Signal Amplification in Drosophila Olfactory Receptor Neurons

Signal Amplification in Drosophila Olfactory Receptor Neurons

Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) transform scant chemical inputs into significant neural signals. This transformation requires signal amplification. In this issue of Neuron, Ng et al. (2019) identified a mechanism by which the signals evoked by pheromones are amplified in the ORNs that selectively...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2019-12, Vol.104 (5), p.829-831
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Byoung Soo, Suh, Greg S.B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Courtship
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Insects
Ligands
Males
Mutation
Neurons
Odorant receptors
Olfactory Receptor Neurons
Pheromones
Proteins
Signal transduction
Smell
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Zusammenfassung:Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) transform scant chemical inputs into significant neural signals. This transformation requires signal amplification. In this issue of Neuron, Ng et al. (2019) identified a mechanism by which the signals evoked by pheromones are amplified in the ORNs that selectively promote courtship behavior in Drosophila. Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) transform scant chemical inputs into significant neural signals. This transformation requires signal amplification. In this issue of Neuron, Ng et al. (2019) identified a mechanism by which the signals evoked by pheromones are amplified in the ORNs that selectively promote courtship behavior in Drosophila.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.11.021