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1904913

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
1. Amplitude as well as time course of the electroantennogram (EAG) in Drosophila has been used for describing electrical changes produced in the antenna in response to odorous stimulation. 2. Maximal amplitude of response appears to be directly correlated to stimulus concentration but, after achieving a maximum value, is independent of stimulation duration. 3. Rise time and fall time constants have been quantified for describing kinetics of response. The rise time constant decreases, but the fall time constant increases when increasing concentrations of odorant are supplied. 4. Variation among individuals for these EAG parameters is small enough to uncover even partial defects affecting the first sensory step. This fact combined with the possibility of obtaining mutants with defects in any intermediate process producing the electrical response makes the EAG of Drosophila a very useful tool for dissecting the components of the capture and transduction processes in the olfactory sense. 5. This kind of quantitative study of the EAG has been used in a new Drosophila mutant, od A, for localizing peripheral expression of the mutation. od A has been isolated as a behavioral mutant with an abnormally enhanced olfactory response to ethyl acetate. 6. The mutant's EAG in response to this odorant displays a normal amplitude but abnormal kinetics. Rise time as well as fall time show slower kinetics than normal, suggesting some defective step in the capture and transduction process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3077
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
702-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the electroantennogram in Drosophila melanogaster and its use for identifying olfactory capture and transduction mutants.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut fuer biologische Kybernetik, Tuebingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't