A disinhibitory mechanism biases Drosophila innate light preference

A disinhibitory mechanism biases Drosophila innate light preference

A disinhibitory mechanism biases <i>Drosophila</i> innate light preference, Published online: 10 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07929-w

The reorientation response of Drosophila larva to light is an innate behaviour. Here the authors identify a pair of GABAergic neurons that mediate a disinhibitory mechanism that regulates the larval reorientation response.

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