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Dickerson, B. H., de Souza, A. M., Huda, A. Dickinson, M. (2019). Flies Regulate Wing Motion via Active Control of a Dual-Function Gyroscope, vol. 29, no. 20, 21 Oct. 2019, pp. 3517–3524., doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.065.

Agrawal, S. and Dickinson, M. (2019). The effects of target contrast on Drosophila courtship. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(16), p.jeb203414.

Corfas, R.A., Sharma, T., and Dickinson, M.H. (2019). Diverse food-sensing neurons trigger idiothetic local search in Drosophila. Current Biology 29, 1660–1668.

Warren, T., Giraldo, Y. and Dickinson, M. (2019). Celestial navigation in Drosophila. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(Suppl 1), p.jeb186148.

Van Breugel, F., Huda, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2018). Distinct activity-gated pathways mediate attraction and aversion to CO2 in Drosophila. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0732-8

Baker, K., Dickinson, M., Findley, T., Gire, D., Louis, M., Suver, M., Verhagen, J., Nagel, K. and Smear, M. (2018). Algorithms for Olfactory Search across Species. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(44), pp.9383-9389.

Chen, C., Hermans, L., Viswanathan, M., Fortun, D., Aymanns, F., Unser, M., Cammarato, A., Dickinson, M. and Ramdya, P. (2018). Imaging neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of behaving adult Drosophila. Nature Communications, 9(1).

O’Sullivan, A., Lindsay, T., Prudnikova, A., Erdi, B., Dickinson, M. and von Philipsborn, A. (2018). Multifunctional Wing Motor Control of Song and Flight. Current Biology, 28(17), pp.2705-2717.e4.

Giraldo, Y.M., Leitch, K. J., Ros, G.R., Warren, T.L., Weir, P.T., and Dickinson, M.H. (2018). Sun navigation requires compass cells in Drosophila. Current Biology 28, 2845-2852.

Warren, T.L., Weir, P.T., and Dickinson, M.H. (2018) Flying Drosophila melanogaster maintain arbitrary but stable headings relative to the angle of polarized light. J. Exp Biol. 221: jeb177550

Pang, R., van Breugel, F., Dickinson, M., Riffell, J. and Fairhall, A. (2018). History dependence in insect flight decisions during odor tracking. PLOS Computational Biology, 14(2), p.e1005969.

Vinauger, C., Lahondère, C., Wolff, G., Locke, L., Liaw, J., Parrish, J., Akbari, O., Dickinson, M. and Riffell, J. (2018). Modulation of Host Learning in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Current Biology, 28(3), pp.333-344.e8.

van Breugel, F. and Dickinson, M. (2017). Superhydrophobic diving flies (Ephydra hians) and the hypersaline waters of Mono Lake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(51), pp.13483-13488.

Goller, B., Segre, P., Middleton, K., Dickinson, M. and Altshuler, D. (2017). Visual Sensory Signals Dominate Tactile Cues during Docked Feeding in Hummingbirds. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11.

Kim, I. and Dickinson, M. (2017). Idiothetic Path Integration in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology, 27(15), pp.2227-2238.e3.

Schnell, B., Ros, I. and Dickinson, M. (2017). A Descending Neuron Correlated with the Rapid Steering Maneuvers of Flying Drosophila. Current Biology, 27(8), pp.1200-1205.

Lindsay, T., Sustar, A. and Dickinson, M. (2017). The Function and Organization of the Motor System Controlling Flight Maneuvers in Flies. Current Biology, 27(3), pp.345-358.

Muijres, Florian T, et al. “Flies Compensate for Unilateral Wing Damage through Modular Adjustments of Wing and Body Kinematics.” Flies Compensate for Unilateral Wing Damage through Modular Adjustments of Wing and Body Kinematics, vol. 7, no. 1, 6 Feb. 2017, doi:10.1098/rsfs.2016.0103.

Suver, M., Huda, A., Iwasaki, N., Safarik, S., Dickinson, M. H. (2016). An array of descending visual interneurons encoding self-motion in Drosophila. J Neurosci. 36:11768 –11780

Dickinson, M. H. and Muijres, F. (2016). The aerodynamics and control of free flight maneuvers in Drosophila. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 371:20150388.

Weir PT, Henze M, Bleul C, Baumann-Klausener F, Labhart T, Dickinson MH (2016) Anatomical reconstruction and functional imaging reveal an ordered array of skylight polarization detectors in Drosophila. J Neurosci 36(19): 5397-5404.

Segre, P.S., Dakin, R., Zordan, V.B., Dickinson, M.H., Straw, A.D., Altshuler, D.L. (2015) Burst muscle performance predicts the speed, acceleration, and turning performance of Anna’s hummingbirds. eLife 2015; 10.7554/eLife.11159

Weir, P. T. and Dickinson, M. H. (2015). Functional divisions for visual processing in the central brain of flying Drosophila. PNAS 112(40), E5523-E5532.

van Breugel, F., Riffell, J, Fairhall, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2015). Mosquitoes use vision to associate odor plumes with thermal targets. Current Biology 25: 2123-2129.

Mamiya, A., Dickinson, M. H. (2015). Antennal mechanosensory neurons mediate wing motor reflexes in flying Drosophila. J Neurosci. 35.20 (2015): 7977-7991.

Muijres, F.T., Elzinga, N., Iwasaki, J., Dickinson, M.H. (2015). Body saccades of Drosophila consist of sterotyped banked turns. J. Exp. Biol. doi: 10.1242/jeb.114280

Vance, J. T., Altshuler, D. L., Dickson, W. Dickinson, M. H., Roberts, S. P (2014). Hovering flight in the honey bee Apis mellifera: Kinematic mechanisms for varying aerodynamic forces. Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 87(6), 870-881.

