Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a widely expressed family of 28
evolutionarily conserved cationic ion channels that operate as primary detectors of chemical …

Originally a genetic model organism, the experimental use of Drosophila melanogaster has
grown to include quantitative behavioral analyses, sophisticated perturbations of neuronal …

One of the major challenges in modern biology is to understand how the molecular
components of a living cell operate in a highly noisy environment. What are the specific …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Genetic approaches in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, have led to a major triumph in
the field of sensory biology—the discovery of multiple large families of sensory receptors …

Cell and organelle membranes consist of a complex mixture of phospholipids (PLs) that
determine their size, shape, and function. Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the most abundant …

Color vision extracts spectral information by comparing signals from photoreceptors with
different visual pigments. Such comparisons are encoded by color-opponent neurons that …

We can now measure the connectivity of every neuron in a neural circuit, but we are still
blind to other biological details, including the dynamical characteristics of each neuron. The …

Color vision is an important sensory capability that enhances the detection of contrast in
retinal images. Monochromatic animals exclusively detect temporal and spatial changes in …

Cellular Signal Processing offers a unifying view of cell signaling based on the concept that
protein interactions act as sophisticated data processing networks that govern intracellular …