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Sweet taste and nutrient value subdivide rewarding dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila.
Current biology : CB - 16 Mar 2015
Huetteroth Wolf, Perisse Emmanuel, Lin Suewei, Klappenbach Martín, Burke Christopher, Waddell Scott
Abstract excerpt
Dopaminergic neurons provide reward learning signals in mammals and insects [1-4]. Recent work in Drosophila has demonstrated that water-reinforcing dopaminergic neurons are different to those for nutritious sugars [5]. Here, we tested whether the sweet taste and nutrient properties of sugar reinforcement further subdivide the fly reward system. We found that dopaminergic neurons expressing the OAMB octopamine...
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