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Speed dependent descending control of freezing behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

The most fundamental choice an animal has to make when it detects a threat is whether to freeze, reducing its chances of being noticed, or to flee to safety. Here we show that Drosophila melanogaster exposed to looming stimuli in a confined arena either freeze or flee. The probability of freezing ve...

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Autores principales: Zacarias, Ricardo, Namiki, Shigehiro, Card, Gwyneth M., Vasconcelos, Maria Luisa, Moita, Marta A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30209268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05875-1