Itsov, M.I., Moreir, J.-M., Vinnik, E., Lopes, G., Safarik, S., Dickinson, M.H., and Ribeiro, C. (2014). Automated monitoring and quantitative analysis of feeding behavior in Drosophila. Nature Communications 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms5560

Agrawal, A, Safarik, S. Dickinson, M.H. (2014) The relative roles of vision and chemo-sensation in mate recognition of Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 2796-2805.

Stowers, J., Fuhrmann, A., Hofbauer, M.; Streinzer, M. Schmid, A., Dickinson, M. Straw, A. (2014). Reverse engineering animal vision with virtual reality and genetics. Computer 47, 38-45.

van Breugel, F., Morgansen, K., and Dickinson, M. H. (2014). Monocular distance estimation from optic flow during active landing maneuvers. Bioinspiation and Biomimetics 9, 025001.

Elzinga, M. and Dickinson, M. H. (2014) Wing kinematics and the stabilization of longitudinal forward flight in flies. Bioinspiation and Biomimetics 9, 025001.

van Breugel, F., Suver, M., and M.H. Dickinson (2014) Octopaminergic modulation of the visual flight speed regulator of Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 1737-1744.

Muijres, F.T., Elzinga, M.J., Melis, J., Dickinson, M.H. (2014) Flies evade looming targets by executing rapid visually-directed banked turns. Science 344, 172-177.

Schnell, B., Weir, P., Roth E., Fairhall, A.L. and M.H. Dickinson (2014). Cellular mechanisms for integral feedback in visually-guided behavior. PNAS 111, 5700-5705.

Fuller, S.A., Straw, A.S., Peek, M.Y., Murray, R.M., Dickinson, M.H. (2014). Flying Drosophila stabilize their vision‐based velocity controller by sensing wind with their antennae. PNAS 111, E1182 – E1191.

van Breugel, F., and M.H. Dickinson (2014) Plume tracking behavior of flying Drosophila emerges from a set of distinct sensory-motor reflexes. Current Biology 24, 274–286.

Weir, P., Schnell, B., Dickinson, M. H. (2014) Flight-dependent responses to progressive visual motion in central complex neurons of Drosophila. J. Neurophysiol. 111, 62-171.

Censi, A., Straw, A.D., Sayaman, R., Murray, R., Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Discriminating external and internal causes for heading changes in freely flying Drosophila. PLoS Comp. Biol. 9(2) e1002891

Reiser, M., and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). Visual motion speed determines a behavioral switch from forward flight to expansion avoidance in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol., 216, 719-732.

Suver, M., Mamiya, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Octopamine neurons mediate flight-induced modulation of visual processing in Drosophila. Current Biology, 22, 1-9.

Schneider, J., Dickinson, M.H., and Levine, J. (2012). Social network structure depends on innate determinants and chemosensory processing in Drosophila. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1121252109.

Zabala, F., Polidoro, P., Robie, A., Branson, K., Perona, P., and Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Detecting motion while moving: a simple algorithm revealed by animal-robot interactions. Current Biology 22, 1344-1350.

van Breugel, F., and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). The visual control of landing in the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 215, 1783-1798.

Elzinga, M. J., Dickson, W. B, and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). The influence of sensory delay on the yaw dynamics of a flapping insect. Royal Society Interface doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0699

Weir, P. T. and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). Flying Drosophila orient to sky polarization. Current Biology 22, 12-20.

Simon. J. C., Dickson, W. B.; Dickinson, M. H. (2011) Prior mating experience modulates the dispersal of male Drosophila to greater extent than females. Behav. Genetics 41, 754-767.

Mamiya, A, Straw, A. D., Tómasson, E., Dickinson, M. H. (2011). Active antennal movements enhance visually-guided steering in flying Drosophila. J Neurosci. 31, 6900-6914.

Bhandawat, V., Maimon, G., Dickinson, M. H., and Wilson, R. I. (2010). Olfactory modulation of flight in Drosophila is sensitive, selective and rapid. J. Exp. Biol. 213, 3625-3635.

Straw, A., Lee, S., and Dickinson, M. H. (2010). The visual control of altitude of flying Drosophila. Current Biology, 20, 1550-1556.

Straw, A.D., Branson, K., Neumann, T.R., and Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Multi-camera real-time 3D tracking of multiple flying animals. Royal Society Interface, doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0230.

Dickson, W. B, Polidoro, P. J., Tanner, M. M., Dickinson, M. H. (2010). A linear systems analysis of the yaw dynamics of the fruit fly Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol., 213, 3047-3061.

Altshuler, D.C., Welch K. C., Cho, B. H., Welch, D. B., Lin, A.F., Dickson, W. B., and Dickinson,. M. H. (2010). Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna’s hummingbirds (Calypte anna) J. Exp. Biol. 213: 2507-2514.

Robie, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Object preference by walking fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, is mediated by vision and graviperception. J. Exp. Biol. 2010 213: 2494-2506.

Reiser, M., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Drosophila fly straight by fixating objects in the face of expanding optic flow. J. Exp. Biol. 213, 1771-1781.

Maimon, G., Straw, A.D., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Active flight increases the gain of visual motion processing in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 13, 393-399.

Simon, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2010). A new chamber for studying the behavior of Drosophila. PLoS One.

Straw, A.D., Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Motmot, an open-source toolkit for real-time video acquisition and analysis. Source Code for Biology and Medicine 4(5) doi: 10.1186/1751-0473-4-5

Lentink, D., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2705-2719.

Lentink, D., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Biofluiddynamic scaling of flapping, spinning and translating fins and wings. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2691-2704.

Lentink, D., Dickson, W. B., van Leeuwen, J. L., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds. Science 324, 1438-1440.

Branson, K., Robie, A., Bender, J., Perona, P., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009). High-throughput ethomics in large groups of Drosophila. Nature Methods, 6, 451-457.

Fontaine, E. I., Zabala, F., Dickinson, M.H., and Burdick, J. W. (2009) Wing and body motion during flight initiation in Drosophila revealed by automated visual tracking. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1307-1323.

