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SUBMITTER: Zhang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3780881 | biostudies-other | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhang Ting T Branch Audrey A Shen Ping P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130903 38
The easy accessibility of energy-rich palatable food makes it difficult to resist food temptation. Drosophila larvae are surrounded by sugar-rich food most of their lives, raising the question of how these animals modulate food-seeking behaviors in tune with physiological needs. Here we describe a circuit mechanism defined by neurons expressing tdc2-Gal4 (a tyrosine decarboxylase 2 promoter-directed driver) that selectively drives a distinct foraging strategy in food-deprived larvae. Stimulation ...[more]