Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits.
A central goal of neuroscience is to understand how neural circuits encode memory and guide behaviour. Studying simple, genetically tractable organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster, can illuminate principles of neural circuit organization and function. Early genetic dissection of D. melanogaster...
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| description | A central goal of neuroscience is to understand how neural circuits encode memory and guide behaviour. Studying simple, genetically tractable organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster, can illuminate principles of neural circuit organization and function. Early genetic dissection of D. melanogaster olfactory memory focused on individual genes and molecules. These molecular tags subsequently revealed key neural circuits for memory. Recent advances in genetic technology have allowed us to manipulate and observe activity in these circuits, and even individual neurons, in live animals. The studies have transformed D. melanogaster from a useful organism for gene discovery to an ideal model to understand neural circuit function in memory. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:affaec9b-b411-4608-aee0-47281de733692022-03-27T03:53:10ZDrosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:affaec9b-b411-4608-aee0-47281de73369EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Keene, AWaddell, SA central goal of neuroscience is to understand how neural circuits encode memory and guide behaviour. Studying simple, genetically tractable organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster, can illuminate principles of neural circuit organization and function. Early genetic dissection of D. melanogaster olfactory memory focused on individual genes and molecules. These molecular tags subsequently revealed key neural circuits for memory. Recent advances in genetic technology have allowed us to manipulate and observe activity in these circuits, and even individual neurons, in live animals. The studies have transformed D. melanogaster from a useful organism for gene discovery to an ideal model to understand neural circuit function in memory. |
| spellingShingle | Keene, A Waddell, S Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title | Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title_full | Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title_fullStr | Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title_short | Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits. |
| title_sort | drosophila olfactory memory single genes to complex neural circuits |
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