Group behavior: social context modulates behavioral responses to sensory stimuli

Sara M Wasserman; Mark A Frye

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.052

Group behavior: social context modulates behavioral responses to sensory stimuli

Curr Biol. 2015 Jun 1;25(11):R467-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.052.

Authors

Sara M Wasserman¹, Mark A Frye²

Affiliations

¹ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26035792
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.052

Abstract

A new study reveals an unanticipated role for social context in driving group behavior of a solitary species to a sensory stimulus and is mediated by mechanosensory neurons signaling touch interactions among individuals.

MeSH terms

Animals
Carbon Dioxide
Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
Mechanoreceptors / physiology*
Social Behavior*

Substances

Carbon Dioxide