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- Title
Cyclic AMP-dependent memory mutants are defective in the food choice behavior of Drosophila.
- Authors
Motosaka, Katsunori; Koganezawa, Masayuki; Narikawa, Satoko; Furuyama, Akira; Shinozaki, Kenji; Isono, Kunio; Shimada, Ichiro
- Abstract
Acute choice behavior in ingesting two different concentrations of sucrose in Drosophila is presumed to include learning and memory. Effects on this behavior were examined for four mutations that block associative learning (dunce, rutabaga, amnesiac, and radish). Three of these mutations cause cyclic AMP signaling defects and significantly reduced taste discrimination. The exception was radish, which affects neither. Electrophysiological recordings confirmed that the sensitivity of taste receptors is almost indistinguishable in all flies, whether wild type or mutant. These results suggest that food choice behavior in Drosophila involves central nervous learning and memory operating via cyclic AMP signaling pathways.
- Publication
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2007, Vol 193, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
0340-7594
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00359-006-0200-z