Neuroethology: a neuronal self-defense mechanism in fly larvae.
The detection of harmful stimuli - nociception - has been suggested to rely on evolutionarily conserved neuronal mechanisms. A recent study has shown how the activity of nociceptive neurons in Drosophila larvae triggers a defense mechanism against a parasitoid wasp.
Fiala
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. afiala@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology