@article {49331,
	title = {Visual projection neurons mediating directed courtship in Drosophila.},
	journal = {Cell},
	volume = {174},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018 Jul 04},
	pages = {607-21},
	abstract = {<p>Many animals rely on vision to detect, locate, and track moving objects. In Drosophila courtship, males primarily use visual cues to orient toward and follow females and to select the ipsilateral wing for courtship song. Here, we show that the LC10 visual projection neurons convey essential visual information during courtship. Males with LC10 neurons silenced are unable to orient toward or maintain proximity to the female and do not predominantly use the ipsilateral wing when singing. LC10 neurons preferentially respond to small moving objects using an antagonistic motion-based center-surround mechanism. Unilateral activation of LC10 neurons recapitulates the orienting and ipsilateral wing extension normally elicited by females, and the potency with which LC10 induces wing extension is enhanced in a state of courtship arousal controlled by male-specific P1 neurons. These data suggest that LC10 is a major pathway relaying visual input to the courtship circuits in the male brain.</p>
},
	issn = {1097-4172},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.020},
	author = {Ribeiro, In{\^e}s M A and Drews, Michael and Bahl, Armin and Machacek, Christian and Borst, Alexander and Dickson, Barry J}
}
@article {45974,
	title = {Neuronal control of Drosophila walking direction.},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {344},
	year = {2014},
	month = {2014 Apr 4},
	pages = {97-101},
	abstract = {<p>Most land animals normally walk forward but switch to backward walking upon sensing an obstacle or danger in the path ahead. A change in walking direction is likely to be triggered by descending "command" neurons from the brain that act upon local motor circuits to alter the timing of leg muscle activation. Here we identify descending neurons for backward walking in Drosophila--the MDN neurons. MDN activity is required for flies to walk backward when they encounter an impassable barrier and is sufficient to trigger backward walking under conditions in which flies would otherwise walk forward. We also identify ascending neurons, MAN, that promote persistent backward walking, possibly by inhibiting forward walking. These findings provide an initial glimpse into the circuits and logic that control walking direction in Drosophila.</p>
},
	keywords = {Animals, Brain, Drosophila, Extremities, Female, Gait, Ganglia, Invertebrate, Male, Neurons, Walking},
	issn = {1095-9203},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1249964},
	author = {Bidaye, Salil S and Machacek, Christian and Wu, Yang and Dickson, Barry J}
}
