High Throughput Measurement of Locomotor Sensitization to Volatilized Cocaine in Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster can be used to identify genes with novel functional roles in neuronal plasticity induced by repeated consumption of addictive drugs. Behavioral sensitization is a relatively simple behavioral output of plastic changes that occur in the brain after repeated exposures to drugs...

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Main Authors: Ana Filošević, Sabina Al-samarai, Rozi Andretić Waldowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00025/full