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Habituation of an odorant-induced startle response in Drosophila.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jun 2004
Cho W, Heberlein U, Wolf F W
Abstract excerpt
Habituation is a fundamental form of behavioral plasticity that permits organisms to ignore inconsequential stimuli. Here we describe the habituation of a locomotor response to ethanol and other odorants in Drosophila, measured by an automated high-throughput locomotor tracking system. Flies exhibit an immediate and transient startle response upon exposure to a novel odor. Surgical removal of the antennae, the...
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