Mushroom bodies, Ca2+ oscillations, and the memory gene amnesiac

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authors

• Davis, Ronald

publication date

• June 2001

journal

• Neuron  Journal

abstract

• The memory of odors in Drosophila is mediated by mushroom body neurons. Memory is formed, in part, by a modulation of the physiology of these neurons brought about by neuropeptides that are encoded by the amnesiac gene and released from peptidergic neurons that innervate mushroom body neurons. Slow and spontaneous oscillations of calcium levels are elevated in the mushroom body neurons of amnesiac mutants and may contribute to memory consolidation.

subject areas

• Animals
• Calcium Signaling
• Drosophila
• Drosophila Proteins
• Memory
• Nervous System
• Neurons
• Neuropeptides

Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

• 0896-6273

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00329-4

PubMed ID

• 11430799

Additional Document Info

start page

• 653

end page

• 656

volume

• 30

issue

• 3