Further characterization of an aversive learning task in Drosophila melanogaster: Intensity of the stimulus, relearning, and use of rutabaga mutants

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1139-1149

  Perisse, Emmanuel ^a   Portelli, Geoffrey ^a   Le Goas, Solène ^a   Teste, Elsa ^a   Le Bourg, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Learning; Memory; Phototaxis; Rutabaga mutants

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RUTABAGA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIGHT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; LIGHT; MALE; MUTANT PROTEINS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35348966956     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0266-2     Document Type: Article

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