AUTHOR=Ishikawa Yuki , Fujiwara Mao , Wong Junlin , Ura Akari , Kamikouchi Azusa 

TITLE=Stereotyped Combination of Hearing and Wind/Gravity-Sensing Neurons in the Johnston’s Organ of Drosophila

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.01552

DOI=10.3389/fphys.2019.01552

ISSN=1664-042X

ABSTRACT=<p>The antennal ear of the fruit fly, called the Johnston’s organ (JO), detects a wide variety of mechanosensory stimuli, including sound, wind, and gravity. Like many sensory cells in insect, JO neurons are compartmentalized in a sensory unit (i.e., scolopidium). To understand how different subgroups of JO neurons are organized in each scolopidial compartment, we visualized individual JO neurons by labeling various subgroups of JO neurons in different combinations. We found that vibration-sensitive (or deflection-sensitive) neurons rarely grouped together in a single scolopidial compartment. This finding suggests that JO neurons are grouped in stereotypical combinations each with a distinct response property in a scolopidium.</p>