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Sparse and stereotyped encoding implicates a core glomerulus for ant alarm behavior.

Taylor Hart¹, Dominic D Frank¹, Lindsey E Lopes¹

¹Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.

|June 15, 2023

Summary

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Ants use precise olfactory maps for alarm pheromones, activating few brain glomeruli. This suggests simple neural pathways for translating scent signals into alarm behaviors.

Keywords:

GCaMP Ooceraea biroi antennal lobe calcium imaging chemosensation clonal raider ant communication odor coding olfaction pheromone

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Sensory Neuroscience

Background:

Ants possess complex olfactory systems with numerous glomeruli in their antennal lobes.
Expanded olfactory systems raise questions about how ants process numerous odor signals efficiently.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the neural representation of alarm pheromones in ants.
To determine how ants' olfactory systems encode specific chemical signals for alarm communication.

Main Methods:

Generated transgenic ants expressing the genetically encoded calcium indicator GCaMP.
Utilized two-photon imaging to map glomerular responses to alarm pheromones in olfactory sensory neurons.

Main Results:

Alarm pheromones activated a small number of glomeruli (≤6).
Activity maps for panic-inducing pheromones converged on a single glomerulus.
Demonstrated precise, narrowly tuned representations rather than broadly tuned combinatorial encoding.

Conclusions:

Ants utilize stereotyped neural representations for alarm pheromones.
A single glomerulus acts as a central hub for processing alarm pheromone signals.
Simple neural architectures can effectively translate pheromone perception into behavioral outputs.