Topic: defensive actions

A central question in neuroscience is understanding how sensory information is transformed into a motor output. To address this question, we need to know the neural circuits underlying these transformations from the sensory to the motor side, and the neuromuscular activity patterns involved. The compact nervous system of the Drosophila larva allows studying complete sensorimotor circuits. Our past research characterized neuronal circuits underlying the competition between defensive actions: startle actions e.g., Hunch and escape actions e.g. Bend, at the early stages of sensory processing (Jov