Vosshall, Leslie B. Stocker, Reinhard F. 2007-07-31 The chemical senses—smell and taste—allow animals to evaluate and distinguish valuable food resources from dangerous substances in the environment. The central mechanisms by which the brain recognizes and discriminates attractive and repulsive odorants and tastants, and makes behavioral decisions accordingly, are not well understood in any organism. Recent molecular and neuroanatomical advances in <i>Drosophila</i> have produced a nearly complete picture of the peripheral neuroanatomy and function of smell and taste in this insect. Neurophysiological experiments have begun to provide insight into the mechanisms by which these animals process chemosensory cues. Given the considerable anatomical and functional homology in smell and taste pathways in all higher animals, experimental approaches in <i>Drosophila</i> will likely provide broad insights into the problem of sensory coding. Here we provide a critical review of the recent literature in this field and comment on likely future directions. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/300413 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/300413/files/stocker_mas.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1146/annurev.neuro.30.051606.094306 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Annual Review of Neuroscience. - 2007, vol. 30, p. 505-533 odorant receptors gustatory receptors glomeruli chemosensory brain centers chemosensory processing info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 Molecular architecture of smell and taste in Drosophila http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501