of nervous system biology ranging from neural development and synaptic plasticity to the aetiology of neural disorder.
journal_name
Semin Cell Dev Bioljournal_title
Seminars in cell & developmental biologyauthors
Allen MJ,Godenschwege TA,Tanouye MA,Phelan Pdoi
10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.11.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-02-01 00:00:00pages
31-41issue
1eissn
1084-9521issn
1096-3634pii
S1084-9521(05)00122-9journal_volume
17pub_type
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