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1Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. zarst@missouri.edu <zarst@missouri.edu>
Abstract:
Gervasi et al. report in this issue of Neuron that the mushroom bodies in Drosophila, a critical center for olfactory memory formation, have spatially restricted PKA activity in response to specific neuromodulators. The dunce cAMP-phosphodiesterase and rutabaga adenylyl cyclase genes are necessary for two key properties of PKA dynamics in these neurons.
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