The olfactory circuit of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

作     者：LIANG Liang1,2 & LUO Liqun1 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology 2Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA 

作者机构：1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Biology Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA2. Department of Applied Physics Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA 

出 版 物：《Science China(Life Sciences)》 (中国科学（生命科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第53卷第4期

页      面：472-484页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 

基　　金：L. Liang has been supported by a Stanford Graduate Fellow-ship and a Lubert Stryer Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship. L. Luo is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Olfaction research in our lab has been supported by NIH grant R01-DC005982 

主　　题：olfactory receptor neurons projection neurons local interneurons antennal lobe mushroom body lateral horn behavior information processing 

摘      要：The olfactory circuit of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has emerged in recent years as an excellent paradigm for studying the principles and mechanisms of information processing in neuronal circuits. We discuss here the organizational principles of the olfactory circuit that make it an attractive model for experimental manipulations, the lessons that have been learned, and future challenges.