Sigiura, H., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009) The generation of forces and moments during visual-evoked steering maneuvers in flying Drosophila. PLoS ONE 4(3) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004883.

Fry, S.N., Rohrseitz, N., Straw, A.D., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009) Visual speed control in flying Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 212: 1120-1130.

Dickson, W.B., Straw, A.D. and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). An integrative model of Drosophila flight control. AIAA Journal 46, 2150-2164.

Card, G., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). Visually mediated motor planning in the escape response of Drosophila. Current Biology 18, 1-8.

Card, G., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). Performance trade-offs in the flight initiation of Drosophila. J. Exp Biol. 221, 341-353.

Fry, S.N., Rohrseitz, N., Straw, A.D., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008) TrackFly: Virtual reality for a behavioral system analysis in free-flying fruit flies. J. Neurosci. Meth. 171, 110-117.

Reiser, MB and Dickinson, MH (2008). A modular display system for insect behavioral neuroscience. J. Neurosci. Meth. 167, 127-139.

Maimon, G., Straw, A., Dickinson, M. H. (2008). A simple visual algorithm for decision making in flying Drosophila. Current Biology, 18, 464-470.

Budick, S.A., Reiser, M.B., Dickinson, M. H. (2007). The role of visual and mechanosensory cues in structuring forward flight in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 4092-4103.

Sawyer, F. B., Epstein, M., Waydo, S., Dickson, W. B., Straw, A., Dickinson, M. H., and Murray, R. M. Flight control in a flapping-wing fruit fly simulator, The Neuromorphic Engineer, 12 Nov. 2007.

Frye, M. A., Dickinson, M. H. (2007). Visual edge orientation shapes free-flight behavior in Drosophila. Fly 1, 153-154.

Bender J. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006). A comparison of visual and haltere-mediated feedback in the control of body saccades in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 4597-4606.

Gordon, S. Dickinson, M. H. (2006) Role of calcium in the regulation of mechanical power in insect flight. PNAS 103: 4311-4315

Poelma C., Dickson W. B., Dickinson M. H. (2006). Time-resolved reconstruction of the full velocity field around a dynamically-scaled flapping wing. Exp. in Fluids 41 213-225.

Budick S. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006). Free-flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors. J. Exp. Biol. 309, 3001-3017.

Bender J. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006).Visual stimulation of saccades in magnetically tethered Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 3170-3182.

Dickinson, M. H., G. Farman, M. Frye, T. Bekyarova, D. Gore, D. Maughan, and T. Irving (2005). Molecular dynamics of cyclically contracting insect flight muscle in vivo. Nature 433, 330-333.

Fry, S. N., R. Sayaman, M.H. Dickinson (2005). The aerodynamics of hovering flight in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2303-2318.

Lehmann, F.-O., Sane., S., and Dickinson, M. H. (2005). The aerodynamic effects of wing-wing interactions in flapping insect wings. J. Exp. Biol. 208. 3645-3654.

Altshuler, D. L, Dickson, W. B., Vance, J.T., Roberts, S. P., and Dickinson, M. H. (2005). Short-amplitude high-frequency wing strokes determine the aerodynamics of honeybee flight. PNAS 102, 18213-18218.

Taylor, P. E., Card, G; House, J., Dickinson, M. H., Flagan, R. C. (2005). High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, Morus alba L. Sex Plant Reproduction 19, 19-24.

Tammero, L. F., Frye, M. A., Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Spatial organization of visuomotor reflexes in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 113-122.

Sherman, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Summation of visual and mechanosensory feedback in Drosophila flight control. J. Exp. Biol., 207, 133-142.

Wang, J., Birch, J. M., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Unsteady Forces and Flows in Low Reynolds number hovering flight: Two dimensional computations vs. robotic wing experiments. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 449-460.

Birch, J., Dickson, W., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Force production and flow structure of the leading edge vortex at high and low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol., 207, 1063-1072.

Balint, C. N. and M. H. Dickinson (2004). Neuromuscular control of aerodynamic forces and moments in the blowfly, Calliphora vicina. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 3813-3838.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2004). Closing the loop between neurobiology and flight behavior in Drosophila, Current. Opinions. in Neurobiology., 14, 729-726.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2004). Motor output reflects the linear superposition of visual and olfactory inputs in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 123-131.

Dickson, W. and M. H. Dickinson (2004). The effect of advance ratio on the aerodynamics of revolving wings. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 4269-4281.

Sherman, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (2003) A comparison of visual and haltere mediated equilibrium reflexes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 295-302.

Frye, M. A., M. Tarsitano, M.H. Dickinson (2003). Odor localization requires visual feedback during free flight in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 843-855.

Fry, S. N., R. Sayaman, M.H. Dickinson (2003). The aerodynamics of free-flight maneuvers in Drosophila. Science 300: 495-498.

Birch, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2003). The influence of wing-wake interactions on the production of aerodynamic forces in flapping flight. J. Exp. Biol., 206, 2257-2272.

Reiser, M B., and Dickinson, M. H. (2003) A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, 361, 2267-2285.

Tammero, L., and Dickinson, M.H. (2002a). The influence of visual landscape on the free flight behavioor of the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 205, 2785-2798.

Tammero, L. F. and Dickinson, M. H. (2002b). Collision-avoidance and landing responses are mediated by separate pathways in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 205, 2785-2798.

Balint, C. N. and M. H. Dickinson (2002). The correlation between wing kinematics and steering activity in the blowfly Calliphora vicina. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 4213-4226.

Lehmann, F.-0., Dickinson, M. H (2001). The production of elevated flight force compromises flight stability in the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 204, 627-635.

Birch, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2001). Stable dynamic stall on a flapping wing does not require a spiral vortex. Nature 412, 729-733.

Sane, S., Dickinson, M.H. (2001). The control of flight force by a flapping appendage I. Lift and drag production. J. Exp. Biol., 204: 2607-2626

Sane, S. P. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). The aerodynamic effects of wing rotation and a revised quasi-steady model of flapping flight. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 1087-1096.

Moore, J. R., Dickinson, M. H, Vigoreaux, J. O., Maughan, D. W. (2000). The effect of removing the N-terminal extension of the Drosophila myosin regulatory light chain upon flight ability and contractile dynamics of indirect flight muscle. Biophys.J., 2000 78: 1431-1440.

Lehmann, F.-0., Dickinson, M. H., and Staunton, J. (2000). The scaling of carbon dioxide release and respiratory water loss in flying fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol. 203, 1613-1624.

Fearing, R. S., Chiang, K. H., Dickinson, M. H., Pick, D. L., and Yan, J. (2000). Wing Transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE, ICRA.

Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Sane, S. (1999). Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight. Science 284, 1954.

Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Haltere-mediated equilibrium reflexes of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. L. 355, 903-916.

Fayyazuddin, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Convergent mechanosensory input structures the firing phase of a steering motorneuron in the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Neurophysiol. 82, 1916-1926.

Lehmann, F.-O., and Dickinson, M.H. (1998). The control of wing kinematics and flight forces in fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol., 201, 385-401.

Chan, W.P., Prete, F., and Dickinson, M.H. (1998) Visual input to the efferent control system of a fly’s ‘gyroscope’. Science, 289, 289-292.

Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Chan, W.P. (1998). The control of mechanical power in insect flight. Amer. Zool., 38, 718-728.

Lehmann, F.-O., and Dickinson, M. H. (1997). The changes in power requirements and muscle efficiency during elevated force production in the fruit fly, Drosophila. melanogaster, J. Exp. Biol. 200, 1133–1143.

Dickinson, M.H., Hannaford, S., and Palka, J. (1997). The evolution of insect wings and their sensory apparatus. Brain, Evolution & Behavior ,50, 13-24.

Dickinson, M. H., Hyatt, C. J., Lehmann, F.-O., Moore, J. R., Reedy, M. C., Simcox, A., Tohtong, R., Vigoreaux, J. O., Yamashita, and H., Maughan, D. W. (1997). Phosphorylation-dependent power output and flight ability of transgenic flies: an integrated study. Biophys. J., 73, 3122-3134.

Tu, and Dickinson, M. H. (1996). The control of wing kinematics by two steering muscles of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina). J. Comp Physiol., 178, 813-830.

Chan, W.P., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). Position-specific central projections of mechanosensory neurons on the haltere of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina. J. Comp. Neurol. 369, 405-418.

Fayyazuddin, A., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). Haltere afferents provide direct, electrotonic input to a steering motor neuron of the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Neurosci., 16, 5225-5232.

Dickinson, M.H., and Götz, K.G. (1996). The wake dynamics and flight forces of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol., 199, 2085-2104.

Chan, W. P., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). In vivo length oscillations of indirect flight muscles in the fruit fly, Drosophila virilis. J. Exp. Biol., 199, 2767-2774.

Dickinson, M.H., and Lighton, J. B. (1995). Muscle efficiency and elastic storage in the flight motor of Drosophila. Science 268, 87-90.

Dickinson, M.H. (1994). The effects of wing rotation on unsteady aerodynamic performance at low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol. 192, 179-206.

Tu, M., and Dickinson, M.H. (1994). Modulation of negative work output from a steering muscle of the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Exp. Biol., 192, 207-224.

Dickinson, M.H., and Götz, K. (1993). Unsteady aerodynamic performance of model wings at low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol., 174: 45-64.

Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Götz, K.G. (1993). Active Control of Wing Rotation by Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 182:173-189.

Linden, D.J., M.H. Dickinson, M. Smeyne, and J.A. Connor (1991). A long-term depression of AMPA currents in cultured cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Neuron 7:81-89.

Schilling, K., M.H. Dickinson, J.A. Connor, and J.I. Morgan (1991). Electrical activity in cerebellar cultures determines Purkinje cell dendrite growth patterns. Neuron 7:891-902.

Dickinson, M. H. (1992). Directional sensitivity and mechanical coupling dynamics of campaniform sensilla during chord-wise deformations of the fly wing. J. Exp. Biol., 169:221-233.

Dickinson, M.H (1990). Comparison of encoding properties of campaniform sensilla on the fly wing. J. Exp. Biol. 151: 245-261.

Dickinson, M.H (1990). Linear and nonlinear encoding properties of an identified mechanoreceptor on the fly wing measured with mechanical noise stimuli. J. Exp. Biol. 151: 219-244.

Lent, C.M., K.H. Fliegner, E. Freedman, and M.H. Dickinson (1988). Ingestive behavior and physiology of the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 137:513-527.

Dickinson, M.H., and J. Palka (1987). Physiological properties, time of development, and central projection are correlated in the wing mechanoreceptors of Drosophila. J. Neurosci. 7: 4201-4208.

Lent, C.M., and M.H. Dickinson (1986). On the termination of ingestive behavior by the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 31: 1-15.

Dickinson, M.H. and C.M. Lent (1984). Feeding behavior of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis L. J. Comp Physiol. A 154:449-455.

Lent, C.M. and M.H. Dickinson (1984). Retzius Cells retain functional membrane properties following “ablation” by the neurotoxin 5,7 DHT. Brain Res. 300: 167-171.

Lent, C.M. and M.H. Dickinson (1984). Serotonin integrates the feeding behavior of the medicinal leech. J. Comp. Physiol. A 154: 457-471.

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Dickinson, M.H., and Götz, K. (1993). Unsteady aerodynamic performance of model wings at low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol., 174: 45-64.

Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Götz, K.G. (1993). Active Control of Wing Rotation by Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 182:173-189.

Dickinson, M.H., and Lighton, J. B. (1995). Muscle efficiency and elastic storage in the flight motor of Drosophila. Science 268, 87-90.

