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New paper on the effects of serotonin on feedforward inhibition.

Feedforward inhibition decorrelates sensory representations to enhance discrimination. In this study, we report that feedforward inhibitory neurons in the olfactory system of Drosophila are differentially modulated by serotonin and project to different zones within second order processing regions that represent distinct odor categories. Read it here.

We've moved!

Starting this Summer the Dacks Lab is now part of the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. We're excited to join a vibrant community of researchers studying diverse topics in invertebrate biology!


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New paper on the impact of taste on olfactory responses  

Multimodal sensory integration provides nuanced control over how animals interpret their environment. We contributed to a study led by the lab of Dr. Karla Kaun on the impact of taste to responses to odors using a novel quantitative assay of operant learning. Read it here.