Author: Astrid RohwedderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Chemosensation and Chemosensory Learning in the "Drosophila Melanogaster" Larva
The Drosophila Larva as a Model for Studying Chemosensation and Chemosensory Learning: a Review
Author: The "Drosophila" Larva as a Study Case for Chemosensory Learning and Memory
Author: Dennis PaulsThe Nervous System of the Drosophila Larva : Encoding Chemosensory Information for Naive and Learned Behaviours
Author: Anthi ApostolopoulouThe Larval Chemosensory System of Drosophila Melanogaster
Author: François PythonBehavioral Genetics of the Fly (Drosophila Melanogaster)
Author: Josh DubnauPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107009030
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A comprehensive portrayal of the behaviour genetics of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and the methods used in these studies.
Brain Development in Drosophila melanogaster
Author: Gerhard Martin TechnauPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387782613
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster is an ideal model system to study processes of the central nervous system This book provides an overview of some major facets of recent research on Drosophila brain development.
Invertebrate Learning and Memory
Author: Randolf MenzelPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 012398260X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
Understanding how memories are induced and maintained is one of the major outstanding questions in modern neuroscience. This is difficult to address in the mammalian brain due to its enormous complexity, and invertebrates offer major advantages for learning and memory studies because of their relative simplicity. Many important discoveries made in invertebrates have been found to be generally applicable to higher organisms, and the overarching theme of the proposed will be to integrate information from different levels of neural organization to help generate a complete account of learning and memory. Edited by two leaders in the field, Invertebrate Learning and Memory will offer a current and comprehensive review, with chapters authored by experts in each topic. The volume will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring behavioral, cellular, genetic, molecular, and computational investigations of memory. Coverage will include comparative cognition at the behavioral and mechanistic level, developments in concepts and methodologies that will underlie future advancements, and mechanistic examples from the most important vertebrate systems (nematodes, molluscs, and insects). Neuroscience researchers and graduate students with an interest in the neural control of cognitive behavior will benefit, as will as will those in the field of invertebrate learning. - Presents an overview of invertebrate studies at the molecular / cellular / neural levels and correlates findings to mammalian behavioral investigations - Linking multidisciplinary approaches allows for full understanding of how molecular changes in neurons and circuits underpin behavioral plasticity - Edited work with chapters authored by leaders in the field around the globe – the broadest, most expert coverage available - Comprehensive coverage synthesizes widely dispersed research, serving as one-stop shopping for comparative learning and memory researchers
Invertebrate Learning and Memory
Author: Thomas RiemenspergerPublisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters
ISBN: 0128071540
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Localizing and determining biochemical and physiological mechanisms in the brain that are causally related to experience-dependent changes of behavior (i.e., learning) can be accomplished by combining different experimental approaches. First, disabling neuronal structure and function, such as by mutations leading to ablation of neurons or reversibly blocking of synaptic transmission, can provide information about which neuronal structures and processes are required for learning. Second, monitoring neuronal activity during and after learning informs about changes in neuronal processing that correlate with learning, memory formation, and retrieval. Third, artificial induction of neuronal activity can be used to mimic learning-induced changes in neuronal function. Advances in the development of molecular tools to optically monitor correlates of neuronal activity and to manipulate neuronal activity through light or temperature increase have substantially expanded the toolkit for such approaches. In this chapter, we review applications of these techniques for analyzing neuronal mechanisms underlying associative olfactory learning in Drosophila melanogaster.
Functional Characterization of Insect Chemoreceptors: Receptivity Range, Expression and Evolution
Author: William B. WalkerPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 288919860X
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Olfaction and taste are of critical importance to insects and other animals, since vital behaviours, including mate, food and host seeking, as well as predator and toxin avoidance, are guided by chemosensory cues. Mate and habitat choice are to a large extent determined by chemical signals, and chemoreceptors contribute accordingly to pre-mating isolation barriers and speciation. In addition to fundamental physiological, ecological and evolutionary consideration, the knowledge of insect taste and especially olfaction is also of great importance to human economies, since it facilitates a more informed approach to the management of insect pests of agricultural crops and forests, and insect vectors of disease. Chemoreceptors, which bind to external chemical signals and then transform and send the sensory information to the brain, are at the core of the peripheral olfactory and gustatory system and have thus been the focus of recent research in chemical ecology. Specifically, emphasis has been placed on functional characterization of olfactory receptor genes, which are derived from three large gene families, namely the odorant receptors, gustatory receptors and ionotropic receptors. Spatial expression patterns of olfactory receptors in diverse chemosensory tissues provide information on divergent functions, with regards to ecologically relevant behaviours. On the other hand, characterization of olfactory receptor activation profiles, or “deorphanization”, provides complimentary data on the molecular range of receptivity to the fundamental unit of the olfactory sense. The aim of this Research Topic is to give an update on the breadth and depth of research currently in progress related to understanding the molecular mechanisms of insect chemoreception, with specific emphasis on the olfactory receptors.