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View article: Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> Open
Attraction of Drosophila melanogaster toward by-products of alcoholic fermentation, especially ethanol, has been extensively studied. Previous research has provided several interpretations of this attraction, including potential drug abuse…
View article: Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster prefer distinct microbial and plant aroma compounds in a complex fermented matrix
Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster prefer distinct microbial and plant aroma compounds in a complex fermented matrix Open
Volatile aroma compounds are important chemical cues for insects. Behavioral responses to specific odors differ strongly between insect species, and the exact causative molecules are often unknown. Beer is frequently used in insect traps b…
View article: Ring-shaped odor coding in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts
Ring-shaped odor coding in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts Open
View article: Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths
Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths Open
In the silkmoth Bombyx mori , the role of male sensilla trichodea in pheromone detection is well established. Here we study the corresponding female sensilla, which contain two olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and come in two lengths, each…
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Raw data file from Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths Open
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View article: Olfactory learning modulates a neural circuit mediating innate odor-guided behavior in<i>Drosophila</i>
Olfactory learning modulates a neural circuit mediating innate odor-guided behavior in<i>Drosophila</i> Open
Behavior is often categorized as being innate or learned, with the specific circuits being assigned to one of these categories. In Drosophila , neural circuits mediating an innate behavioral response are considered as being “hard-wired”, a…
View article: Experience-dependent plasticity of a highly specific olfactory circuit in<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
Experience-dependent plasticity of a highly specific olfactory circuit in<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> Open
Drosophila melanogaster encounters a variety of odor cues signaling potentially harmful threats through-out its life, which are detected by highly specialized olfactory circuits enabling the animal to avoid them. We studied whether such cr…
View article: An Assassin’s Secret: Multifunctional Cytotoxic Compounds in the Predation Venom of the Assassin Bug Psytalla horrida (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)
An Assassin’s Secret: Multifunctional Cytotoxic Compounds in the Predation Venom of the Assassin Bug Psytalla horrida (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) Open
Predatory assassin bugs produce venomous saliva that enables them to overwhelm, kill, and pre-digest large prey animals. Venom from the posterior main gland (PMG) of the African assassin bug Psytalla horrida has strong cytotoxic effects, b…
View article: Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects
Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects Open
It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be stereotypic, although evidence for plasticity effects accumulat…
View article: Editorial: Insights in invertebrate physiology 2021
Editorial: Insights in invertebrate physiology 2021 Open
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View article: Ring-Shaped Odor Coding in the Antennal Lobe of Migratory Locusts
Ring-Shaped Odor Coding in the Antennal Lobe of Migratory Locusts Open
View article: Aversive Bimodal Associations Differently Impact Visual and Olfactory Memory Performance in Drosophila
Aversive Bimodal Associations Differently Impact Visual and Olfactory Memory Performance in Drosophila Open
View article: Aversive bimodal associations impact visual and olfactory memory performance in <i>Drosophila</i>
Aversive bimodal associations impact visual and olfactory memory performance in <i>Drosophila</i> Open
Insects rely heavily on sampling information from their environment for survival and fitness. Different sensory channels with dedicated downstream neural substrates are programmed to fine tune these signals and translate them into usable i…
View article: Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn support odor valence and odor identity coding in Drosophila
Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn support odor valence and odor identity coding in Drosophila Open
Understanding neuronal representations of odor-evoked activities and their progressive transformation from the sensory level to higher brain centers features one of the major aims in olfactory neuroscience. Here, we investigated how odor i…
View article: Shedding Light on Inter-Individual Variability of Olfactory Circuits in Drosophila
Shedding Light on Inter-Individual Variability of Olfactory Circuits in Drosophila Open
Inter-individual differences in behavioral responses, anatomy or functional properties of neuronal populations of animals having the same genotype were for a long time disregarded. The majority of behavioral studies were conducted at a gro…
View article: Author response: Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn support odor valence and odor identity coding in Drosophila
Author response: Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn support odor valence and odor identity coding in Drosophila Open
Article Figures and data Abstract Editor's evaluation Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Understanding neuronal…
View article: Multimodal Information Processing and Associative Learning in the Insect Brain
Multimodal Information Processing and Associative Learning in the Insect Brain Open
The study of sensory systems in insects has a long-spanning history of almost an entire century. Olfaction, vision, and gustation are thoroughly researched in several robust insect models and new discoveries are made every day on the more …
View article: Human Impacts on Insect Chemical Communication in the Anthropocene
Human Impacts on Insect Chemical Communication in the Anthropocene Open
The planet is presently undergoing dramatic changes caused by human activities. We are living in the era of the Anthropocene, where our activities directly affect all living organisms on Earth. Insects constitute a major part of the world’…
View article: Correction: Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and Rhodnius brethesi
Correction: Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and Rhodnius brethesi Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009098.].
View article: Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn supports odor valence and odor identity coding in <i>Drosophila</i>
Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn supports odor valence and odor identity coding in <i>Drosophila</i> Open
Understanding neuronal representations of odor-evoked activities and their progressive transformation from the sensory level to higher brain centers features one of the major aims in olfactory neuroscience. Here, we investigated how odor i…
View article: An ammonium transporter is a non-canonical olfactory receptor for ammonia
An ammonium transporter is a non-canonical olfactory receptor for ammonia Open
View article: Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and Rhodnius brethesi
Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors Rhodnius prolixus and Rhodnius brethesi Open
American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is transmitted by both domestic and sylvatic species of Triatominae which use sensory cues to locate their vertebrate hosts. Among them, odorants have been shown to play a key role. Previous wor…
View article: An ammonium transporter is a non-canonical olfactory receptor for ammonia
An ammonium transporter is a non-canonical olfactory receptor for ammonia Open
Summary Two families of ligand-gated ion channels function as olfactory receptors in insects. Here, we show that these canonical olfactory receptors are not necessary for responses to ammonia, a key ecological odor that is attractive to ma…
View article: Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors<i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>and<i>Rhodnius brethesi</i>
Comparative dissection of the peripheral olfactory system of the Chagas disease vectors<i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>and<i>Rhodnius brethesi</i> Open
American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is thought to be transmitted by both domestic and sylvatic species of Triatominae. These haematophagous insects use sensory cues to find their vertebrate hosts. Among them, odorants have been show…
View article: Editorial for the special issue "Olfactory Coding and Circuitries"
Editorial for the special issue "Olfactory Coding and Circuitries" Open
View article: Olfactory processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila
Olfactory processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila Open
Sensing olfactory signals in the environment represents a crucial and significant task of sensory systems in almost all organisms to facilitate survival and reproduction. Notably, the olfactory system of diverse animal phyla shares astonis…
View article: Alcohol boosts pheromone production in male flies and makes them sexier
Alcohol boosts pheromone production in male flies and makes them sexier Open
The attraction of Drosophila melanogaster towards byproducts of alcoholic fermentation, especially ethanol, has been extensively studied 1–4 . However, the adaptive value of this behavior has not been elucidated. Previous studies have sugg…
View article: Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway
Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway Open
Differential interpretation of a sex pheromone promotes formation of new species in Drosophila .
View article: Everyone on Their Own! Individualization of Synaptic Boutons
Everyone on Their Own! Individualization of Synaptic Boutons Open
View article: Odor-Induced Multi-Level Inhibitory Maps in<i>Drosophila</i>
Odor-Induced Multi-Level Inhibitory Maps in<i>Drosophila</i> Open
Optical imaging of intracellular Ca 2+ influx as a correlate of neuronal excitation represents a standard technique for visualizing spatiotemporal activity of neuronal networks. However, the information-processing properties of single neur…