Regulation of coordinated muscular relaxation in Drosophila larvae by a pattern-regulating intersegmental circuit

Patterned movements in animals are achieved through combinations of contraction and delayed relaxation of muscles. Here, the authors identify a class of cholinergic higher-order premotor interneurons that regulates muscular relaxation during backward locomotion of Drosophila larvae.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Atsuki Hiramoto, Julius Jonaitis, Sawako Niki, Hiroshi Kohsaka, Richard D. Fetter, Albert Cardona, Stefan R. Pulver, Akinao Nose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23273-y