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Head and body stabilization in blowflies walking on differently structured substrates

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Kress, Daniel, Egelhaaf, Martin·2012·Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI 10.1242/jeb.066910
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SUMMARY: Visually guided animals depend heavily on the quality of visual signals in order to obtain functionally relevant information about their environment. To support visual information processing, nature has evolved a large variety of physiological adaptations and behavioral strategies such as compensatory head movements. During self-movement, head rotations compensate for changes in body attitude in order to stabilize gaze. However, how walking animals cope with uneven structured substrates, which may affect body and gaze orientation, is still unknown. We used stereo high-speed video to analyze compensatory head movements of blowflies walking freely on differently structured substrates. We found that even a pronounced asperity of the ground structure, with bumps of almost the size of the animal, was largely compensated by the walking apparatus of the blowfly, which leads to body roll and pitch movements only marginally larger than those on flat substrate. Pitch and roll fluctuations of the head were smaller compared with body fluctuations on all tested substrates, emphasizing the significance of gaze stabilization during walking on structured substrates. Furthermore, we found no impairment in head and body stabilization during walks in darkness, which indicates that the control system mediating compensatory head movements works well without any visual input. Interestingly, blowflies changed their walking style in the dark and seemed to use their forelegs as tactile probes.

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Authors
Kress, D., & Egelhaaf, M.
Affiliations
Bielefeld University (DE)
Corresponding author
Kress, Daniel
ORCID
Egelhaaf, Martin
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Published
2012-05-01
Volume
215
Issue
9
Pages
1523-1532
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
DOI
10.1242/jeb.066910
OpenAlex
W2065224157
Cited by
36
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FWCI
0.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
Calliphoridae, gaze stabilization, visual guidance, walking style, insect locomotion
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Diptera, Equipment Design, Extremities, Female, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Movement, Time Factors, Video Recording, Vision, Ocular, Models, Statistical, Walking, Head Movements, Imaging, Three-Dimensional

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