Drugs, flies, and videotape: The effects of ethanol and cocaine on Drosophila locomotion

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 639-645

  Rothenfluh, Adrian ^a   Heberlein, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0036903001     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00380-X     Document Type: Review

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