In Drosophila melanogaster, taste involves hair-like structures called sensilla. At the tip of the sensilla, a pore allows the entry of the molecules in the hair shaft containing the dendrites of the chemosensory neurons. Each sensillum houses one mechanoreceptor neuron and two to four chemosensory neurons which are classified according to the taste quality they respond to. In this work, we have focused on the S cell, sensitive to sugars, and the L2 cell, which detects aversive molecules in many sensilla. We have developed a behavioral assay to measure feeding preferences in D. melanogaster. This assay, called MultiCAFE (MULTIple CApillary Feeder), quantitatively measures the consumption of solutions provided to groups of flies in several g...
Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropriate feed...
International audienceIn flies, grooming serves several purposes, including protection against patho...
AbstractBackground: Discrimination between edible and contaminated foods is crucial for the survival...
In Drosophila melanogaster, taste involves hair-like structures called sensilla. At the tip of the s...
International audienceIn flies and humans, bitter chemicals are known to inhibit sugar detection, bu...
Drosophila melanogaster feed, mate and lay eggs on fermented compounds. Feeding on caloric-non-toxic...
The sense of taste is essential for the survival of virtually all animals. Considered a ‘primitive s...
International audienceMost animals possess taste receptors neurons detecting potentially noxious com...
In this work we examine the response of two Drosophila species to acids found in their natural food ...
Animals discriminate nutritious food from toxic substances using their sense of taste. Since taste p...
To understand the functional similarities of fly and mammalian taste receptors, we used a top–down a...
<div><p>Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropri...
To understand the functional similarities of fly and mammalian taste receptors, we used a top–down a...
Gustatory systems sense chemicals upon contact and provide a model to investigate how these stimuli ...
SummaryFor an animal to survive in a constantly changing environment, its behavior must be shaped by...
Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropriate feed...
International audienceIn flies, grooming serves several purposes, including protection against patho...
AbstractBackground: Discrimination between edible and contaminated foods is crucial for the survival...
In Drosophila melanogaster, taste involves hair-like structures called sensilla. At the tip of the s...
International audienceIn flies and humans, bitter chemicals are known to inhibit sugar detection, bu...
Drosophila melanogaster feed, mate and lay eggs on fermented compounds. Feeding on caloric-non-toxic...
The sense of taste is essential for the survival of virtually all animals. Considered a ‘primitive s...
International audienceMost animals possess taste receptors neurons detecting potentially noxious com...
In this work we examine the response of two Drosophila species to acids found in their natural food ...
Animals discriminate nutritious food from toxic substances using their sense of taste. Since taste p...
To understand the functional similarities of fly and mammalian taste receptors, we used a top–down a...
<div><p>Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropri...
To understand the functional similarities of fly and mammalian taste receptors, we used a top–down a...
Gustatory systems sense chemicals upon contact and provide a model to investigate how these stimuli ...
SummaryFor an animal to survive in a constantly changing environment, its behavior must be shaped by...
Evaluation of food compounds by chemosensory cells is essential for animals to make appropriate feed...
International audienceIn flies, grooming serves several purposes, including protection against patho...
AbstractBackground: Discrimination between edible and contaminated foods is crucial for the survival...