Molecular Basis for Cephalic Mechanosensitivity of Drosophila Larvae

• 作者: Ting Liu Wei Zhang Zhenyu Zhang Zhiyuan Li
• 来源期刊: 神经科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 所属期刊栏目: Letters to the Editor
• 页码范围: 1051-1056
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Dear Editor, For an animal to explore its environment, the mechanosensots on its head are of particular importance.For example,in Drosophila larvae that constantly explore the surrounding substrate during foraging and wandering, the cephalic segments host highly specialized organs with extraordinary mechanical sensitivity [1].While mechanosensation on the thoracic and abdominal segments has been studied extensively [2], the functions and molecular features of cephalic mechanosensation have not yet been characterized, despite the unambiguous presence of mechanosensors [3].