The Drosophila pharyngeal taste organs are poorly characterized despite their location at important sites for monitoring food quality. Functional analysis of pharyngeal neurons has been hindered by the paucity of molecular tools to manipulate them, as well as their relative inaccessibility for neurophysiological investigations. Here, we generate receptor-to-neuron maps of all three pharyngeal taste organs by performing a comprehensive chemoreceptor-GAL4/LexA expression analysis. The organization of pharyngeal neurons reveals similarities and distinctions in receptor repertoires and neuronal groupings compared to external taste neurons. We validate the mapping results by pinpointing a single pharyngeal neuron required for feeding avoidance o...
Establishing a complex brain and nervous system requires a wide array of neurons with diverse forms,...
Raw data for several feeding assays (2-choice food preference assay, activity recording cafe (ARC) a...
We provide a map of the projections of taste neurons in the CNS of Drosophila. Using a collection of...
Feeding behaviors, guided by the taste system, serve universal and essential functions in animals. T...
Insect gustatory systems comprise multiple taste organs for detecting chemicals that signal palatabl...
Taste drives appropriate food preference and intake. In Drosophila, taste neurons are housed in both...
The Drosophila larva has a simple peripheral nervous system with a comparably small number of sensor...
To survive animals must find and consume nutritive foods. The chemical composition of food sources i...
A simple nervous system combined with stereotypic behavioral responses to tastants, together with po...
Finding food sources is essential for survival. Insects detect nutrients with external taste recepto...
The fly pharyngeal sense organs lie at the transition between external and internal nutrient sensing...
The Drosophila larva has a simple peripheral nervous system with a comparably small number of sensor...
AbstractBackground: Discrimination between edible and contaminated foods is crucial for the survival...
Regulation of feeding is essential for animal survival. The pharyngeal sense organs can act as a sec...
How environmental stimuli are detected and processed by the brain to produce a behavioral output rem...
Establishing a complex brain and nervous system requires a wide array of neurons with diverse forms,...
Raw data for several feeding assays (2-choice food preference assay, activity recording cafe (ARC) a...
We provide a map of the projections of taste neurons in the CNS of Drosophila. Using a collection of...
Feeding behaviors, guided by the taste system, serve universal and essential functions in animals. T...
Insect gustatory systems comprise multiple taste organs for detecting chemicals that signal palatabl...
Taste drives appropriate food preference and intake. In Drosophila, taste neurons are housed in both...
The Drosophila larva has a simple peripheral nervous system with a comparably small number of sensor...
To survive animals must find and consume nutritive foods. The chemical composition of food sources i...
A simple nervous system combined with stereotypic behavioral responses to tastants, together with po...
Finding food sources is essential for survival. Insects detect nutrients with external taste recepto...
The fly pharyngeal sense organs lie at the transition between external and internal nutrient sensing...
The Drosophila larva has a simple peripheral nervous system with a comparably small number of sensor...
AbstractBackground: Discrimination between edible and contaminated foods is crucial for the survival...
Regulation of feeding is essential for animal survival. The pharyngeal sense organs can act as a sec...
How environmental stimuli are detected and processed by the brain to produce a behavioral output rem...
Establishing a complex brain and nervous system requires a wide array of neurons with diverse forms,...
Raw data for several feeding assays (2-choice food preference assay, activity recording cafe (ARC) a...
We provide a map of the projections of taste neurons in the CNS of Drosophila. Using a collection of...