Franciscan University of Steubenville 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience A Low-cost Method for Analyzing Seizure-like Activity and Movement in Drosophila Bryan Stone1, Brian Burke1, Joseph Pathakamuri1, John Coleman2, Daniel Kuebler1 1Department of Biology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2Department of Computer Science, Franciscan University of Steubenville Using a webcam and a combination of free and inexpensive software programs, locomotive patterns in Drosophila melanogaster can be analyzed to detect differences in the speed, distance, and time of various motor activities.
