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SUMMARY:Olfactory processing in Drosophila - Vikas Bhandawat\, Department 
 of Neurobiology\, Harvard Medical School
DTSTART:20090423T110000Z
DTEND:20090423T120000Z
UID:TALK18127@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Greg Jefferis
DESCRIPTION:A major goal in neuroscience is to understand how neural circu
 its represent sensory information or guide behavior. Because of the comple
 xity of our nervous system it is often difficult to pinpoint the neurons t
 hat participate in a given task. Therefore it makes sense to study these q
 uestions in smaller organisms like the worm or fly\, where it is easier to
  define the neuronal population responsible for a given percept or behavio
 r. Over the last few years there has been substantial progress in our abil
 ity to record neural signals from the Drosophila brain as well as in measu
 ring its behavior\, making it an attractive model system for addressing qu
 estions regarding the neural basis of behavior.\n\nMy talk will exemplify 
 these advances. In the first part of my talk I will describe experiments t
 hat use in-vivo single cell recordings in the fly brain to understand the 
 fundamental principles underlying olfactory processing in the antennal lob
 e (the first center for olfactory processing in insects). In the second pa
 rt of my talk\, I will describe paradigms for making quantitative assessme
 nt of a fly’s behavior. The overall aim is to measure neural and behavio
 ral responses under the same stimulus condition to understand the neural b
 asis of olfactory behavior.
LOCATION:MRC LMB: Neurobiology Division Seminar Room (Level 2)
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