The neural representation of perceived sucrose intensity was contained in the firing rate and spike-timing of a 'small' population of neurons distributed across the Insula and Orbitofrontal taste cortices.

Bitter-sensing cells across different organs of the fruit fly activate overlapping neural pathways in the brain to regulate a common set of aversive behaviors.

Human neuroimaging with time-evolving network analysis reveals dynamic interactions among multiple functional brain networks in response to sustained pain.

Plant drugs used by ancient Graeco-Roman societies have tastes and flavours that predict how they were used therapeutically.

Sweet and umami taste receptors are capable of sensing chloride ions, a component of table salt other than the salty taste-inducing component, sodium ions, and induce preferable taste sensations such as sweet taste.

The taste system of fruit flies is activated by broad classes of fatty acids and can discriminate between different classes, revealing previously underappreciated complexity in the coding of tastants.

The Sip-Triggered Optogenetic Behavior Enclosure (STROBE) produces robust behaviors via activation of peripheral or central neurons in the fly, and mimics key features of feeding driven by chemical taste ligands.

Taste cell renewal begins at birth and is promoted by sonic hedgehog that alters the expression of regulators of cell migration and adhesion that may allow entry of new cells into buds.

Drosophila larvae foraging adapt to different food quality and distributions modulating specific motor programs, as revealed by behavioral and modeling experiments.

Molecular-genetic, neural imaging and behavioral analyses reveal how Drosophila melanogaster sense fatty acids, important nutrient compounds, through multimeric Ionoptropic Receptors complexes.