title: Viewing odors in the mushroom body of the fly.
abstract: Central processing of olfactory information has been analyzed in the mushroom body of Drosophila by Ca(2+) imaging, extending such analysis of odor coding to the second relay of the olfactory system. Different odors, and different concentrations of a particular odor, yield distinct spatial patterns of activity. Mutations that affect odor receptors and odorant-binding proteins affect these spatial patterns.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. john.carlson@yale.edu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009812:Odorants; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018035:Receptors, Odorant