Article
Starvation promotes odor/feeding-time associations in flies.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) - 1 Jul 2017
Chouhan Nitin Singh, Wolf Reinhard, Heisenberg Martin
Abstract excerpt
Starvation causes a motivational state that facilitates diverse behaviors such as feeding, walking, and search. Starved Drosophila can form odor/feeding-time associations but the role of starvation in encoding of "time" is poorly understood. Here we show that the extent of starvation is correlated with the fly's ability to establish odor/feeding-time memories. Prolonged starvation promotes odor/feeding-time...
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