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High-Throughput Method for Measuring Alcohol Sedation Time of Individual Drosophila melanogaster
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Sciences du comportement
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Journal JoVE Sciences du comportement
High-Throughput Method for Measuring Alcohol Sedation Time of Individual Drosophila melanogaster

High-Throughput Method for Measuring Alcohol Sedation Time of Individual Drosophila melanogaster

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April 20, 2020

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April 20, 2020

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Current methods to measure alcohol sensitivity in Drosophila are designed to test groups of flies. We present a simple, low-cost, high-throughput assay for assessing alcohol sedation sensitivity in large numbers of single flies. The method does not require specialized tools and can be performed in any laboratory using common materials.

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