Mutation of the Drosophila serotonin transporter dSERT disrupts courtship and feeding and increases both daytime and nighttime sleep
Elizabeth M Knapp, Andrea Kaiser, Rebecca C. Arnold, Maureen McGuirk Sampson, Manuela Ruppert, Li Xu, Matthew I. Anderson, Shivan L. Bonanno, Henrike Scholz, Jeffrey M. Donlea, David E. Krantz
This study creates dSERT mutants in Drosophila to investigate serotonin's role in sleep, feeding, and courtship, finding increased sleep and behavioral defects.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience