Title :
An insect brain computational model inspired by Drosophila melanogaster: Architecture description
Author :
Arena, P. ; Berg, C. ; Patané, L. ; Strauss, R. ; Termini, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettr., Elettron. e dei Sist., Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
brain models; cellular biophysics; genetics; zoology; Drosophila melanogaster; brain computational model; complex behaviors; fruit fly; genetic techniques; insect; robots;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks (IJCNN), The 2010 International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6916-1
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2010.5596974
