Taotie neurons regulate appetite in Drosophila

Feeding control requires the integration and coordination of motivational, sensory and motor circuits in the brain. Here, the authors discover a set of neurons that regulate feeding inDrosophilaby promoting insulin release, and whose activity reflects physiological hunger and satiety states of flies...

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Main Authors: Yin Peng Zhan, Li Liu, Yan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13633