The olfactory circuit of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-484

  Liang, Liang ^a   Luo, Liqun ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Behavior; Information processing; Lateral horn; Local interneurons; Mushroom body; Olfactory receptor neurons; Projection neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEARNING; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77952296062     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-0099-z     Document Type: Review

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