Nonsynaptic Transmission Mediates Light Context-Dependent Odor Responses in Drosophila melanogaster

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Abstract

Recent connectome analyses of the entire synaptic circuit in the nervous system have provided tremendous insights into how neural processing occurs through the synaptic relay of neural information. Conversely, the extent to which ephaptic transmission which does not depend on the synapses contributes to the relay of neural information, especially beyond a distance between adjacent neurons and to neural processing remains unclear. We show that ephaptic transmission mediated by extracellular potential changes in female Drosophila melanogaster can reach .200 mm, equivalent to the depth of its brain. Furthermore, ephaptic transmission driven by retinal photoreceptor cells mediates light-evoked firing rate increases in olfactory sensory neurons. These results indicate that ephaptic transmission contributes to sensory responses that can change momentarily in a context-dependent manner.

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Ikeda, K., Kataoka, M., & Tanaka, N. K. (2022). Nonsynaptic Transmission Mediates Light Context-Dependent Odor Responses in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(46), 8621–8628. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1106-22.2022

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