Proprioceptive neurons of larval Drosophila melanogaster show direction selective activity requiring the mechanosensory channel TMC.
Liping He, Sarun Gulyanon, Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata, Doycho Karagyozov, Ellie S. Heckscher, Michael Krieg, Gavriil Tsechpenakis, Marc H Gershow, William Daniel Tracey
The paper shows that Tmc channels in Drosophila proprioceptors are required for direction-selective activity, with dendrite curvature triggering mechanosensory responses during locomotion.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience