From Synapse to Supper: A Food Preference Recipe with Olfactory Synaptic Ingredients

• Published in: Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 107; no. 1; pp. 8 - 11
• Main Authors: Nakahara, Thiago S., Carvalho, Vinicius M.A., Papes, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Elsevier Inc 08.07.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Ablation; Animals; anterior olfactory nucleus; Behavior; C1ql proteins; Experiments; Food; Food preferences; Genetic engineering; Meals; Memory; Neurons; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; olfactory memory; Preferences; Smell; Social interaction; social transmission of food preference; Synapses; synaptic organizers; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; anterior olfactory nucleus; olfactory bulb; C1ql proteins; social transmission of food preference; synaptic organizers; olfactory memory
• ISSN: 0896-6273; 1097-4199; 1097-4199
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.016

C1ql3 protein and its receptor Bai3 are involved in synaptic organization and function. In this issue of Neuron, Wang et al. (2020) report that both are essential for synaptic function between the anterior olfactory nucleus and the olfactory bulb and for the generation, but not recall, of associative olfactory memories determining food preference in mice. C1ql3 protein and its receptor Bai3 are involved in synaptic organization and function. In this issue of Neuron, Wang et al. (2020) report that both are essential for synaptic function between the anterior olfactory nucleus and the olfactory bulb and for the generation, but not recall, of associative olfactory memories determining food preference in mice.