title: Calcium imaging of pheromone responses in the insect antennal lobe.
abstract: Calcium imaging is a powerful technique that permits the visual monitoring of neural responses to pheromones and other odors in large ensembles of neurons. Here, we describe a method that permits the monitoring of Drosophila antennal lobe responses to odors using the genetically encoded calcium monitor GCaMP.
authors.affiliation: Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Susy M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jing W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D057506:Arthropod Antennae / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D009812:Odorants; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010675:Pheromones; C505385:cis-vaccenyl acetate; D002118:Calcium