Taste processing in Drosophila larvae

The sense of taste allows animals to detect chemical substances in their environment to initiate appropriate behaviors: to find food or a mate, to avoid hostile environments and predators. Drosophila larvae are a promising model organism to study gustation. Their simple nervous system triggers stere...

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Main Authors: Anthi A. Apostolopoulou, Anna eRist, Andreas Stephan Thum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2015.00050/full