Central relay of bitter taste to the protocerebrum by peptidergic interneurons in the Drosophila brain
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Sebastian Hückesfeld; Marc Peters; Michael J. Pankratz
- Source
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
- Subject
- Science
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
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 the protocerebrum.