A deep learning analysis of Drosophila body kinematics during magnetically tethered flight
- Authors
- Kim, Geonil; An, JoonHu; Ha, Subin; Kim, Anmo J.
- Issue Date
- Apr-2023
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Keywords
- DeepLabCut; Drosophila; magnetically tethered flight assay; object fixation; saccade dynamics
- Citation
- Journal of Neurogenetics, v.37, no.SI 1-2, pp.47 - 56
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- Journal Title
- Journal of Neurogenetics
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- SI 1-2
- Start Page
- 47
- End Page
- 56
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/191993
- DOI
- 10.1080/01677063.2023.2210682
- ISSN
- 0167-7063
- Abstract
- Flying Drosophila rely on their vision to detect visual objects and adjust their flight course. Despite their robust fixation on a dark, vertical bar, our understanding of the underlying visuomotor neural circuits remains limited, in part due to difficulties in analyzing detailed body kinematics in a sensitive behavioral assay. In this study, we observed the body kinematics of flying Drosophila using a magnetically tethered flight assay, in which flies are free to rotate around their yaw axis, enabling naturalistic visual and proprioceptive feedback. Additionally, we used deep learning-based video analyses to characterize the kinematics of multiple body parts in flying animals. By applying this pipeline of behavioral experiments and analyses, we characterized the detailed body kinematics during rapid flight turns (or saccades) in two different visual conditions: spontaneous flight saccades under static screen and bar-fixating saccades while tracking a rotating bar. We found that both types of saccades involved movements of multiple body parts and that the overall dynamics were comparable. Our study highlights the importance of sensitive behavioral assays and analysis tools for characterizing complex visual behaviors.
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