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Science 26 July 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3839, pp. 389 - 391
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3839.389
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Chemosensory Input and Taste Discrimination in the Blowfly

V. G. Dethier 1

1 Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Simultaneous recording of behavioral responses and action potentials from single chemoreceptors in the proboscis of intact blowflies revealed that acceptance of a solution can be mediated either by input from one water receptor or from one salt receptor. Rejection of higher concentrations of salt is mediated by the same salt receptor. A difference of three impulses in the first 100 milliseconds of activity can determine whether the fly accepts or rejects the solution.


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