A new platform for imaging live Drosophila adults yields vivid movies of the midgut over prolonged time scales, opening the door to the real-time study of organ renewal dynamics in a near-native context.
Rebekah Elizabeth Mahoney, Jorge Azpurua, Benjamin A Eaton
By regulating protein translation within the neuron, insulin signaling can control neuronal activity by altering the release of neurotransmitter molecules.
Fast calcium dynamics of honey bee olfactory projection neurons revealed an unprecedented heterogeneity of response profile dynamics and explained fundamental aspects of olfactory discrimination and associative learning.
Ourania Semelidou, Summer F Acevedo, Efthimios MC Skoulakis
Habituation to brief olfactory stimulation is biphasic and mediated by distinct neuronal circuits where an initial latency phase is rapidly followed by stimulus devaluation signifying behavioral habituation in Drosophila.
Taste-dependent satiation, which induces proper cessation of feeding in mammals as well as insects, is weakened by sugar-diet-driven taste impairment in the fruit fly.
Hygroreception, a poorly understood process critical to insect survival, depends on a small protein in the antenna of the fruit fly that was previously thought to transport odorants.
Sonja Bisch-Knaden, Michelle A Rafter ... Bill S Hansson
The sense of smell of female hawkmoths has evolved to find the intense odor of floral nectar sources as well as inconspicuous scents of oviposition sites within a complex olfactory landscape.
Uncovering pharyngeal sour taste receptors in Drosophila melanogaster reveals a novel mechanism for detecting ingested carboxylic acids, expanding understanding of how insects internally sense and respond to appetitive tastants.
