Results: Reversible Decline in Male Mating Drive over Time
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The overall goal of this assay is to measure and manipulate the male Drosophila mating drive in order to examine motivation in a reductionist system. This method can help answer key questions in the study of motivation like what genes and neurons
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This article describes a behavioral assay that uses male mating drive in Drosophilamelanogaster to study motivation. Using this method, researchers can utilize advanced fly neurogenetic techniques to uncover the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underlie this motivation.