▪ Abstract Genetic approaches have been used to investigate increasingly complex
biological systems. Here we review the current state of genetic analysis of learning and …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchRs) are widely distributed within the nervous system
across most animal species. Besides their well-established roles in mammalian …

Cell motility is regulated by extracellular cues and by intracellular factors that accumulate at
sites of contact between cells and the extracellular matrix. One of these factors, focal …

Memory formation is a highly complex and dynamic process. It consists of different phases,
which depend on various neuronal and molecular mechanisms. In adult Drosophila it was …

Learning about relationships between stimuli (ie, classical conditioning [1]) and learning
about consequences of one's own behavior (ie, operant conditioning [2]) constitute the major …

As an arthropod-borne human pathogen, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) cycles between an
insect vector and mammalian hosts. Little is known about the cellular requirements for …

Impaired ethanol metabolism can lead to various alcohol-related health problems. Key
enzymes in ethanol metabolism are alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde …

The performance of a task is often assumed to be a prerequisite for the learning of many
tasks, including the associative conditioning of courtship in the fruit fly, Drosophila …

The dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT), which mediates the inactivation of released DA
through its reuptake, is a primary molecular target for psychostimulants. 1, 2 Cocaine and …

The nuclear receptor complex of the steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), is a
heterodimer composed of EcR and USP. Our previous studies in Drosophila suggest that …