Shorter-duration escapes driven by Drosophila giant interneurons promote survival during predation
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1724
Abstract: Large axon-diameter descending neurons are metabolically costly but transmit information rapidly from sensory neurons in the brain to motor neurons in the nerve cord. They have thus endured as a common feature of escape circuits… read more here.
Keywords: duration; predation; prey survival; duration escapes ... See more keywords