Automated tracking of animal posture and movement during exploration and sensory orientation behaviors

A Gomez-Marin, N Partoune, GJ Stephens, M Louis - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The nervous functions of an organism are primarily reflected in the behavior it is
capable of. Measuring behavior quantitatively, at high-resolution and in an automated …

FIM, a novel FTIR-based imaging method for high throughput locomotion analysis

B Risse, S Thomas, N Otto, T Löpmeier, D Valkov… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We designed a novel imaging technique based on frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) to
obtain high resolution and high contrast movies. This F TIR-based I maging M ethod (FIM) is …

Optimization of wrMTrck to monitor Drosophila larval locomotor activity

DS Brooks, K Vishal, J Kawakami, S Bouyain… - Journal of insect …, 2016 - Elsevier
An efficient and low-cost method of examining larval movement in Drosophila melanogaster
is needed to study how mutations and/or alterations in the muscular, neural, and olfactory …

Phenylacetaldehyde induced olfactory conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) larvae

MZ Ali, A Anushree, AL Bilgrami, A Ahsan… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Phenylacetaldehyde (PAH), an aromatic odorant, exists in varied fruits including overripe
bananas and prickly pear cactus, the 2 major host fruits of Drosophila melanogaster. It acts …

Octopamine signaling via OctαR is essential for a well-orchestrated climbing performance of adult Drosophila melanogaster

SE El-Kholy, B Afifi, I El-Husseiny, A Seif - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The biogenic amine octopamine (OA) orchestrates many behavioural processes in insects.
OA mediates its function by binding to OA receptors belonging to the G protein-coupled …

Olfactory Conditioning in the Third Instar Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Using Heat Shock Reinforcement

S Khurana, BG Robinson, Z Wang, WC Shropshire… - Behavior genetics, 2012 - Springer
Adult Drosophila melanogaster has long been a popular model for learning and memory
studies. Now the larval stage of the fruit fly is also being used in an increasing number of …

A low concentration of ethanol impairs learning but not motor and sensory behavior in Drosophila larvae

BG Robinson, S Khurana, JB Pohl, W Li, A Ghezzi… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Drosophila melanogaster has proven to be a useful model system for the genetic analysis of
ethanol-associated behaviors. However, past studies have focused on the response of the …

Increased throughput assays of locomotor dysfunction in Drosophila larvae

C Sinadinos, CM Cowan, A Wyttenbach… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2012 - Elsevier
Larval locomotion is a sensitive readout of a range of nervous system deficits in Drosophila,
and has been utilised to quantify modulation of the disease phenotype in models of human …

FIM: Multicolor, Multipurpose Imaging System to Manipulate and Analyze Animal Behavior

B Risse, N Otto, D Berh, X Jiang, M Kiel… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In vivo whole-body imaging of small animals plays an important role for biomedical studies.
In particular, animals like the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster or the nematode …

Does the cellphone radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation during ringing or talking modes induce locomotor disturbance in Drosophila melanogaster?

MA Seada, SE Elkholy, WS Meshrif - African Zoology, 2016 - journals.co.za
Debate regarding the biological effect of electromagnetic radiation has been recently raised.
The effects of this radiation on locomotor activity are not well known. Hence, in this study, we …