Acute hypercapnic stress modulates innate and learned defensive behavior
Nesrine Merabet, Clara Guiraud, Pascal Züfle, Margaux Vieu, Clara Zirah, Anh-Kiet Truong, Carlotta Martelli, Emmanuel Perisse
This study shows that acute hypercapnic stress modulates defensive behaviors in Drosophila through tracheal dendrite neurons, affecting nociception and aversive memory.
bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience