Sensory Neurobiology: Wet Fly Fishing

Curr Biol. 2017 Sep 11;27(17):R839-R842. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.039.

Abstract

A neuron responding to moist air and its ionotropic receptor have been identified in Drosophila melanogaster. Moreover, second-order neurons integrate temperature and humidity information before reaching higher brain centres.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Drosophila*
  • Humidity
  • Neurobiology
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins