List of Publications

Leech Feeding Behavior

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(1): 167-171.

Dickinson, M. H. and C. M. Lent (1984). Feeding behavior of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis L. J. Comp. Physiol. 154(4): 449-455.

Lent, C. M. and M. H. Dickinson (1984). Serotonin integrates the feeding Behavior of the Medicinal Leech. J. Comp. Physiol. 154(4): 457-471.

Lent, C. M. and M. H. Dickinson (1987). On the termination of ingestive behavior by the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 131: 1-15.

Lent, C. M., K. H. Fliegner, et al. (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. Sci. Am. 258(6): 98-103.

Lent, C. M., M. H. Dickinson, et al. (1989). Serotonin and leech feeding behavior: Obligatory neuromodulation. Am. Zool. 29(4): 1241-1254.

Control of Flight Maneuvers

Dickinson, M. H., F. O. Lehmann, et al. (1993). The active control of wing rotation by Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 173-189.

Lehmann, F. O. and M. H. Dickinson (1998). The control of wing kinematics and flight forces in fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol. 201(3): 385-401.

Visual-Mechanosenory Fusion in Flight Equilibrium

Chan, W. P., F. Prete, et al. (1998). Visual input to the efferent control system of a fly's "gyroscope". Science 280(5361): 289-292.

Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Haltere-mediated equilibrium reflexes of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 354(1385): 903-916.

Neuromuscular Mechanics of Steering Muscles

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

Chan, W. P. and M. H. Dickinson (1996). Position-specific central projections of mechanosensory neurons on the haltere of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina. J. Comp. Neurol. 369(3): 405-418.

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

Tu, M. S. and M. H. Dickinson (1996). The control of wing kinematics by two steering muscles of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina). J. Comp. Physiol. A 178(6): 813-830.

Dickinson, M. H. and M. S. Tu (1997). The function of dipteran flight muscle. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 116(3): 223-238.

Fayyazuddin, A. and M. H. Dickinson (1999). Convergent mechanosensory input structures the firing phase of a steering motor neuron in the blowfly, Calliphora. J. Neurophysiol. 82(4): 1916-1926.

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.

Flight Energetics and Regulations of Power Muscles

Lehmann, F. O. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). The production of elevated flight force compromises manoeuvrability in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 204(4): 627-635.

Chan, W. P. and M. H. Dickinson (1996). In vivo length oscillations of indirect flight muscles in the fruit fly Drosophila virilis. J. Exp. Biol. 199(12): 2767-2774.

Dickinson, M. H. and J. R. B. Lighton (1995). Muscle efficiency and elastic storage in the flight motor of Drosophila. Science 268(5207): 87-90.

Lehmann, F. O. and M. H. Dickinson (1997). The changes in power requirements and muscle efficiency during elevated force production in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 200(7): 1133-1143.

Dickinson, M. H., C. J. Hyatt, et al. (1997). Phosphorylation-dependent power output of transgenic flies: An integrated study. Biophys. J. 73(6): 3122-3134.

Dickinson, M. H., F. O. Lehmann, et al. (1998). The control of mechanical power in insect flight. Am. Zool. 38(4): 718-728.

Moore, J. R., M. H. Dickinson, et al. (2000). The effect of removing the N-terminal extension of the Drosophila myosin regulatory light chain upon flight ability and the contractile dynamics of the indirect flight muscle. Biophys. J. 78(3): 1431-1440.

Lehmann, F. O., M. H. Dickinson, et al. (2000). The scaling of carbon dioxide release and respiratory water loss in flying fruit flies (Drosophila spp.). J. Exp. Biol. 203(10): 1613-1624.

Mechanosensory Physiology

Dickinson, M. H. and J. Palka (1987). Physiological rpoperties, time of development, and central projection are correlated in the wing mechanoreceptors of Drosophila. J. Neurosci. 7(12): 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 chordwise deformations of the fly wing. J. Exp. Biol. 169: 221-233.

Aerodynamics of Flapping Flight

Dickinson, M. H., F. O. Lehmann, et al. (1993). The active control of wing rotation by Drosophila. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 173-189.

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

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. (1996). Unsteady mechanisms of force generation in aquatic and aerial locomotion. Am. Zool. 36(6): 537-554.

Dickinson, M. H. and K. G. Gotz (1996). The wake dynamics and flight forces of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Biol. 199(9): 2085-2104.  

Dickinson, M. H., F. O. Lehmann, et al. (1999). Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight. Science 284(5422): 1954-1960.

Sane, S. P. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). The control of flight force by a flapping wing: Lift and drag production. J. Exp. Biol. 204(15): 2607-2626.

Birch, J. M. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). Spanwise flow and the attachment of the leading-edge vortex on insect wings. Nature 412(6848): 729-733.

Birch, J. and Dickinson, M. (2003). The influence of wingwake interactions on the production of aerodynamic forces in flapping flight. Journal of Experimental Biology 206.

Fry, S. and Dickinson, M. (2003). The aerodynamics of free-flight maneuvers in drosophila. Science 300, 495-498.

Visual Flight Control

Frye, M. A. and M. H. Dickinson (2001). Fly flight: A model for the neural control of complex behavior. Neuron 32(3): 385-388.

Tammero, L. and M. H. Dickinson (2002). The influence of visual landscape on the free flight behavior of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp.  Biol. 205: 327-343.

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

Frye, M. A. and Dickinson, M. (2003). A signature of salience in the Drosophila brain. Nat Neurosci 6, 544-545.

Frye, M. A. and Dickinson, M. (in review). Motor output reflects the linear superposition of visual and olfactory inputs in Drosophila. Neuron.

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

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.

Other

Schilling, K., M. H. Dickinson, et al. (1991). Electrical activity in cerebellar cultures determines Purkinje cell dendritic growth patterns. Neuron 7(6): 891-902.

Linden, D. J., M. H. Dickinson, et al. (1991). A long-term depression of AMPA currents in cultured cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Neuron 7(1): 81-89.

Dickinson, M. H., S. Hannaford, et al. (1997). The evolution of insect wings and their sensory apparatus. Brain Behav. Evol. 50(1): 13-24.

Dickinson, M. H., C. T. Farley, et al. (2000). How animals move: An integrative view. Science 288(5463): 100-106.

Dickinson, M. H. (1999). Bionics: Biological insight into mechanical design. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 96(25): 14208-14209.