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The detection of harmful stimuli - nociception - has been suggested to rely on evolutionarily conserved neuronal mechanisms. A recent study has shown how the activity of nociceptive neurons in Drosophila larvae triggers a defense mechanism against a parasitoid wasp.

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PubMed ID:: 18269904

DOI:: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.054

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Animals,Behavior, Animal,Drosophila,cytology,physiology,Larva,Neurons,Wasps

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Animals, Behavior, Animal, Drosophila, cytology, physiology, Larva, Neurons, Wasps

Neuroethology: a neuronal self-defense mechanism in fly larvae.

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