Here, we provide protocols to perform three simple injury-induced axon degeneration (axon death) assays in Drosophila melanogaster to evaluate the morphological and functional preservation of severed axons and their synapses.
Paglione, M., Rosell, A. L., Chatton, J., Neukomm, L. J. Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Axons and their Synapses during Axon Death in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Vis. Exp. (157), e60865, doi:10.3791/60865 (2020).