The olfactory nervous systems of insects and mammals exhibit many similarities, suggesting
that the mechanisms for olfactory learning may be shared. Neural correlates of olfactory …

Our understanding of the molecular and cellular organization of the Drosophila
melanogaster olfactory system has increased dramatically in recent years. A large family …

Fruit flies are attracted by a diversity of odors that signal the presence of food, potential
mates, or attractive egg-laying sites. Most Drosophila olfactory neurons express two types of …

We have undertaken a functional analysis of the odorant receptor repertoire in the
Drosophila antenna. Each receptor was expressed in a mutant olfactory receptor neuron …

Molecular genetics has revealed a precise stereotypy in the projection of primary olfactory
sensory neurons onto secondary neurons. A major challenge is to understand how this …

All animals exhibit innate behaviours in response to specific sensory stimuli that are likely to
result from the activation of developmentally programmed neural circuits. Here we observe …

Drosophila taste compounds with gustatory neurons on many parts of the body, suggesting
that a fly detects both the location and quality of a food source. For example, activation of …

Genetically encoded probes show great promise in permitting functional imaging of
specified neuronal populations in the intact nervous system, yet their in vivo application has …

Background: Behavioral responses to odorants require neurons of the higher olfactory
centers to integrate signals detected by different chemosensory neurons. Recent studies …

Abstract Background: The Drosophila circadian clock is controlled by interlocked
transcriptional feedback loops that operate in many neuronal and nonneuronal tissues …