Biological rhythms: the taste-time continuum.
The gustatory system allows the fly to assess food quality, eliciting either acceptance or avoidance behaviors. A new study demonstrates that circadian clocks in gustatory receptor neurons regulate rhythms in taste sensitivity, drive rhythms in appetitive behavior and influence feeding.
Krupp
Joshua J
JJ
Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, North Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada. joshua.krupp@utoronto.ca
Levine
Joel D
JD
D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology
D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C405956:gustatory receptor, Drosophila; C109768:PDP1 protein, Drosophila; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface