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Pharyngeal mechanosensory neurons control food swallow in Drosophila melanogaster.
eLife - 4 Dec 2024
Qin Jierui, Yang Tingting, Li Kexin, Liu Ting, Zhang Wei
Abstract excerpt
As the early step of food ingestion, the swallow is under rigorous sensorimotor control. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying swallow control at a molecular and circuitry level remain largely unknown. Here, we find that mutation of the mechanotransduction channel genes nompC, Tmc, or piezo impairs the regular pumping rhythm of the cibarium during feeding of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. A group of...
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