title: Group behavior: social context modulates behavioral responses to sensory stimuli.
abstract: A new study reveals an unanticipated role for social context in driving group behavior of a solitary species to a sensory stimulus and is mediated by mechanosensory neurons signaling touch interactions among individuals.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: smwasser@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: frye@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide