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Decoding olfaction in Drosophila.

Current opinion in neurobiology ·Vol. 13 ·No. 1 ·2003-02-00 ·Pages 103-10

Keller A, Vosshall LB

Abstract

Recent experiments in Drosophila demonstrate striking stereotypy in the neural architecture of the olfactory system. Functional imaging experiments in mammals and honeybees suggest a mechanism of odor coding that translates discrete patterns of activity in olfactory glomeruli into an odor image. Future experiments in Drosophila may permit a direct test of this odor-coding hypothesis.

MeSH Terms

Animals Brain/cytology,metabolism Drosophila melanogaster/cytology,metabolism Neurons/cytology,metabolism Olfactory Pathways/cytology,metabolism Receptors, Odorant/genetics,metabolism Signal Transduction/genetics Smell/genetics Synaptic Transmission/genetics

Chemicals

Receptors, Odorant

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Keller Andreas

Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 63, New York, NY 10021, USA. kellera@mail.rockefeller.edu

Vosshall Leslie B

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in neurobiology

Abbr.

Curr Opin Neurobiol

ISSN

0959-4388

DOI

10.1016/s0959-4388(03)00011-4

kellera@mail.rockefeller.edu

Published

2003-02-00

Pages

103-10

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9111376

Subset

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