Dickinson, M.H. (1994). The effects of wing rotation on unsteady aerodynamic performance at low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol. 192, 179-206.

Dickinson, M.H., and Götz, K.G. (1996). The wake dynamics and flight forces of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol., 199, 2085-2104.

Lehmann, F.-O., and Dickinson, M.H. (1998). The control of wing kinematics and flight forces in fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol., 201, 385-401.

Lehmann, F.-O., and Dickinson, M. H. (1997). The changes in power requirements and muscle efficiency during elevated force production in the fruit fly, Drosophila. melanogaster, J. Exp. Biol. 200, 1133–1143.

Lehmann, F.-0., Dickinson, M. H., and Staunton, J. (2000). The scaling of carbon dioxide release and respiratory water loss in flying fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol. 203, 1613-1624.

Dickinson M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Chan, W.P. (1998). The control of mechanical power in insect flight. Amer. Zool., 38, 718-728.

Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.-O., and Sane, S. (1999). Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight. Science 284, 1954.

Lehmann, F.-0., Dickinson, M. H (2001). The production of elevated flight force compromises flight stability in the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 204, 627-635.

Birch, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2001). Stable dynamic stall on a flapping wing does not require a spiral vortex. Nature 412, 729-733.

Sane, S., Dickinson, M.H. (2001). The control of flight force by a flapping appendage I. Lift and drag production. J. Exp. Biol., 204: 2607-2626

Sane, S. P. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). The aerodynamic effects of wing rotation and a revised quasi-steady model of flapping flight. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 1087-1096.

Frye, M. A., M. Tarsitano, M.H. Dickinson (2003). Odor localization requires visual feedback during free flight in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 843-855.

Fry, S. N., R. Sayaman, M.H. Dickinson (2003). The aerodynamics of free-flight maneuvers in Drosophila. Science 300: 495-498.

Wang, J., Birch, J. M., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Unsteady Forces and Flows in Low Reynolds number hovering flight: Two dimensional computations vs. robotic wing experiments. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 449-460.

Birch, J., Dickson, W., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Force production and flow structure of the leading edge vortex at high and low Reynolds numbers. J. Exp. Biol., 207, 1063-1072.

Dickson, W. and M. H. Dickinson (2004). The effect of advance ratio on the aerodynamics of revolving wings. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 4269-4281.

Fry, S. N., R. Sayaman, M.H. Dickinson (2005). The aerodynamics of hovering flight in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2303-2318.

Lehmann, F.-O., Sane., S., and Dickinson, M. H. (2005). The aerodynamic effects of wing-wing interactions in flapping insect wings. J. Exp. Biol. 208. 3645-3654.

Altshuler, D. L, Dickson, W. B., Vance, J.T., Roberts, S. P., and Dickinson, M. H. (2005). Short-amplitude high-frequency wing strokes determine the aerodynamics of honeybee flight. PNAS 102, 18213-18218.

Birch, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2003). The influence of wing-wake interactions on the production of aerodynamic forces in flapping flight. J. Exp. Biol., 206, 2257-2272.

Dickson, W.B., Straw, A.D. and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). An integrative model of Drosophila flight control. AIAA Journal 46, 2150-2164.

Fry, S.N., Rohrseitz, N., Straw, A.D., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009) Visual speed control in flying Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 212: 1120-1130.

Sigiura, H., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009) The generation of forces and moments during visual-evoked steering maneuvers in flying Drosophila. PLoS ONE 4(3) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004883.

Lentink, D., Dickson, W. B., van Leeuwen, J. L., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds. Science 324, 1438-1440.

Lentink, D., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Biofluiddynamic scaling of flapping, spinning and translating fins and wings. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2691-2704.

Lentink, D., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2705-2719.

Poelma C., Dickson W. B., Dickinson M. H. (2006). Time-resolved reconstruction of the full velocity field around a dynamically-scaled flapping wing. Exp. in Fluids 41 213-225.

Dickson, W. B, Polidoro, P. J., Tanner, M. M., Dickinson, M. H. (2010). A linear systems analysis of the yaw dynamics of the fruit fly Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol., 213, 3047-3061.

Altshuler, D.C., Welch K. C., Cho, B. H., Welch, D. B., Lin, A.F., Dickson, W. B., and Dickinson,. M. H. (2010). Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna’s hummingbirds (Calypte anna) J. Exp. Biol. 213: 2507-2514.

Elzinga, M. J., Dickson, W. B, and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). The influence of sensory delay on the yaw dynamics of a flapping insect. Royal Society Interface doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0699

Muijres, F.T., Elzinga, M.J., Melis, J., Dickinson, M.H. (2014) Flies evade looming targets by executing rapid visually-directed banked turns. Science 344, 172-177.

Vance, J. T., Altshuler, D. L., Dickson, W. Dickinson, M. H., Roberts, S. P (2014). Hovering flight in the honey bee Apis mellifera: Kinematic mechanisms for varying aerodynamic forces. Physiol. Biochem. Zool., in press.

Muijres, F.T., Elzinga, N., Iwasaki, J., Dickinson, M.H. (2015). Body saccades of Drosophila consist of sterotyped banked turns.. J. Exp. Biol. doi: 10.1242/jeb.114280

Muscle physiology

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Dickerson, B. H., de Souza, A. M., Huda, A. Dickinson, M. (2019). Flies Regulate Wing Motion via Active Control of a Dual-Function Gyroscope. Current Biology. 29:3517-3524.

Tu, M., and Dickinson, M.H. (1994). Modulation of negative work output from a steering muscle of the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Exp. Biol., 192, 207-224.

Tu, M. and Dickinson, M. H. (1996). The control of wing kinematics by two steering muscles of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina). J. Comp Physiol., 178, 813-830.

Chan, W. P., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). In vivo length oscillations of indirect flight muscles in the fruit fly, Drosophila virilis. J. Exp. Biol., 199, 2767-2774.

