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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:13Maintenance of Population Cages
- 02:51Behavioral Paradigm – Locomotion
- 03:42Behavior Paradigm – Feeding
- 04:24Larval Gut Dissections
- 06:44Analysis of Neural Circuitry
- 07:58Analysis of ebo3 Mutation
- 09:06Conclusion
The feeding circuit in Drosophila melanogaster larvae serves a simple yet powerful model that allows changes in feeding rate to be correlated with alterations in the stomatogastric neural circuitry. This circuit is composed of central serotonergic neurons that send projections to the mouth hooks as well as the foregut.
