Franciscan University of Steubenville

1 ARTICLES 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.