Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects

B Fabian, S Sachse - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and
external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be …

Olfactory Critical Periods: How Odor Exposure Shapes the Developing Brain in Mice and Flies

A Mallick, AM Dacks, Q Gaudry - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Critical periods have been extensively studied in the context of the visual
system in mammals. Despite an immense interest in critical periods, much less is known …

Olfactory system structure and function in newly hatched and adult locusts

K Sun, S Ray, N Gupta, Z Aldworth, M Stopfer - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
An important question in neuroscience is how sensory systems change as animals grow and
interact with the environment. Exploring sensory systems in animals as they develop can …

Experience-dependent plasticity of a highly specific olfactory circuit in Drosophila melanogaster

B Fabian, V Grabe, RG Beutel, BS Hansson, S Sachse - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Drosophila melanogaster encounters a variety of odor cues signaling potentially harmful
threats through-out its life, which are detected by highly specialized olfactory circuits …

Glia control experience-dependent plasticity in an olfactory critical period

HC Leier, AJ Foden, DA Jindal, AJ Wilkov… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sensory experience during developmental critical periods has lifelong consequences for
circuit function and behavior, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms through which …

Early life experience with natural odors modifies olfactory behavior through an associative process

KV Dylla, TF O'Connell, EJ Hong - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Past work has shown that chronic exposure of Drosophila to intense monomolecular odors
in early life leads to homeostatic adaptation of olfactory neural responses and behavioral …

Author Spotlight: Exploring Glial Influence in Experience-Dependent Synaptic Pruning During Critical Periods

N Nelson, V Miller, N Baumann, K Broadie - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2024 - jove.com
Early-life olfactory sensory experience induces dramatic synaptic glomeruli remodeling in
the Drosophila juvenile brain, which is experientially dose-dependent, temporally restricted …

Serotonin Regulates an Olfactory Critical Period in Drosophila

A Mallick - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) is known to modulate early development during critical periods
when experience drives heightened levels of plasticity in sensory systems. Studies in the …