RRC ID 36309
著者 Tastekin I, Riedl J, Schilling-Kurz V, Gomez-Marin A, Truman JW, Louis M.
タイトル Role of the subesophageal zone in sensorimotor control of orientation in Drosophila larva.
ジャーナル Curr Biol
Abstract Chemotaxis is a powerful paradigm to investigate how nervous systems represent and integrate changes in sensory signals to direct navigational decisions. In the Drosophila melanogaster larva, chemotaxis mainly consists of an alternation of distinct behavioral modes: runs and directed turns. During locomotion, turns are triggered by the integration of temporal changes in the intensity of the stimulus. Upon completion of a turning maneuver, the direction of motion is typically realigned toward the odor gradient. While the anatomy of the peripheral olfactory circuits and the locomotor system of the larva are reasonably well documented, the neural circuits connecting the sensory neurons to the motor neurons remain unknown. We combined a loss-of-function behavioral screen with optogenetics-based clonal gain-of-function manipulations to identify neurons that are necessary and sufficient for the initiation of reorientation maneuvers in odor gradients. Our results indicate that a small subset of neurons residing in the subesophageal zone controls the rate of transition from runs to turns-a premotor function compatible with previous observations made in other invertebrates. After having shown that this function pertains to the processing of inputs from different sensory modalities (olfaction, vision, thermosensation), we conclude that the subesophageal zone operates as a general premotor center that regulates the selection of different behavioral programs based on the integration of sensory stimuli. The present analysis paves the way for a systematic investigation of the neural computations underlying action selection in a miniature brain amenable to genetic manipulations.
巻・号 25(11)
ページ 1448-60
公開日 2015-6-1
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.016
PII S0960-9822(15)00429-7
PMID 25959970
MeSH Animals Drosophila / physiology* Feedback, Sensory* Female Larva / physiology Male Neurons / physiology* Orientation / physiology* Phenotype
IF 9.601
引用数 26
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
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