But mice without mechanoreceptor channels didn't shake. So Zhang and his team focused on mechanoreceptors, tracking their activity in response to oil droplets. They narrowed down their focus to ...
Pharyngeal sensory organs serve as the final checkpoint before food ingestion, monitoring the chemical and physical properties of food (Chen et al., 2019; Choi et al., 2016; Joseph et al., 2017; Kim ...
Qin et al. set out to investigate the role of mechanosensory feedback during swallowing and identify neural circuits that generate ingestion rhythms. They use Drosophila melanogaster swallowing as a ...