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Remote control flies? Fly behavior controlled by laser light

flies' activity levels and changing their flight paths.

Misenböck says the triggered behaviors can last seconds or continue for minutes, depending on whether the neural circuit activated by the remote control has feedback loops that keep the circuit. "In the case of the flight circuits," he says, "it is like pushing a swing. One initial kick and it keeps swinging back and forth for a while."

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The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Susana Q. Lima and Gero Miesenböck: "Remote Control of Fly Behavior through Genetically Targeted Photostimulation of Neurons"

Four movies of the flies in action


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