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Motor control of Drosophila feeding behavior

Schwarz, Olivia and Bohra, Ali Asgar and Liu, Xinyu and Reichert, Heinrich and VijayRaghavan, Krishnaswamy and Pielage, Jan. (2017) Motor control of Drosophila feeding behavior. eLife, 6. e19892.

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Abstract

The precise coordination of body parts is essential for survival and behavior of higher organisms. While progress has been made towards the identification of central mechanisms coordinating limb movement, only limited knowledge exists regarding the generation and execution of sequential motor action patterns at the level of individual motoneurons. Here we use Drosophila proboscis extension as a model system for a reaching-like behavior. We first provide a neuroanatomical description of the motoneurons and muscles contributing to proboscis motion. Using genetic targeting in combination with artificial activation and silencing assays we identify the individual motoneurons controlling the five major sequential steps of proboscis extension and retraction. Activity-manipulations during naturally evoked proboscis extension show that orchestration of serial motoneuron activation does not rely on feed-forward mechanisms. Our data support a model in which central command circuits recruit individual motoneurons to generate task-specific proboscis extension sequences.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Molecular Zoology (Reichert)
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Neurobiology
UniBasel Contributors:Reichert, Heinrich
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:eLife Sciences Publications
e-ISSN:2050-084X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:25 Sep 2017 15:00

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