Visual learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 179-188

  Gerber, B ^a,b   Scherer, S ^b   Neuser, K ^a   Michels, B ^a   Hendel, T ^a   Stocker, R F ^b   Heisenberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Larva; Learning; Taste; Vision

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LEARNING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FRUCTOSE; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOPERIOD; QUININE; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SODIUM CHLORIDE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0347596840     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00718     Document Type: Article

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