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A Simple Technique to Assay Locomotor Activity in Drosophila
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A Simple Technique to Assay Locomotor Activity in Drosophila

A Simple Technique to Assay Locomotor Activity in Drosophila

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February 24, 2023

DOI:

10.3791/65092-v

DOI:
10.3791/65092-v

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07:47 min
February 24, 2023

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1Institute of Neuroscience,Soochow University, 2Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

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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.

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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).

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