Project Details
Projekt
Neurogenetic dissection of the visual motion detection circuitry in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (B07)
Subject Area
Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
Term
from 2010 to 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 118803580
The detection of motion is a fundamental task of visual circuits in any sighted animal. In the previous and current funding period, we and others have identified the first direction-selective neuronal elements as well as their non-direction-selective inputs in the fly visual system. We have also defined an algorithmic basis for the generation of direction-selectivity. In the next funding period, we propose to elucidate the biophysical mechanisms which are utilized by cells to perform the underlying computations. We also propose to investigate the causal relationships between direction-selective signals in the fly brain and course control.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Project Heads
Professor Dr. Alexander Borst; Alex Stefan Mauss, Ph.D., from 5/2017 until 9/2020; Professor Dr. Dierk F. Reiff, until 9/2011
