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SUBMITTER: Koon AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391700 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koon Alex C AC Ashley James J Barria Romina R DasGupta Shamik S DasGupta Shamik S Brain Ruth R Waddell Scott S Alkema Mark J MJ Budnik Vivian V
Nature neuroscience 20101226 2
Adrenergic signaling has important roles in synaptic plasticity and metaplasticity. However, the underlying mechanisms of these functions remain poorly understood. We investigated the role of octopamine, the invertebrate counterpart of adrenaline and noradrenaline, in synaptic and behavioral plasticity in Drosophila. We found that an increase in locomotor speed induced by food deprivation was accompanied by an activity- and octopamine-dependent extension of octopaminergic arbors and that the for ...[more]