Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Tuneable reflexes control antennal positioning in flying hawkmoths

  • Dinesh Natesan,
  • Nitesh Saxena,
  • Örjan Ekeberg,
  • Sanjay P. Sane

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13595-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Flying insects position their antennae by integrating multisensory inputs across different timescales. This study describes an underlying hierarchical neural circuit that maintains antennal position in a fast and robust manner, whilst retaining flexibility to incorporate slower feedback to modulate position.