Dickinson, M. H., Hyatt, C. J., Lehmann, F.-O., Moore, J. R., Reedy, M. C., Simcox, A., Tohtong, R., Vigoreaux, J. O., Yamashita, and H., Maughan, D. W. (1997). Phosphorylation-dependent power output and flight ability of transgenic flies: an integrated study. Biophys. J., 73, 3122-3134.

Moore, J. R., Dickinson, M. H, Vigoreaux, J. O., Maughan, D. W. (2000). The effect of removing the N-terminal extension of the Drosophila myosin regulatory light chain upon flight ability and contractile dynamics of indirect flight muscle. Biophys.J., 2000 78: 1431-1440.

Balint, C. N. and M. H. Dickinson (2002). The correlation between wing kinematics and steering activity in the blowfly Calliphora vicina. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 4213-4226.

Balint, C. N. and M. H. Dickinson (2004). Neuromuscular control of aerodynamic forces and moments in the blowfly, Calliphora vicina. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 3813-3838.

Gordon, S. Dickinson, M. H. (2006) Role of calcium in the regulation of mechanical power in insect flight. PNAS 103: 4311-4315.

Dickinson, M. H., G. Farman, M. Frye, T. Bekyarova, D. Gore, D. Maughan, and T. Irving (2005). Molecular dynamics of cyclically contracting insect flight muscle in vivo. Nature 433, 330-333.

Segre, P.S., Dakin, R., Zordan, V.B., Dickinson, M.H., Straw, A.D., Altshuler, D.L. (2015) Burst muscle performance predicts the speed, acceleration, and turning performance of Anna’s hummingbirds. eLife 2015; 10.7554/eLife.11159

Visual guidance

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Tammero, L., and Dickinson, M.H. (2002a). The influence of visual landscape on the free flight behavioor of the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 205, 2785-2798.

Tammero, L. F. and Dickinson, M. H. (2002b). Collision-avoidance and landing responses are mediated by separate pathways in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 205, 2785-2798.

Tammero, L. F., Frye, M. A., Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Spatial organization of visuomotor reflexes in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 113-122.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2004). Motor output reflects the linear superposition of visual and olfactory inputs in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 123-131.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2004). Closing the loop between neurobiology and flight behavior in Drosophila, Current. Opinions. in Neurobiology., 14, 729-726.

Budick, S.A., Reiser, M.B., Dickinson, M. H. (2007). The role of visual and mechanosensory cues in structuring forward flight in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 4092-4103.

Maimon, G., Straw, A., Dickinson, M. H. (2008). A simple visual algorithm for decision making in flying Drosophila. Current Biology, 18, 464-470.

Frye, M. A., Dickinson, M. H. (2007). Visual edge orientation shapes free-flight behavior in Drosophila. Fly 1, 153-154.

Maimon, G., Straw, A.D., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Active flight increases the gain of visual motion processing in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 13, 393-399.

Reiser, M., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Drosophila fly straight by fixating objects in the face of expanding optic flow. J. Exp. Biol. 213, 1771-1781.

Straw, A., Lee, S., and Dickinson, M. H. (2010). The visual control of altitude of flying Drosophila. Current Biology, 20, 1550-1556.

Robie, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Object preference by walking fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, is mediated by vision and graviperception. J. Exp. Biol. 2010 213: 2494-2506.

Suver, M., Mamiya, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Octopamine neurons mediate flight-induced modulation of visual processing in Drosophila. Current Biology, 22, 1-9.

Reiser, M., and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). Visual motion speed determines a behavioral switch from forward flight to expansion avoidance in Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol., 216, 719-732.

Censi, A., Straw, A.D., Sayaman, R., Murray, R., Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Discriminating external and internal causes for heading changes in freely flying Drosophila. PLoS Comp. Biol. 9(2) e1002891

Weir, P. T. and Dickinson (2012), M. H. Flying Drosophila orient to sky polarization. Current Biology 22, 12-20.

Weir, P., Schnell, B., Dickinson, M. H. (2014) Flight-dependent responses to progressive visual motion in central complex neurons of Drosophila. J. Neurophysiol. 111, 62-171.

Schnell, B., Weir, P., Roth E., Fairhall, A.L. and M.H. Dickinson (2014). Cellular mechanisms for integral feedback in visually-guided behavior. PNAS 111, 5700-5705.

van Breugel, F., Suver, M., and M.H. Dickinson (2014) Octopaminergic modulation of the visual flight speed regulator of Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 1737-1744.

Weir, P. T. and Dickinson, M. H. (2015). Functional divisions for visual processing in the central brain of flying Drosophila. PNAS 112(40), E5523-E5532.

Weir PT, Henze M, Bleul C, Baumann-Klausener F, Labhart T, Dickinson MH (2016) Anatomical reconstruction and functional imaging reveal an ordered array of skylight polarization detectors in Drosophila. J Neurosci 36(19): 5397-5404.

Mechanosensation

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Dickinson, M.H., and J. Palka (1987). Physiological properties, time of development, and central projection are correlated in the wing mechanoreceptors of Drosophila. J. Neurosci. 7: 4201-4208.

Dickinson, M.H (1990). Linear and nonlinear encoding properties of an identified mechanoreceptor on the fly wing measured with mechanical noise stimuli. J. Exp. Biol. 151: 219-244.

Dickinson, M.H (1990). Comparison of encoding properties of campaniform sensilla on the fly wing. J. Exp. Biol. 151: 245-261.

Dickinson, M. H. (1992). Directional sensitivity and mechanical coupling dynamics of campaniform sensilla during chord-wise deformations of the fly wing. J. Exp. Biol., 169:221-233.

Chan, W.P., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). Position-specific central projections of mechanosensory neurons on the haltere of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina. J. Comp. Neurol. 369, 405-418.

