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Place memory formation in Drosophila is independent of proper octopamine signaling.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology - 1 Apr 2010
Sitaraman Divya, Zars Melissa, Zars Troy
Abstract excerpt
The biogenic amines play a critical role in establishing memories. In the insects, octopamine, dopamine, and serotonin have key functions in memory formation. For Drosophila, octopamine is necessary and sufficient for appetitive olfactory memory formation. Whether octopamine plays a general role in reinforcing memories in the fly is not known. Place learning in the heat-box associates high temperatures with one...
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