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A Single-fly Assay for Foraging Behavior in Drosophila

A Single-fly Assay for Foraging Behavior in Drosophila

DOI:
10.3791/50801-v

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13:01 min

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November 04, 2013

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1Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences,University of California-San Diego, 2Department of Neuroscience,Columbia University, 3Dart NeuroScience, 4School of Dental Medicine,University of Pennsylvania

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 02:16Fly Collection and Starvation
  • 03:54Preparation of the Food Odor
  • 04:54Testing Room and Behavior Chamber Setup
  • 05:34Fly Loading into the Testing Plates
  • 07:03Positioning the Testing Plate
  • 07:39Record the Fly Position During the Experiment
  • 09:00Results: Data Analysis and Quality Control
  • 11:48Conclusion

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In this video article, we describe an automated assay to measure the effect of hunger or satiety on olfactory dependent food search behavior in the adult fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

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Food Search BehaviorOlfactory SensitivityDrosophilaHungerSatietySingle-fly AssayAutomated Behavioral AssayFood OdorOdor Localization

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