Image of the Day: Fly Brain
This image shows fluorescently-labelled neurons involved in perceiving a taste pheromone within the brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
Jul 13, 2015
MEREDITH CALVERT AND KAH JUNN TAN(See “The neuropeptide tachykinin is essential for pheromonedetection in a gustatory neural circuit,” eLife, 2015.)
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