title: In search of lost scent.
abstract: Three recent studies use optogenetics, virtual 'odor-scapes' and mathematical modeling to study how the nervous system of fruit fly larvae processes sensory information to control navigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, United States.
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D009812:Odorants; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics / Q000379:methods*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D065854:Spatial Navigation / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: D. melanogaster; chemotaxis; computational biology; multi-sensory integration; neuroscience; olfaction; optogenetics; reverse-correlation; sensorimotor control; systems biology