期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 54, 期 2, 页码 4417-4444出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15265
关键词
Apis mellifera; gustation; gustatory receptors; honey bee
资金
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Universite Paul Sabatier
- Institut Universitaire de France
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [APITASTE ANR-18-CE37-0021]
Understanding the neural principles governing taste perception in honey bees is crucial due to their important role in pollination and their use as research models. This review examines the current knowledge on honey bee gustatory receptors and their responses to different tastants, highlighting similarities and differences with other insect species. By adopting an evolutionary and comparative perspective, the study aims to define key questions for future research on honey bee taste perception.
Understanding the neural principles governing taste perception in species that bear economic importance or serve as research models for other sensory modalities constitutes a strategic goal. Such is the case of the honey bee (Apis mellifera), which is environmentally and socioeconomically important, given its crucial role as pollinator agent in agricultural landscapes and which has served as a traditional model for visual and olfactory neurosciences and for research on communication, navigation, and learning and memory. Here we review the current knowledge on honey bee gustatory receptors to provide an integrative view of peripheral taste detection in this insect, highlighting specificities and commonalities with other insect species. We describe behavioral and electrophysiological responses to several tastant categories and relate these responses, whenever possible, to known molecular receptor mechanisms. Overall, we adopted an evolutionary and comparative perspective to understand the neural principles of honey bee taste and define key questions that should be answered in future gustatory research centered on this insect.
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