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An insect brain computational model inspired by Drosophila melanogaster: architecture description
Paolo ArenaLuca PatanéRoland StraussPietro Savio TerminiChristian Bergsubject
biologymedia_common.quotation_subjectfungiSmall brainBrain PartComputational biologyInsectbiology.organism_classificationDrosophila melanogasterDrosophilaSoftware architecture descriptionFunction (biology)Cellular biophysicsmedia_commondescription
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an extremely interesting insect because it shows a wealth of complex behaviors, despite its small brain. Nowadays genetic techniques allow to knock out the function of defined parts or genes in the Drosophila brain. Together with specific mutants which show similar defects in those parts or genes, hypothesis about the functions of every single brain part can be drawn. Following these experiments, a computational model of the fly Drosophila has been designed with a view to its robotic implementation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-01 |