Alcohol is a widely used and abused substance with numerous negative consequences for
human health and safety. Historically, alcohol's widespread, non-specific neurobiological …

Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) regulates cell growth and metabolism
in response to multiple nutrients, including the essential amino acid leucine. Recent work in …

An understanding of neuroimmune signaling has become central to a description of how
alcohol causes addiction and how it damages people with an AUD. It is well known that the …

Sex differences in whole-body fat storage exist in many species. For example, Drosophila
females store more fat than males. Yet, the mechanisms underlying this sex difference in fat …

Thirst emerges from a range of cellular changes that ultimately motivate an animal to
consume water. Although thirst-responsive neuronal signals have been reported, the full …

Understanding how diet affects reproduction and survival is a central aim in evolutionary
biology. Although this relationship is likely to differ between the sexes, we lack data relating …

The function of the central nervous system to regulate food intake can be disrupted by
sustained metabolic challenges such as high-fat diet (HFD), which may contribute to various …

The Drosophila model is used to investigate the effects of diet on physiology as well as the
effects of genetic pathways, neural systems and environment on feeding behavior. We …

As complexities of addictive behaviors cannot be fully captured in laboratory studies,
scientists use simple addiction‐associated phenotypes and measure them in laboratory …

House flies, Musca domestica L.,(Diptera: Muscidae) mechanically vector diverse disease-
causing microorganisms while foraging for food in agricultural and urban habitats. Although …