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Taste coding and modulation in local circuits of insects
Reference
S17961
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Philip Newland
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Southampton
Department
Centre for Biological Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
231,832
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
02/06/2003
End date
01/06/2006
Duration
36 months
Abstract
Finding the right kind of food is one of the most basic behaviours an animal must accomplish to survive. The sense of taste is a vital component in this process, and in both vertebrates and invertebrates is subject to the actions of many of the same molecular signalling pathways and modulatory mechanisms that confer plasticity on the taste pathways. The aim of this study is to analyse how the important neuromodulator nitric oxide, acting through a cGMP signalling pathway, functions in neural networks responsible for chemosensory coding, integration and generating feeding rhythmic motor patterns in the desert locust and Drosophila, using bioimaging and neurophysiological techniques.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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