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SUBMITTER: Eddison M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3524188 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eddison Mark M Belay Amsale T AT Sokolowski Marla B MB Heberlein Ulrike U
PloS one 20121217 12
Habituation is a form of non-associative learning that enables animals to reduce their reaction to repeated harmless stimuli. When exposed to ethanol vapor, Drosophila show an olfactory-mediated startle response characterized by a transient increase in locomotor activity. Upon repeated exposures, this olfactory startle attenuates with the characteristics of habituation. Here we describe the results of a genetic screen to identify olfactory startle habituation (OSH) mutants. One mutation is a tra ...[more]