Central relay of bitter taste to the protocerebrum by peptidergic interneurons in the Drosophila brain

Bitter taste evokes aversive behaviour in animals, but little is known about the central nervous system mechanisms that convey this taste modality. Hückesfeld et al. identify a set of second order neurons in Drosophilathat contain hugin neuropeptide and are responsible for conveying bitter taste to...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Hückesfeld, Marc Peters, Michael J. Pankratz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12796