Multisensory-motor integration in olfactory navigation of silkmoth, Bombyx mori, using virtual reality system.

ABSTRACT: Most animals survive and thrive due to navigational behavior to reach their destinations. In order to navigate, it is important for animals to integrate information obtained from multisensory inputs and use that information to modulate their behavior. In this study, by using a virtual reality (VR) system for an insect, we investigated how the adult silkmoth integrates visual and wind direction information during female search behavior (olfactory behavior). According to the behavioral experiments using a VR system, the silkmoth had the highest navigational success rate when odor, vision, and wind information were correctly provided. However, the success rate of the search was reduced if the wind direction information provided was different from the direction actually detected. This indicate

SUBMITTER: Yamada M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8629422 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature