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ArticleChemical senses2011

A behavioral odor similarity "space" in larval Drosophila.

Yi-chun Chen, Dushyant Mishra, Linda Schmitt, Michael Schmuker, Bertram Gerber

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Article in Chemical senses, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. The impact of odor-reward memory on chemotaxis in larval Drosophila.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2015
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  10. Differential associative training enhances olfactory acuity in Drosophila melanogaster.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2014
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  11. Parallel processing in the honeybee olfactory pathway: structure, function, and evolution.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2013
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  12. Appetitive associative olfactory learning in Drosophila larvae.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2013
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  13. Parallel processing via a dual olfactory pathway in the honeybee.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2013
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5 authors.

Yi-chun ChenDepartment of Neurobiology and Genetics, Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Dushyant Mishra
Linda Schmitt
Michael Schmuker
Bertram Gerber

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To provide a behavior-based estimate of odor similarity in larval Drosophila, we use 4 recognition-type experiments: 1) We train larvae to associate an odor with food and then test whether they would regard another odor as the same as the trained one. 2) We train larvae to associate an odor with food and test whether they prefer the trained odor against a novel nontrained one. 3) We train larvae differentially to associate one odor with food, but not the other one, and test whether they prefer the rewarded against the nonrewarded odor. 4) In an experiment like (3), we test the larvae after a 30-min break. This yields a combined task-independent estimate of perceived difference between odor pairs. Comparing these perceived differences to published measures of physicochemical difference reveals a weak correlation. A notable exception are 3-octanol and benzaldehyde, which are distinct in published accounts of chemical similarity and in terms of their published sensory representation but nevertheless are consistently regarded as the most similar of the 10 odor pairs employed. It thus appears as if at least some aspects of olfactory perception are "computed" in postreceptor circuits on the basis of sensory signals rather than being immediately given by them.

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Chemical PhenomenaOdorantsAnimalsDrosophilaLarvaOlfactory Perception

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PMCPMC3038273

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