Article
Translation of sensory input into behavioral output via an olfactory system.
Neuron - 10 Jul 2008
Kreher Scott A, Mathew Dennis, Kim Junhyong, Carlson John R
Abstract excerpt
We investigate the logic by which sensory input is translated into behavioral output. First we provide a functional analysis of the entire odor receptor repertoire of an olfactory system. We construct tuning curves for the 21 functional odor receptors of the Drosophila larva and show that they sharpen at lower odor doses. We construct a 21-dimensional odor space from the responses of the receptors and find that...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Behavior, Animal
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Electrophysiology
- Larva
- Mutation
- Neural Inhibition
- Odorants
- Olfactory Pathways
- Receptors, Odorant