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SUBMITTER: Scheunemann L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6867886 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20191120 11
Can mating influence cognitive functions such as learning and memory in a permanent way? We have addressed this question using a combined behavioral and in vivo imaging approach, finding that aversive long-term memory performance strongly increases in <i>Drosophila</i> females in response to sperm transfer following mating. A peptide in the male sperm, the sex peptide, is known to cause marked changes in female reproductive behavior, as well as other behaviors such as dietary preference. Here, w ...[more]