A visual efference copy-based navigation algorithm inDrosophilafor complex visual environments

Author:

Canelo AngelORCID,Kim Yeon,Park Jeongmin,Kim Anmo JORCID

Abstract

AbstractDrosophilavisuomotor processing has been intensively studied in recent years, leading to a qualitative understanding of individual neural circuits. However, the collective operation of these circuits during naturalistic behaviors, in which flies encounter a mixture of complex visual stimuli—including those caused by their own actions—remains unexplored. In this study, we developed an integrative model ofDrosophilavisuomotor processing, wherein multiple visuomotor circuits interconnect through an efference copy (EC) mechanism. To derive the model experimentally, we analyzed the wingbeat responses of flyingDrosophilato individual, rotating visual patterns. We then combined these models to build an integrative model for superposed visual patterns, using three different strategies: the addition-only, the graded EC, and the all-or-none EC models. We compared orientation behaviors of these models with those of flyingDrosophilathat rotates their body freely in response to complex visual patterns. Results of these experiments support the all-or-none EC model, in which the amplitude of the flight turn is unimpeded by the background scene, irrespective of the visual environment. Together, our “virtual fly” model provides a formal description of vision-based navigation strategies ofDrosophilain complex visual environments and offers a novel framework for assessing the role of constituent visuomotor neural circuits in real-world contexts.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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