TheFlyBrain/0005-taste-labOfficial Experiment
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Specimen 237specimen-237Taste and Feeding Bench: lab notes8937f0c
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README.mdTaste and Feeding Benchoverview
setup.mdA bench with three cups and a contact probe tip.3 entries
measurement.mdPaired measurement: stimulus and disconnected branches with the same seed; default 0.2 s b3 entries
limitations.mdChemical tuning is absent from these annotations; sweet and bitter are not inferred.2 entries
sources.mdMaleCNS connectome explorer (Janelia)2 sources
README

Taste and Feeding Bench

experimentNo. 0005categoryLabs & sensesrecordingpendingdataCC BY 4.0

A probe contacts annotated labellar or taste-peg afferents of the fly and proboscis motor output (MN9) is measured. MN9 can also be driven directly as an actuator check.

Workstation still from Taste and Feeding Bench

Recording pending publication. Follow along for the release.

Setup

  • A bench with three cups and a contact probe tip.
  • Channels: labellar taste contact, taste-peg contact (claw and dorsal tpGRN) and proboscis motor output (MN9).
  • Side both, left or right; amplitude 0–1.2; cameras Arena, Fly, Plan, Stimulus.

Measurement

  • Paired measurement: stimulus and disconnected branches with the same seed; default 0.2 s baseline, 1.2 s stimulus, 0.2 s recovery.
  • Annotations resolve retained MN9 source IDs 10331 and 16949, which the processed model labels CB0701.
  • Direct MN9 stimulation is an actuator check, not an independent feeding decision.

Limitations

  • Chemical tuning is absent from these annotations; sweet and bitter are not inferred.
  • Taste-peg claw cells are not leg proprioceptors.

Sources