A portable system for monitoring the behavioral activity of Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Inan, Omer T ^a   Marcu, Oana ^b,c   Sanchez, Max E ^c   Bhattacharya, Sharmila ^c   Kovacs, Gregory T A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitor; Drosophila melanogaster; Locomotor behavior; Shaking behavior

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DROSOPHILA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80053570713     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.039     Document Type: Article

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