Signal Amplification in Drosophila Olfactory Receptor Neurons

Publication date: 4 December 2019Source: Neuron, Volume 104, Issue 5Author(s): Byoung Soo Kim, Greg S.B. SuhOlfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) transform scant chemical inputs into significant neural signals. This transformation requires signal amplification. In this issue of Neuron, Ng et al. (2019) identified a mechanism by which the signals evoked by pheromones are amplified in the ORNs that selectively promote courtship behavior in Drosophila.
Source: Neuron - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research