Insect Olfaction: Telling Food from Foe

Curr Biol. 2015 Oct 19;25(20):R995-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.056.

Abstract

The same sensory signal can be interpreted differently according to context. A new study in Drosophila uses cell-type-specific tools to identify neural circuits that integrate context during olfactory processing and surprisingly implicates memory-recall neurons.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
  • Female
  • Mushroom Bodies / physiology*
  • Odorants*
  • Olfactory Perception*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide