Optimizing Drosophila olfactory learning with a semi-automated training device

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Murakami, Satoshi ^a   Dan, Chuntao ^b   Zagaeski, Brendan ^b   Maeyama, Yuko ^a   Kunes, Sam ^b   Tabata, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Olfactory aversive memory; Semi automated conditioning apparatus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHOLOGY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEACHING;

EID: 77951206828     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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