Temperature representation in the Drosophila brain

Dominic D. Frank, Genevieve C. Jouandet, Patrick J. Kearney, Lindsey J. Macpherson and Marco Gallio ()
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Dominic D. Frank: Northwestern University
Genevieve C. Jouandet: Northwestern University
Patrick J. Kearney: Northwestern University
Lindsey J. Macpherson: Columbia University
Marco Gallio: Northwestern University

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7543, 358-361

Abstract: This study identifies distinct classes of neurons in the fly brain, which respond to external cooling, warming, or both, and contribute to behavioural response; the results illustrate how higher brain centres extract a stimulus’ quality, intensity and timing from a simple temperature map at the periphery.

Date: 2015
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