Bilateral olfaction: two is better than one for navigation |
| |
| Authors: | Baranidharan Raman Iori Ito Mark Stopfer |
| |
| Institution: | (1) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Lincoln Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;(2) National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA; |
| |
| Abstract: | Do animals require bilateral input to track odors? A recent study reveals that fruit fly larvae can localize odor sources using unilateral inputs from a single functional sensory neuron, but that an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio provided by dual inputs is helpful in more challenging environments. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
