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Electrophysiological Recording of The Central Nervous System Activity of Third-Instar Drosophila Melanogaster
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This protocol describes a method to record the descending electrical activity of the Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system to enable the cost-efficient and convenient testing of pharmacological agents, genetic mutations of neural proteins, and/or the role of unexplored physiological pathways.
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Swale, D. R., Gross, A. D., Coquerel, Q. R. R., Bloomquist, J. R. Electrophysiological Recording of The Central Nervous System Activity of Third-Instar Drosophila Melanogaster . J. Vis. Exp. (141), e58375, doi:10.3791/58375 (2018).
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