Activation of Latent Courtship Circuitry in the Brain of Drosophila Females Induces Male-like Behaviors

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 2508-2515

  Rezával, Carolina ^a   Pattnaik, Siddharth ^a   Pavlou, Hania J ^a   Nojima, Tetsuya ^a   Brüggemeier, Birgit ^a   D'Souza, Luis A D ^a   Dweck, Hany K M ^b   Goodwin, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84992073866     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.021     Document Type: Article

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