However, how smell and taste are integrated in the nervous system to drive feeding behavior remains largely unknown. We show in Drosophila that odors alone activate gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs) ...

However, how smell and taste are integrated in the nervous system to drive feeding remains elusive. We show in Drosophila that odors alone activate gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs), trigger proboscis ...

And if the virtual fly tasted sugar only on the right side of its proboscis, the brain sent commands to bend it toward the right. Anita Devineni, a Drosophila expert at Emory University who was ...

And if the virtual fly tasted sugar only on the right side of its proboscis, the brain sent commands to bend it toward the right. Anita Devineni, a Drosophila expert at Emory University who was not ...

Drosophila is a genus of two-winged flies commonly known as fruit flies that are used in evolutionary and developmental studies. D. melanogaster is an important model organism for the study of ...

It's an accomplishment that scientists have dreamed about for more than half a century. At last, a massive international team ...

After over a decade of research, the brain of a fruit fly has been mapped by scientists, offering a new level of ...

Salil Bidaye is an expert at using the powerful research model Drosophila Melanogaster (aka the fruit fly) to understand how neural circuit activity leads to precise and complex behaviors such as ...