Associative learning enables the adaptive adjustment of behavioral decisions based on acquired, predicted outcomes. The valence of what is learned is influenced not only by the learned stimuli and their temporal relations, but also by prior experiences and internal states. In this study, we used the fruit flyDrosophila melanogasterto demonstrate that neuronal circuits involved in associative olfactory learning undergo restructuring during extended periods of low-caloric food intake....
Authors
Büşra Çoban, Haiko Poppinga, El Yazid Rachad, Bart Geurten, David Vasmer, Francisco Jesus Rodriguez Jimenez, Yogesh Gadgil, Stephan Hubertus Deimel, Idan Alyagor, Oren Schuldiner, Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow, Thomas Dieter Riemensperger, Annekathrin Widmann