This study examines nicotine-induced behavioral and neural changes in Drosophila larvae, showing dopamine-mediated hyperactivity and experience-dependent plasticity.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.20.700145

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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NeuroscienceNaturePeer-reviewedSep 18, 2019

Daytime Color Preference in Drosophila Depends on the Circadian Clock and TRP Channels

Stanislav Lazopulo, Andrey Lazopulo, James D. Baker, Sheyum Syed

This study shows that Drosophila's daytime color preference changes with the time of day, involving circadian clocks and TRP channels in different ways for green and blue light.

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Drosophilaexperimental assay

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 22, 2019

Labeling proteins within Drosophila embryos by combining FRET reporters, position-specific genomic integration, and GAL4-reponsive expression

Tzyy-Chyn Deng, Chia-Jung Hsieh, Michael De Freitas…·Akira Chiba

The paper introduces a method to label proteins in Drosophila embryos using FRET reporters, genomic integration, and GAL4-responsive expression to study protein interactions in situ.

DOI 10.1101/743492

Drosophilaprotein structure

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