Neuroscience: Sensing Absolute Cold.

Neuroscience: Sensing Absolute Cold.
Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R809-R811
Authors: Ng R, Su CY
Abstract
To overwinter, animals must detect constant cold temperatures before adapting their behavior accordingly. A new study in Drosophila describes a circuit mechanism - from sensory neurons to higher brain centers - that encodes and relays persistent, absolute cold stimuli to modulate sleep.
PMID: 32693074 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Biology - July 19, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Ng R, Su CY Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research