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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Behavior-Genetic Analysis of Drosophila Melanogaster Using The Central Excitatory State
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe central excitatory state (CES), a physiological phenomenon characterized by an increased probability of proboscis extension to a water stimulus following sucrose stimulation, has been the focus of a behavior-genetic analysis of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. The interest CES has received is due to the positive correlation it has with classical conditioning in another dipteran species, the blow fly (Phormia regina). Initial experiments were performed to demonstrate and characterize CES in this species, results of which indicated that CES decays over time, is a function of sucrose concentration, and mediated by neural junctures that are centrally located.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Psychology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Vargo, Mark Anthony
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8502330
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77675