Calcium imaging of pheromone responses in the insect antennal lobe

Abstract

Calcium imaging is a powerful technique that permits the visual monitoring of neural responses to pheromones and other odors in large ensembles of neurons. Here, we describe a method that permits the monitoring of Drosophila antennal lobe responses to odors using the genetically encoded calcium monitor GCaMP. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.