Salt processing in larval drosophila: Choice, feeding, and learning shift from appetitive to aversive in a concentration-dependent way

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-692

  Niewalda, Thomas ^a   Singhal, Nidhi ^a   Fiala, André ^a   Saumweber, Timo ^a   Wegener, Stephanie ^a   Gerber, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila larva; Feeding; Learning; Olfaction; Sodium chloride; Taste

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEARNING; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING; TASTE;

EID: 54949113632     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn037     Document Type: Article

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