Abstract
Recent experiments in Drosophila demonstrate striking stereotypy in the neural architecture of the olfactory system. Functional imaging experiments in mammals and honeybees suggest a mechanism of odor coding that translates discrete patterns of activity in olfactory glomeruli into an odor image. Future experiments in Drosophila may permit a direct test of this odor-coding hypothesis.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Brain / cytology
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Brain / metabolism*
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Drosophila melanogaster / cytology
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Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism*
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Neurons / cytology
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Neurons / metabolism*
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Olfactory Pathways / cytology
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Olfactory Pathways / metabolism*
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Receptors, Odorant / genetics
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Receptors, Odorant / metabolism
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Signal Transduction / genetics
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Smell / genetics*
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Synaptic Transmission / genetics