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Drosophila fasciclinII is required for the formation of odor memories and for normal sensitivity to alcohol.
Cell - 15 Jun 2001
Cheng Y, Endo K, Wu K, Rodan A R, Heberlein U, Davis R L
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila fasciclinII (fasII) mutants perform poorly after olfactory conditioning due to a defect in encoding, stabilizing, or retrieving short-term memories. Performance was rescued by inducing the expression of a normal transgene just before training and immediate testing. Induction after training but before testing failed to rescue performance, showing that Fas II does not have an exclusive role in memory...
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