In search of lost scent.
other · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26080004.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.08715 and PMC identifier 4468918.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Three recent studies use optogenetics, virtual 'odor-scapes' and mathematical modeling to study how the nervous system of fruit fly larvae processes sensory information to control navigation.
Medical subject headings
- Chemotaxis
- Drosophila
- Light
- Models, Biological
- Motor Activity
- Neural Pathways
- Odorants
- Olfactory Receptor Neurons
- Optogenetics
- Orientation
- Sensory Receptor Cells
- Smell
- Spatial Navigation