University of California-San Diego
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Neuroscience
A Single-fly Assay for Foraging Behavior in Drosophila
Orel A. Zaninovich 1, Susy M. Kim 1, Cory R. Root 1,2, David S. Green 1,3, Kang I. Ko 1,4, Jing W. Wang 1
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
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.
Neuroscience
Electrophysiological Recording from Drosophila Trichoid Sensilla in Response to Odorants of Low Volatility
Renny Ng 1, Hui-Hao Lin 1, Jing W. Wang 1, Chih-Ying Su 1
1Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego
The overall goal of this protocol is to demonstrate how to present odorants of low volatility for single-sensillum recording from Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons that respond to long-chain cuticular pheromones.
