The present protocol assesses the locomotor activity of Drosophila by tracking and analyzing the movement of flies in a hand-made arena using open-source software Fiji, compatible with plugins to segment pixels of each frame based on high-definition video recording to calculate parameters of speed, distance, etc.
Long, X., Du, H., Jiang, M., Meng, H. A Simple Technique to Assay Locomotor Activity in Drosophila. J. Vis. Exp. (192), e65092, doi:10.3791/65092 (2023).