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SUBMITTER: Tuthill JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879191 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tuthill John C JC Wilson Rachel I RI
Cell 20160201 5
To distinguish between complex somatosensory stimuli, central circuits must combine signals from multiple peripheral mechanoreceptor types, as well as mechanoreceptors at different sites in the body. Here, we investigate the first stages of somatosensory integration in Drosophila using in vivo recordings from genetically labeled central neurons in combination with mechanical and optogenetic stimulation of specific mechanoreceptor types. We identify three classes of central neurons that process t ...[more]