University of California-San Diego

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

A Single-fly Assay for Foraging Behavior in Drosophila

Orel A. Zaninovich¹, Susy M. Kim¹, Cory R. Root^1,2, David S. Green^1,3, Kang I. Ko^1,4, Jing W. Wang¹

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 Ng¹, Hui-Hao Lin¹, Jing W. Wang¹, Chih-Ying Su¹

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.