SENSILLUM Definition & Meaning

sensillum

[ sen-sil-uhm ]

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noun

plural sensilla

Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.

sensillum

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noun

a sense organ in insects, typically consisting of a receptor organ in the integument connected to sensory neurons

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sensillum¹

< New Latin (1895), equivalent to Latin ��ŧ�Բ�-, past participle stem of ��Գ�ī�� to sense + -ilum diminutive suffix

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sensillum¹

New Latin, diminutive of Latin sensus sense (Middle Latin: sense organ)

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We included a high concentration of Cd in the recording pipette so as to allow Cd to diffuse into the sensillum lymph and block any peripheral dendro-dendritic synapses in sensilla of Orco-GAL4; UAS-TNT flies.

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Taken together, these results provide evidence that lateral inhibition within a sensillum can modulate behaviour.

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The sensillum thus acts as a processing unit in olfactory computation.

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These results further support the conclusion that the lateral inhibition is due to local electrical interactions between neighbouring ORNs within a sensillum.

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For each sensillum, one trial of each odorant concentration was presented.

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