Neuroethology: a neuronal self-defense mechanism in fly larvae |
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Authors: | Fiala André |
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Affiliation: | Julius-Maximilians-Universit?t Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. afiala@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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Abstract: | The detection of harmful stimuli - nociception - has been suggested to rely on evolutionarily conserved neuronal mechanisms. A recent study has shown how the activity of nociceptive neurons in Drosophila larvae triggers a defense mechanism against a parasitoid wasp. |
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