Decoding olfaction in Drosophila

Recent experiments in Drosophila demonstrate striking stereotypy in the neural architecture of the olfactory system. Functional imaging experiments in mammals and honeybees suggest a mechanism of odor coding that translates discrete patterns of activity in olfactory glomeruli into an odor image. Fut...

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Published in:Current opinion in neurobiology 2003-02, Vol.13 (1), p.103-110
Main Authors: Keller, Andreas, Vosshall, Leslie B
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Brain - cytology
Brain - metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster - cytology
Drosophila melanogaster - metabolism
Neurons - cytology
Neurons - metabolism
Olfactory Pathways - cytology
Olfactory Pathways - metabolism
Receptors, Odorant - genetics
Receptors, Odorant - metabolism
Signal Transduction - genetics
Smell - genetics
Synaptic Transmission - genetics
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Summary:Recent experiments in Drosophila demonstrate striking stereotypy in the neural architecture of the olfactory system. Functional imaging experiments in mammals and honeybees suggest a mechanism of odor coding that translates discrete patterns of activity in olfactory glomeruli into an odor image. Future experiments in Drosophila may permit a direct test of this odor-coding hypothesis.
ISSN:0959-4388
1873-6882
DOI:10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00011-4