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Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila
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Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila

Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila

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September 28, 2010

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10.3791/2157-v

DOI:
10.3791/2157-v

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18:08 min
September 28, 2010

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1Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine,Rutgers University, 2Current Address: Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,University of California, Davis, 3Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,Rutgers University

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We describe procedures for recording daily locomotor activity rhythms of Drosophila and subsequent data analysis. Locomotor activity rhythms are a reliable behavioral output of animal circadian clocks and are used as the standard readout of clock function when studying circadian mutants or examining how the environment regulates the circadian system.

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Chiu, J. C., Low, K. H., Pike, D. H., Yildirim, E., Edery, I. Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila. J. Vis. Exp. (43), e2157, doi:10.3791/2157 (2010).

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