多模态整合：视觉线索有助于寻找气味的果蝇。

Multimodal integration: visual cues help odor-seeking fruit flies.

作者信息

Gilbert Cole, Kuenen L P S

机构信息

Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2008 Apr 8;18(7):R295-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.020.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.020

PMID:18397737

Abstract

Olfactory stimuli are uniquely devoid of directional information, so that multimodal cues are typically required for their localization. A clever new experimental paradigm with flying Drosophila has shown that accurate heading into an odor plume requires panoramic visual cues.

摘要

嗅觉刺激独特地缺乏方向信息，因此通常需要多模态线索来对其进行定位。一项针对飞行中的果蝇的巧妙新实验范式表明，准确飞向气味羽流需要全景视觉线索。