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Monitoring Heart Function in Larval Drosophila melanogaster for Physiological Studies
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We present various ways to monitor heart function in the larva of Drosophila for assessing questions dealing with the function of gap junctions, ion channel mutations, modulation of pacemaker activity and pharmacological studies.
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Cooper, A. S., Rymond, K. E., Ward, M. A., Bocook, E. L., Cooper, R. L. Monitoring Heart Function in Larval Drosophila melanogaster for Physiological Studies. J. Vis. Exp. (33), e1596, doi:10.3791/1596 (2009).
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