Perturbing the muscle work loop paradigm to unravel the neuromechanics of unsteady locomotion

S Sponberg, E Abbott… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Muscle function during movement is more than a simple, linear transformation of neural
activity into force. The classic work loop technique has pioneered our understanding of …

Synaptic architecture of leg and wing premotor control networks in Drosophila

E Lesser, AW Azevedo, JS Phelps, L Elabbady, A Cook… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Animal movement is controlled by motor neurons (MNs), which project out of the central
nervous system to activate muscles. MN activity is coordinated by complex premotor …

Bio-inspired small target motion detection with spatio-temporal feedback in natural scenes

H Wang, Z Zhong, F Lei, J Peng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small moving objects at far distance always occupy only one or a few pixels in image and
exhibit extremely limited visual features, which bring great challenges to motion detection …

[PDF][PDF] A hull reconstruction–reprojection method for pose estimation of free-flying fruit flies

R Maya, N Lerner, O Ben-Dov… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Understanding the mechanisms of insect flight requires high-quality data of free-flight
kinematics, eg for comparative studies or genetic screens. Although recent improvements in …

Flight power muscles have a coordinated, causal role in controlling hawkmoth pitch turns

LJ Wood, J Putney, S Sponberg - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Flying insects solve a daunting control problem of generating a patterned and precise motor
program to stay airborne and generate agile maneuvers. In this motor program, each muscle …

System Identification of Interaction Network in Insect Group Flights by Cross Correlation

MS Islam, I Faruque - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Despite significant communication and processing limitations, flying insects frequently
demonstrate coordinated flight in crowded assemblies. Identifying the feedback mechanisms …

Wings of Change: aPKC/FoxP-dependent plasticity in steering motor neurons underlies operant self-learning in Drosophila

A Ehweiner, C Duch, B Brembs - F1000Research, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Motor learning is central to human existence, such as learning to speak or walk,
sports moves, or rehabilitation after injury. Evidence suggests that all forms of motor learning …

Pairwise interactions, feedback rule changes, and deliberative decisions underlie honeybee inflight group coordination

I Faruque, MS Islam - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Systematic descriptions of the underlying interaction rules that insects use to support group
and swarm flight has the potential to contribute to mathematics, biology, and robotics …

[PDF][PDF] Wings of Change: aPKC/FoxP-dependent plasticity in steering motor neurons underlies operant self-learning in Drosophila [version 2; peer review: 1 approved …

A Ehweiner, C Duch, B Brembs - 2024 - researchgate.net
Background Motor learning is central to human existence, such as learning to speak or walk,
sports moves, or rehabilitation after injury. Evidence suggests that all forms of motor learning …

Flight power muscles have a coordinated, causal role in hawkmoth pitch turns

L Wood, J Putney, S Sponberg - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Flying insects solve a daunting control problem of generating a patterned and precise motor
program to stay airborne and generate agile maneuvers. In this motor program consisting of …