Regulation of forward and backward locomotion through intersegmental feedback circuits in Drosophila larvae

Locomotion involves the coordinated contraction of antagonistic muscles. Here, the authors report that in Drosophila larvae a pair of higher-order feedback neurons temporally regulates the intersegmental coordination of contraction of synergistic muscles enabling bidirectional movement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiroshi Kohsaka, Maarten F. Zwart, Akira Fushiki, Richard D. Fetter, James W. Truman, Albert Cardona, Akinao Nose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10695-y