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Behavioral modification in choice process ofDrosophila

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In visual operant conditioning ofDrosophila at the flight simulator, only motor output of flies—yaw torque—is recorded, which is involved in the conditioning process. The current study used a newly-designed data analysis method to study the torque distribution ofDrosophila. Modification of torque distribution represents the effects of operant conditioning on flies’ behavioral mode. Earlier works[10] showed that, when facing contradictory visual cues, flies could make choices based upon the relative weightiness of different cues, and it was demonstrated that mushroom bodies might play an important role in such choice behavior. The new “torque-position map” method was used to explore the CS-US associative learning and choice behavior inDrosophila from the aspect of its behavioral mode. Finally, this work also discussed various possible neural bases involved in visual associative learning, choice processing and modification processing of the behavioral mode in the visual operant conditioning ofDrosophila.

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  1. Laboratory of Visual Information Processing, Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China

    Shunpeng Wang, Shiming Tang, Yan Li & Aike Guo

  2. Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031, Shanghai, China

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Wang, S., Tang, S., Li, Y. et al. Behavioral modification in choice process ofDrosophila . Sci. China Ser. C.-Life Sci. 46, 399–413 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192583

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