Measuring alterations in metabolic rates is central to understanding the progression of various diseases and aging. Here, we present a novel technique to measure whole head oxygen consumption that more closely resembles the physiological state and may aid in revealing novel drugs that modify mitochondrial activity.
Dietz, L. J., Venkatasubramani, A. V., Müller-Eigner, A., Hrabe de Angelis, M., Imhof, A., Becker, L., Peleg, S. Measuring and Interpreting Oxygen Consumption Rates in Whole Fly Head Segments. J. Vis. Exp. (143), e58601, doi:10.3791/58601 (2019).