A dimorphic pheromone circuit in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7324, 2010, Pages 686-690

  Ruta, Vanessa ^a   Datta, Sandeep Robert ^a,c   Vasconcelos, Maria Luisa ^a,d   Freeland, Jessica ^a   Looger, Loren L ^b   Axel, Richard ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 VACCENYLACETATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRUITLESS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANATOMY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BRAIN; DIMORPHISM; FLY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LASER; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CORD; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; ODORS; OLEIC ACIDS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649863185     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09554     Document Type: Article

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