Temporal responses of bumblebee gustatoryneurons to sugars
Rachel H. Parkinson, Sébastien C. Kessler, Jennifer Scott, Alexander Simpson, Jennifer J. Bu, Mushtaq T. K. Al-Esawy, Adam Mahdi, Ashwin Miriyala, Geraldine A. Wright
This study shows that bumblebee gustatory receptor neurons encode sugar value through distinct temporal firing patterns, revealing specialized mechanisms for detecting nutritional and toxic sugars.
iScience · Jun 1, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience