Biological Rhythms: The Taste–Time Continuum

The gustatory system allows the fly to assess food quality, eliciting either acceptance or avoidance behaviors. A new study demonstrates that circadian clocks in gustatory receptor neurons regulate rhythms in taste sensitivity, drive rhythms in appetitive behavior and influence feeding.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2010-02, Vol.20 (4), p.R147-R149
Hauptverfasser:	Krupp, Joshua J., Levine, Joel D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Appetitive Behavior - physiology Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors - metabolism Chemoreceptor Cells - metabolism Circadian Rhythm - physiology Drosophila melanogaster - physiology Drosophila Proteins - metabolism Receptors, Cell Surface - metabolism Taste - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:	The gustatory system allows the fly to assess food quality, eliciting either acceptance or avoidance behaviors. A new study demonstrates that circadian clocks in gustatory receptor neurons regulate rhythms in taste sensitivity, drive rhythms in appetitive behavior and influence feeding.
ISSN:	0960-9822 1879-0445
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.010