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| Title |
The Molecular Basis for Attractive Salt-Taste Coding in Drosophila
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| Published in |
Science, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1234133 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yali V. Zhang, Jinfei Ni, Craig Montell |
| Abstract |
Below a certain level, table salt (NaCl) is beneficial for animals, whereas excessive salt is harmful. However, it remains unclear how low- and high-salt taste perceptions are differentially encoded. We identified a salt-taste coding mechanism in Drosophila melanogaster. Flies use distinct types of gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs) to respond to different concentrations of salt. We demonstrated that a member of the newly discovered ionotropic glutamate receptor (IR) family, IR76b, functioned in the detection of low salt and was a Na(+) channel. The loss of IR76b selectively impaired the attractive pathway, leaving salt-aversive GRNs unaffected. Consequently, low salt became aversive. Our work demonstrated that the opposing behavioral responses to low and high salt were determined largely by an elegant bimodal switch system operating in GRNs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 25% |
| United States | 4 | 25% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 81% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 290 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Portugal | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| China | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 273 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 68 | 23% |
| Researcher | 66 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 45 | 16% |
| Unknown | 43 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 149 | 51% |
| Neuroscience | 50 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 12 | 4% |
| Unknown | 46 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2013.
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