Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect

Modulation of sensitivity to sensory cues by experience is essential for animals to adapt to a changing environment. Sensitization and adaptation to signals of the same modality as a function of experience have been shown in many cases, and some of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these pro...

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Autores principales: Anton, S., Evengaard, K., Barrozo, R.B., Anderson, P., Skals, N.
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Publicado: 2011
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spelling paperaa:paper_00278424_v108_n8_p3401_Anton2023-06-12T16:45:19Z Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2011;108(8):3401-3405 Anton, S. Evengaard, K. Barrozo, R.B. Anderson, P. Skals, N. Bat sound Intracellular recording Plant odor Sexual behavior sex pheromone animal behavior animal cell animal tissue antenna article bat bioassay controlled study echolocation environmental exposure female insect male moth nonhuman olfactory nerve predator priority journal recording sensitization sensory stimulation signal transduction sound transmission Animals Auditory Perception Behavior, Animal Chiroptera Echolocation Female Insects Male Neurons Olfactory Pathways Olfactory Perception Predatory Behavior Sex Attractants Spodoptera Vocalization, Animal Animalia Hexapoda Lepidoptera Noctuidae Spodoptera littoralis Modulation of sensitivity to sensory cues by experience is essential for animals to adapt to a changing environment. Sensitization and adaptation to signals of the same modality as a function of experience have been shown in many cases, and some of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these processes have been described. However, the influence of sensory signals on the sensitivity of a different modality is largely unknown. In males of the noctuid moth, Spodoptera littoralis, the sensitivity to the female-produced sex pheromone increases 24 h after a brief preexposure with pheromone at the behavioral and central nervous level. Here we show that this effect is not confined to the same sensory modality: the sensitivity of olfactory neurons can also be modulated by exposure to a different sensory stimulus, i.e., a pulsed stimulus mimicking echolocating sounds from attacking insectivorous bats. We tested responses of preexposed male moths in a walking bioassay and recorded from neurons in the primary olfactory center, the antennal lobe. We show that brief exposure to a bat call, but not to a behaviorally irrelevant tone, increases the behavioral sensitivity of male moths to sex pheromone 24 h later in the same way as exposure to the sex pheromone itself. The observed behavioral modification is accompanied by an increase in the sensitivity of olfactory neurons in the antennal lobe. Our data provide thus evidence for cross-modal experience-dependent plasticity not only on the behavioral level, but also on the central nervous level, in an insect. 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00278424_v108_n8_p3401_Anton
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topic Bat sound
Intracellular recording
Plant odor
Sexual behavior
sex pheromone
animal behavior
animal cell
animal tissue
antenna
article
bat
bioassay
controlled study
echolocation
environmental exposure
female
insect
male
moth
nonhuman
olfactory nerve
predator
priority journal
recording
sensitization
sensory stimulation
signal transduction
sound transmission
Animals
Auditory Perception
Behavior, Animal
Chiroptera
Echolocation
Female
Insects
Male
Neurons
Olfactory Pathways
Olfactory Perception
Predatory Behavior
Sex Attractants
Spodoptera
Vocalization, Animal
Animalia
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Spodoptera littoralis
spellingShingle Bat sound
Intracellular recording
Plant odor
Sexual behavior
sex pheromone
animal behavior
animal cell
animal tissue
antenna
article
bat
bioassay
controlled study
echolocation
environmental exposure
female
insect
male
moth
nonhuman
olfactory nerve
predator
priority journal
recording
sensitization
sensory stimulation
signal transduction
sound transmission
Animals
Auditory Perception
Behavior, Animal
Chiroptera
Echolocation
Female
Insects
Male
Neurons
Olfactory Pathways
Olfactory Perception
Predatory Behavior
Sex Attractants
Spodoptera
Vocalization, Animal
Animalia
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Spodoptera littoralis
Anton, S.
Evengaard, K.
Barrozo, R.B.
Anderson, P.
Skals, N.
Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
topic_facet Bat sound
Intracellular recording
Plant odor
Sexual behavior
sex pheromone
animal behavior
animal cell
animal tissue
antenna
article
bat
bioassay
controlled study
echolocation
environmental exposure
female
insect
male
moth
nonhuman
olfactory nerve
predator
priority journal
recording
sensitization
sensory stimulation
signal transduction
sound transmission
Animals
Auditory Perception
Behavior, Animal
Chiroptera
Echolocation
Female
Insects
Male
Neurons
Olfactory Pathways
Olfactory Perception
Predatory Behavior
Sex Attractants
Spodoptera
Vocalization, Animal
Animalia
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Spodoptera littoralis
description Modulation of sensitivity to sensory cues by experience is essential for animals to adapt to a changing environment. Sensitization and adaptation to signals of the same modality as a function of experience have been shown in many cases, and some of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these processes have been described. However, the influence of sensory signals on the sensitivity of a different modality is largely unknown. In males of the noctuid moth, Spodoptera littoralis, the sensitivity to the female-produced sex pheromone increases 24 h after a brief preexposure with pheromone at the behavioral and central nervous level. Here we show that this effect is not confined to the same sensory modality: the sensitivity of olfactory neurons can also be modulated by exposure to a different sensory stimulus, i.e., a pulsed stimulus mimicking echolocating sounds from attacking insectivorous bats. We tested responses of preexposed male moths in a walking bioassay and recorded from neurons in the primary olfactory center, the antennal lobe. We show that brief exposure to a bat call, but not to a behaviorally irrelevant tone, increases the behavioral sensitivity of male moths to sex pheromone 24 h later in the same way as exposure to the sex pheromone itself. The observed behavioral modification is accompanied by an increase in the sensitivity of olfactory neurons in the antennal lobe. Our data provide thus evidence for cross-modal experience-dependent plasticity not only on the behavioral level, but also on the central nervous level, in an insect.
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author Anton, S.
Evengaard, K.
Barrozo, R.B.
Anderson, P.
Skals, N.
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Evengaard, K.
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title Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
title_short Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
title_full Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
title_fullStr Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
title_full_unstemmed Brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
title_sort brief predator sound exposure elicits behavioral and neuronal long-term sensitization in the olfactory system of an insect
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