| Title: | Fruit fly behavior in response to chemosensory signals |
| Address: | "Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Centro de Biologia Molecular, Severo Ochoa, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. pilar.herrero@uam.es" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.09.019 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-5169 (Electronic) 0196-9781 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "An important question in contemporary sensory neuroscience is how animals perceive their environment and make appropriate behavioral choices based on chemical perceptions. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster exhibits robust tastant and odor-evoked behaviors. Understanding how the gustatory and olfactory systems support the perception of these contact and volatile chemicals and translate them into appropriate attraction or avoidance behaviors has made an unprecedented contribution to our knowledge of the organization of chemosensory systems. In this review, I begin by describing the receptors and signaling mechanisms of the Drosophila gustatory and olfactory systems and then highlight their involvement in the control of simple and complex behaviors. The topics addressed include feeding behavior, learning and memory, navigation behavior, neuropeptide modulation of chemosensory behavior, and I conclude with a discussion of recent work that provides insight into pheromone signaling pathways" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Drosophila melanogaster/*drug effects/*physiology Feeding Behavior/drug effects Female Learning/drug effects Male Signal Transduction/drug effects Smell/drug effects/*physiology Taste/drug effects/*physiology;neuroscience;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineHerrero, Pilar eng Review 2012/10/02 Peptides. 2012 Dec; 38(2):228-37. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.09.019. Epub 2012 Sep 26" |
