Memory through metamorphosis in normal and mutant Drosophila.

Abstract excerpt

To establish that a stable, long-lasting form of memory exists in Drosophila, we trained third-instar larvae by electroshocking them in the presence of a specific odor using a Pavlovian conditioning procedure. We show that conditioned odor avoidance produced in larvae still was present in adults...

Topics

• Animals
• Association Learning
• Drosophila
• Larva
• Memory
• Metamorphosis, Biological
• Mutation
• Reference Values
• Retention, Psychology
• Smell