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2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Electrophysiological Recording of The Central Nervous System Activity of Third-Instar Drosophila Melanogaster

Daniel R. Swale¹, Aaron D. Gross², Quentin R. R. Coquerel³, Jeffrey R. Bloomquist³

¹Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, ²Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, ³Department of Entomology and Nematology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida

This protocol describes a method to record the descending electrical activity of the Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system to enable the cost-efficient and convenient testing of pharmacological agents, genetic mutations of neural proteins, and/or the role of unexplored physiological pathways.

Biology

Evaluation of Photosynthetic Efficiency in Photorespiratory Mutants by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Analysis

Joseph Qian¹, Nicholas Ferrari¹, Richard Garcia¹, Mary Beth L. Rollins², Paul F. South^1,2

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, ²Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University AgCenter

We describe an approach to measure changes in photosynthetic efficiency in plants after treatment with low CO₂ using chlorophyll fluorescence.