@article {2357,
	title = {A modular display system for insect behavioral neuroscience.},
	journal = {Journal of Neuroscience Methods},
	volume = {167},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008 Jan 30},
	pages = {127-39},
	abstract = {<p>Flying insects exhibit stunning behavioral repertoires that are largely mediated by the visual control of flight. For this reason, presenting a controlled visual environment to tethered insects has been and continues to be a powerful tool for studying the sensory control of complex behaviors. To create an easily controlled, scalable, and customizable visual stimulus, we have designed a modular system, based on panels composed of an 8 x 8 array of individual LEDs, that may be connected together to {\textquoteright}tile{\textquoteright} an experimental environment with controllable displays. The panels have been designed to be extremely bright, with the added flexibility of individual-pixel brightness control, allowing experimentation over a broad range of behaviorally relevant conditions. Patterns to be displayed may be designed using custom software, downloaded to a controller board, and displayed on the individually addressed panels via a rapid communication interface. The panels are controlled by a microprocessor-based display controller which, for most experiments, will not require a computer in the loop, greatly reducing the experimental infrastructure. This technology allows an experimenter to build and program a visual arena with a customized geometry in a matter of hours. To demonstrate the utility of this system, we present results from experiments with tethered Drosophila melanogaster: (1) in a cylindrical arena composed of 44 panels, used to test the contrast dependence of object orientation behavior, and (2) above a 30-panel floor display, used to examine the effects of ground motion on orientation during flight.</p>
},
	keywords = {Animal, Animals, Behavior, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Drosophila, Flight, Imaging, Motion, Orientation, Photic Stimulation, Software, Three-Dimensional},
	issn = {0165-0270},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2010.06.072},
	author = {Reiser, Michael B and Dickinson, Michael H}
}