Fayyazuddin, A., and Dickinson, M.H. (1996). Haltere afferents provide direct, electrotonic input to a steering motor neuron of the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Neurosci., 16, 5225-5232.

Dickinson, M.H., Hannaford, S., and Palka, J. (1997). The evolution of insect wings and their sensory apparatus. Brain, Evolution & Behavior ,50, 13-24.

Chan, W.P., Prete, F., and Dickinson, M.H. (1998) Visual input to the efferent control system of a fly’s ‘gyroscope’. Science, 289, 289-292.

Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Haltere-mediated equilibrium reflexes of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. L. 355, 903-916.

Fayyazuddin, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Convergent mechanosensory input structures the firing phase of a steering motorneuron in the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Neurophysiol. 82, 1916-1926.

Sherman, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (2003) A comparison of visual and haltere mediated equilibrium reflexes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 295-302.

Dickinson, Sherman, A., and Dickinson, M. H. (2004). Summation of visual and mechanosensory feedback in Drosophila flight control. J. Exp. Biol., 207, 133-142.

Bender J. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006).Visual stimulation of saccades in magnetically tethered Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 3170-3182.

Bender J. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006). A comparison of visual and haltere-mediated feedback in the control of body saccades in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 4597-4606.

Budick, S.A., Reiser, M.B., Dickinson, M. H. (2007). The role of visual and mechanosensory cues in structuring forward flight in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 4092-4103.

Mamiya, A, Straw, A. D., Tómasson, E., Dickinson, M. H. (2011). Active antennal movements enhance visually-guided steering in flying Drosophila. J Neurosci. 31, 6900-6914.

Fuller, S.A., Straw, A.S., Peek, M.Y., Murray, R.M., Dickinson, M.H. (2014). Flying Drosophila stabilize their vision‐based velocity controller by sensing wind with their antennae. PNAS 111, E1182 – E1191.

Mamiya, A., Dickinson, M. H. (2015). Antennal mechanosensory neurons mediate wing motor reflexes in flying Drosophila. J Neurosci. in review.

Olfactory guidance

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Budick S. A., Dickinson M. H. (2006). Free-flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors. J. Exp. Biol. 309, 3001-3017.

Bhandawat, V., Maimon, G., Dickinson, M. H., and Wilson, R. I. (2010). Olfactory modulation of flight in Drosophila is sensitive, selective and rapid. J. Exp. Biol. 213, 3625-3635.

van Breugel, F., and M.H. Dickinson (2014) Plume tracking behavior of flying Drosophila emerges from a set of distinct sensory-motor reflexes. Current Biology 24, 274–286.

van Breugel, F., Riffell, J, Fairhall, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2015). Mosquitoes use vision to associate odor plumes with thermal targets. Current Biology 25: 2123-2129.

Takeoff and landing

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Card, G., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). Performance trade-offs in the flight initiation of Drosophila. J. Exp Biol. 221, 341-353.

Card, G., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008). Visually mediated motor planning in the escape response of Drosophila. Current Biology 18, 1-8.

Fontaine, E. I., Zabala, F., Dickinson, M.H., and Burdick, J. W. (2009) Wing and body motion during flight initiation in Drosophila revealed by automated visual tracking. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1307-1323.

van Breugel, F., and Dickinson, M. H. (2012). The visual control of landing in the fruit fly, Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 215, 1783-1798.

Social behaviors

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Simon. J. C., Dickson, W. B.; Dickinson, M. H. (2011) Prior mating experience modulates the dispersal of male Drosophila to greater extent than females. Behav. Genetics 41, 754-767.

Zabala, F., Polidoro, P., Robie, A., Branson, K., Perona, P., and Dickinson, M.H. (2012). Detecting motion while moving: a simple algorithm revealed by animal-robot interactions. Current Biology 22, 1344-1350.

Schneider, J., Dickinson, M.H., and Levine, J. (2012). Social network structure depends on innate determinants and chemosensory processing in Drosophila. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1121252109.

Agrawal, A, Safarik, S. Dickinson, M.H. (2014) The relative roles of vision and chemo-sensation in mate recognition of Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 2796-2805.

Elzinga, M. and Dickinson, M. H. (2014) Wing kinematics and the stabilization of longitudinal forward flight in flies. Bioinspiation and Biomimetics 9, 025001.

Robotics

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Fearing, R. S., Chiang, K. H., Dickinson, M. H., Pick, D. L., and Yan, J. (2000). Wing Transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE, ICRA.

Reiser, M B., and Dickinson, M. H. (2003) A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, 361, 2267-2285.

Sawyer, F. B., Epstein, M., Waydo, S., Dickson, W. B., Straw, A., Dickinson, M. H., and Murray, R. M. Flight control in a flapping-wing fruit fly simulator, The Neuromorphic Engineer, 12 Nov. 2007.

Reiser M.B., Humbert J.S., Dunlop M.J., Del Vecchio D., Murray R.M., Dickinson M.H. (2004). Vision as a compensatory mechanism for disturbance rejection in upwind flight. Proceedings of American Control Conference 2004, 311-316.

Dickson, W.B., Straw, A.D., Poelma, C., & Dickinson, M.H. (2006). An integrative model of insect flight control. Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-34.

Epstein, M, Waydo, S, Fuller, S.B, Dickson, W., Straw, A., Dickinson, M.H, Murray, R.M. (2007) Biologically inspired feedback design for Drosophila flight. Proceedings of the American Control Conference 2007, 3395 – 3401.

Roth, E., Reiser, M. B., Dickinson, M. H., Cowan, N. J. (2012). A task-level model for optomotor yaw regulation in Drosophila melanogaster: A frequency-domain system identification approach. Decision and Control (CDC), 2012 IEEE Conference Proceedings.

van Breugel, F., Morgansen, K., and Dickinson, M. H. (2014). Monocular distance estimation from optic flow during active landing maneuvers. Bioinspiation and Biomimetics 9, 025001.

