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Combined rather than separate pathways for hedonic and sensory aspects of taste in fly larvae ?

Colomb, Julien ; Stocker, Reinhard F.

In: Fly, 2007, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 232 - 234

In mammals, the hedonic aspects (good versus bad) and sensory aspects (i.e., the molecular quality) of taste are associated with different brain regions. Anatomical data argue against such a separation in the primary taste center of Drosophila larvae. Is only one aspect of taste represented or do both co-exist at the same location? I present evidence for a hedonic representation in the larval...