References and links
This page collects external links used during the course. More behavior-specific references will be added to the individual protocol pages.
Arena and pattern tools
- Fly-Lab-Gear walking setup hardware files and BOM: https://github.com/reiserlab/Fly-Lab-Gear/tree/G6-treadmill/Walking-Setup
- Fly-Lab-Gear tethering-station guide: https://reiserlab.github.io/Fly-Lab-Gear/tether/station
- Modular LED Display repository: https://github.com/reiserlab/Modular-LED-Display
- webDisplayTools repository: https://github.com/reiserlab/webDisplayTools
- Arena Studio: https://reiserlab.github.io/webDisplayTools/arena_studio.html
- Pattern Editor: https://reiserlab.github.io/webDisplayTools/pattern_editor.html
- Pattern Editor quick start: https://github.com/reiserlab/webDisplayTools/blob/main/PATTERN_EDITOR_QUICKSTART.md
- Generation 3 Modular LED Display guide: https://reiserlab.github.io/Modular-LED-Display/Generation%203/Software/docs/g3_user-guide.html
- Isaacson MD et al. (2022), A high-speed, modular display system for diverse neuroscience applications (G4 display preprint): doi:10.1101/2022.08.02.502550.
Fly-on-ball and tracking
- FicTrac software and documentation: https://github.com/rjdmoore/fictrac
- Loesche & Reiser (2021), An Inexpensive, High-Precision, Modular Spherical Treadmill Setup Optimized for Drosophila Experiments: doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2021.689573.
Optogenetic hardware
- Cree LED, XLamp XP-E2 LED product-family data sheet: https://downloads.cree-led.com/files/ds/x/XLamp-XPE2.pdf
- LEDdynamics/LUXdrive, 3021/3023 BuckPuck wide-range LED power module data sheet entry: https://leddynamics.com/products?id=4&pdf=3021_3023-BuckPuck.pdf
- TBD: add per-rig optical power or LED percent calibration notes.
Behavioral protocols
- Strother JA et al. (2017), The emergence of directional selectivity in the visual motion pathway of Drosophila: doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.010.
- Morimoto MM et al. (2020), Spatial readout of visual looming in the central brain of Drosophila: https://elifesciences.org/articles/57685.
- Horn E (1978), The mechanism of object fixation and its relation to spontaneous pattern preferences in Drosophila melanogaster: doi:10.1007/BF00337000.
- Cheng KY, Frye MA (2021), Odour boosts visual object approach in flies: doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0770.
P3 visual conditioning
- Wolf R, Heisenberg M (1991), Basic organization of operant behavior as revealed in Drosophila flight orientation: doi:10.1007/BF00194898.
- Dill M, Wolf R, Heisenberg M (1995), Behavioral analysis of Drosophila landmark learning in the flight simulator: doi:10.1101/lm.2.3-4.152.
- Guo A et al. (1996), Conditioned visual flight orientation in Drosophila: dependence on age, practice, and diet: doi:10.1101/lm.3.1.49.
- Brembs B, Heisenberg M (2000), The operant and the classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator: doi:10.1101/lm.7.2.104.
- Tang S, Wolf R, Xu S, Heisenberg M (2004), Visual pattern recognition in Drosophila is invariant for retinal position: doi:10.1126/science.1099839.
Updated 2026-07-10 01:47 ET.