Methods

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Reiser, MB and Dickinson, MH (2008). A modular display system for insect behavioral neuroscience. J. Neurosci. Meth. 167, 127-139.

Fry, S.N., Rohrseitz, N., Straw, A.D., and Dickinson, M.H. (2008) TrackFly: Virtual reality for a behavioral system analysis in free-flying fruit flies. J. Neurosci. Meth. 171, 110-117.

Branson, K., Robie, A., Bender, J., Perona, P., and Dickinson, M.H. (2009). High-throughput ethomics in large groups of Drosophila. Nature Methods, 6, 451-457.

Fontaine, E. I., Zabala, F., Dickinson, M.H., and Burdick, J. W. (2009) Wing and body motion during flight initiation in Drosophila revealed by automated visual tracking. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1307-1323.

Simon, J. and Dickinson, M. H. (2010). A new chamber for studying the behavior of Drosophila. PLoS One.

Straw, A.D., Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Motmot, an open-source toolkit for real-time video acquisition and analysis. Source Code for Biology and Medicine 4(5) doi: 10.1186/1751-0473-4-5

Straw, A.D., Branson, K., Neumann, T.R., and Dickinson, M.H. (2010). Multi-camera real-time 3D tracking of multiple flying animals. Royal Society Interface, doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0230.

Stowers, J., Fuhrmann, A., Hofbauer, M.; Streinzer, M. Schmid, A., Dickinson, M. Straw, A. (2014). Reverse engineering animal vision with virtual reality and genetics. Computer 47, 38-45.

Itsov, M.I., Moreir, J.-M., Vinnik, E., Lopes, G., Safarik, S., Dickinson, M.H., and Ribeiro, C. (2014). Automated monitoring and quantitative analysis of feeding behavior in Drosophila. Nature Communications 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms5560

Plant biomechanics

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Taylor, P. E., Card, G; House, J., Dickinson, M. H., Flagan, R. C. (2005). High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, Morus alba L. Sex Plant Reproduction 19, 19-24.

Lentink, D., Dickson, W. B., van Leeuwen, J. L., and Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds. Science 324, 1438-1440.

Leech Neuroethology

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Dickinson, M.H. and C.M. Lent (1984). Feeding behavior of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis L. J. Comp Physiol. A 154:449-455.

Lent, C.M. and M.H. Dickinson (1984). Retzius Cells retain functional membrane properties following “ablation” by the neurotoxin 5,7 DHT. Brain Res. 300: 167-171.

Lent, C.M. and M.H. Dickinson (1984). Serotonin integrates the feeding behavior of the medicinal leech. J. Comp. Physiol. A 154: 457-471.

Lent, C.M., and M.H. Dickinson (1986). On the termination of ingestive behavior by the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 31: 1-15.

Lent, C.M., K.H. Fliegner, E. Freedman, and M.H. Dickinson (1988). Ingestive behavior and physiology of the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 137:513-527.

Lent, C.M., and M.H. Dickinson (1988). The neurobiology of feeding in leeches. Scientific American. 156: 98-103.

Lent, C.M., M.H. Dickinson, and C.G. Marshall (1989). Serotonin and leech feeding behavior: Obligatory neuromodulation. American Zoologist 29:1241-1254.

Purkinje cells and long term depression

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Linden, D.J., M.H. Dickinson, M. Smeyne, and J.A. Connor (1991). A long-term depression of AMPA currents in cultured cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Neuron 7:81-89.

Schilling, K., M.H. Dickinson, J.A. Connor, and J.I. Morgan (1991). Electrical activity in cerebellar cultures determines Purkinje cell dendrite growth patterns. Neuron 7:891-902.

Reviews, Commentaries, and Book Chapters

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Dickinson, M.H., and Tu, M.S. (1996). The function of Dipteran flight muscle. Comp. Bioch. Physiol., 116A, 223-238. 25.

Dickinson, M.H. (1996). Unsteady mechanisms of force generation in aquatic and aerial locomotion. American Zoologist 36, 537-554.

Borst, A. and Dickinson, M.H. (1999). Visuo-Motor Coordination in the fly. In: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2nd Edition, M. Arbib (ed), Bradford Books, MIT Press.

Dickinson, M. H., C. T. Farley, R. J Full, M. A. R. Koehl, R. Kram, and S. Lehmann (2000). How animals move: An integrative view. Science 288, 100-106.

Dickinson, M. H. (2001). Solving the mystery of insect flight. Scientific American 284, 48-57.

Dickinson, M.H. (1999). Bionics: Biological insight to mechanical design. PNAS 96, 14208-14209.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2002). Fly flight: A model for the neural control of complex behavior. Neuron 32: 385-388.

Dickinson, M.H. (2003). How to walk on water. Nature 424: 621-622.

Frye, M. A., M.H. Dickinson (2003). A signature of salience in the Drosophila brain. Nature Neuroscience 6: 544-546.

Dickinson, M. H. (2005). The initiation and control of rapid flight maneuvers in fruit flies. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 274-281.

Dickinson, M.H. (2006) Insect flight. Current Biology 16, 309-314.

Sawyer, F. B., Epstein, M., Waydo, S., Dickson, W. B., Straw, A., Dickinson, M. H., and Murray, R. M. (2007) Flight control in a flapping-wing fruit fly simulator. The Neuromorphic Engineer, 12 Nov, 2007.

Dickinson, M.H., and Dudley, R. (2009) Flight. In Encyclopedia of Insects. 2nd Edition, V.T Resh and R.T Carde (eds), Academic Press, New York.

Muijres, F.T., and M.H. Dickinson (2014) Bird flight: Fly with a little flap from your friends. Nature 505, 295-296.

M.H. Dickinson (2014) Motor Control: How dragonflies catch their prey. Current Biology.

Dickinson, M.H. (2014). Death Valley, Drosophila, & the Devonian Toolkit. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 59:51–72.

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