Reactive search strategies and their biological motivation.

(A) MGC recordings for pheromone stimulation: spike times for seven trials of one neuron and the corresponding average firing rate over time (Peri-Stimulus-Time-Histogram): inhibition separates the On from the Off response which smoothly decreases to baseline firing (Bl). (B) Analysis of MGC recordings of multiphasic neurons: Calculating the regularity () and reliability () over time exhibits an Off phase, whereas Off and baseline firing show uniformly low synchrony values (). Dotted black lines represent single neuron trials, the red line gives the averages. (C) Analysis of MGC recordings of monophasic neurons: neither synchrony nor regularity nor reliability over time exhibit any Off phase. Dotted black lines represent single neuron trials, the blue line gives the averages. (Right side: za, ze, sp) Schematic representation of the corresponding movement sequences: Bl spiraling, On upwind surge, and Off zigzagging (if considered) which are combined into three search strategies, sp, za, and ze.