JoVE Journal

Neuroscience

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Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila

Chapters in this video

0:00

Title

1:20

Setting Up the Locomotor Activity Monitoring System

3:50

Preparation of Experimental Animals

5:08

Preparation of Activity Tubes

10:03

Loading Flies into Activity Tubes and Locomotor Activity Monitoring System

11:36

Experimental Design to Record Data for Determination of Circadian Periodicity and Amplitude

13:54

Representative Circadian Sleep/Rest Parameters

17:47

Conclusion

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