Drosophila olfaction: the end of stereotypy?

Neuron ·Vol. 59 ·No. 6 ·2008-09-25 ·Pages 843-5

Cachero S, Jefferis GS

Abstract

Recent work has demonstrated substantial wiring and functional stereotypy in the fly olfactory system. In this issue of Neuron, Murthy et al. demonstrate that in the mushroom body, a site of olfactory associative learning, this initial peripheral stereotypy gives way to functionally nonstereotyped circuits.

MeSH Terms

Animals Association Learning/physiology Behavior, Animal/physiology Drosophila/physiology Mushroom Bodies/cytology,physiology Neurons, Afferent/physiology Neurons, Efferent/physiology Olfactory Pathways/cytology,physiology Smell/physiology Space Perception/physiology Stereotyped Behavior/physiology Synapses/physiology Synaptic Transmission/physiology

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Cachero Sebastian

Division of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.

Jefferis Gregory S X E

Article Info

Journal

Neuron

Abbr.

Neuron

ISSN

1097-4199

DOI

10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.017

Published

2008-09-25

Pages

843-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

8809320

Subset

Grants

Medical Research Council · MC_U105188491 · United Kingdom

Medical Research Council · U105188491(88491) · United Kingdom

Corrections

CommentOn

PMID: 18817738

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.017 View journal details

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